well articulated! .. This is true for men, women or anyone who over-apologizes or apologizes unnecessarily. ... You've got me thinking about my life and how I've become one of these over-apologizers. This translates to how I drive, for example . I'm an over-thank-er when someone allows me to enter their lane of traffic from a freeway entrance ramp. .. I think over thanking and over-apologizing can be interpreted as annoying or just trying too hard. But for me: my over-apologizing is much deeper. It comes from : fear.

I was always worried that if I didn't do the right thing socially that I'd be considered crude , uneducated and vulgar. Maybe that's due, in part, to my traumatic Catholic education... in addition to a mentally ill mother whose moods and psychological state often left me scared and vulnerable. My point: over-apologizing has become a way of life for me. Sounds dramatic; but, it's a reality for me that I'd like to examine more closely and makes some genuine attempts at ...lessening .., and , ultimately, eliminating from my way of being in the world. .. I have lots of work to do....