Does Anyone Else Always Say Sorry or Is It Just Me?

For years I have had this habit whenever I feel like I have done something wrong that I just say sorry no matter what it is. I have CPTSD as I have dealt with trauma since my childhood, my father was physically abusive to my mother and my brother is physically and mentally handicapped because of it, my father blames me to this day for my brother, when I was 5 I was SAed by my 13 year old neighbor and he told my grandmother that it was my idea and she whipped me for it severely and my first relationship I was domestically abused, r*ped and blamed for it. All my life my mother used my diagnosis against me to invalidate my feelings whenever I was upset and constantly pushed me into sensory overloads and would always tell me that I don’t understand social “norms” and that I needed to accept things that were hurting me. I put all this out here because I know that a lot of this plays a role in why I constantly apologize for things but I have wondered if other Autistics who haven’t been through what I have have a habitual habit of apologizing for things or is it just me?

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  • I'm terrible with this. I've had people look at me strangely and ask me why I'm apologising when things have happened and it clearly wasn't my fault! Somewhere along the journey of childhood I was conditioned to just say sorry for absolutely everything! I think it stems from the bullying and abuse from my childhood, but I'm not sure exactly.

    The best part is when someone picks up on the fact that you apologise too much and they get mad at you for apologising, you say sorry again and so you get stuck in an apology paradox.

    Lol, vicious cycle.

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  • I'm terrible with this. I've had people look at me strangely and ask me why I'm apologising when things have happened and it clearly wasn't my fault! Somewhere along the journey of childhood I was conditioned to just say sorry for absolutely everything! I think it stems from the bullying and abuse from my childhood, but I'm not sure exactly.

    The best part is when someone picks up on the fact that you apologise too much and they get mad at you for apologising, you say sorry again and so you get stuck in an apology paradox.

    Lol, vicious cycle.

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