10/10/2025
Over apologizing is a people pleasing trait that over considers others and under considers the apologizer. This becomes a default. There should never be an apology for being yourself. When an apology is necessary you give one. Over apologizing shifts the relational dynamics to a one up one down position. If you only see everyone as being superior to you, you have tasked yourself with the impossible task of being responsible for others being ok. This, most importantly, damages the relationship you have with yourself when you can’t see your own value.