Hi,
I'd like to ask for your help. I tend to rewind every conversation I have with non-family both on the phone and in person. Sometimes this makes me so sad if I discover I might have offended someone. Is this normal for someone on the spectrum? I feel guilt and sometimes I excessively apologise and people say they don't understand why I say sorry. Based on my observation, they think my reaction is not appropriate for the situation. I don't think they understand why I feel a need to be this way and they don't think my apology is genuine. I want to figure out what the root cause of this is. I have come to the conclusion that I'm afraid of people getting offended because I am afraid that would make them very sad and they would think I'm a bad person but I only have this with people who are colleagues and strangers, not family members. Is there something I can do to fix this?
