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I spent 15 years apologizing for my personality before I realized it was just anxiety talking
It finally hit me during a work retreat in Portland last fall. We were doing that whole "circle of trust" thing where you share something vulnerable. I got up, apologized for being "too much" and "too loud" and said I knew people found me exhausting. My coworker Sarah pulled me aside after. She said "you know nobody thinks that but you, right?" I had spent my whole adult life prefacing every conversation with sorry for being weird or sorry for talking too much. Turns out I was just terrified of rejection and used apologies as a shield. Has anyone else had that moment where you realized the thing you kept apologizing for wasn't even real?
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miles_hall1mo ago
Apologized to a lamppost once before realizing it wasn't even people I was scared of.
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holly_reed551mo agoMost Upvoted
Two weeks ago I said sorry to a broom that I knocked over in my garage. @miles_hall I get it completely, sometimes your brain just puts you on autopilot and you apologize to anything in your path. It's honestly kind of a nice sign that you're a decent person deep down.
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