I’m Sorry for Everything, Including Over-Apologizing

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• I’m Sorry for Everything, Including Over-Apologizing
• Why Do You Over-apologize?
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Video: 3 Tips For Dating With Bipolar
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Mental Health Quote

I’m Sorry for Everything, Including Over-Apologizing

Is over-apologizing, saying sorry for everything and anything, part of your repertoire? Let’s try and figure out why that may be happening.

Why Do You Over-apologize?

Are you struggling with something so all-encompassing, so very difficult that it causes you to apologize for things you really don’t need to? Tragically, mental illness negatively impacts our sense of self. Mental illness disrupts thinking so much that our own thoughts are no longer trustworthy. Mental illness disrupts emotions; sometimes they’re so strong they engulf other people around us, while other times they’re so numb that we can’t feel them.

Living with a mental illness affects motivation and behavior and makes us question our own worth. We might keenly experience stigma, and that might make us ashamed. We might get confused sometimes, and that can make us frustrated. These effects of mental illness can destroy self-esteem and make us over-apologize. We even apologize for saying “sorry.” Here’s why apologizing too much is an effect of mental illness we can do away with.

• Mental illness is just that—an illness, not a character trait.
• There’s no need to apologize for diabetes or other illnesses, and there’s no need to apologize for a mental disorder.
• You have talents, abilities, interests, and strengths that make up “you,” and you are nothing to apologize for.

Focus on who you truly are and all the good that you have to offer. As you develop this strong sense of yourself, you’ll become free of the impulse to over-apologize.

Related Articles Dealing with Sleep

• Over-Apologizing with an Anxiety Disorder: I’m Not Sorry
• Should I Apologize for Having a Mental Illness?
• Do You Say ‘I’m Sorry’ Too Often? Change the Habit with This Tip (video)
• Self-Esteem Affects Mental Health: How Can You Improve Both?
• Bipolar: I’m Sorry I’m Sick
• I’m Not Sorry I Have Bipolar Disorder

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: Do you over-apologize? What types of things do you catch yourself apologizing for? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Managing Bipolar Disorder While Dealing with Stress
• Stop Romanticizing Suicide
• Top Three Meditation Tips if You’re New to Meditation
• Three Strategies to Cultivate Self-Kindness
• What Does It Mean to be Asexual?
• How I Cope With My Partner's Mental Illness
• Parenting While Living with Complex PTSD
• Reducing Anxiety: Not Just What You Do But How You Do It
• Simple Ways To Bring Light Into The Darkness Of Depression
• What is EMDR and Can it Improve My Life?
• How Can Eating Disorders Impact Youth in the LGBTQ Community?
• Mental Health Apps for Coping with Depression and Anxiety
• ADHD, Ambition and Unfulfilled Potential
• Glamorizing Our Self-Harm
• 4 Techniques for Overcoming Rumination
• Depression and Doing Nothing (And Feeling Okay About It)

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

I'm Hannah. I Have Bipolar 2

3 Tips For Dating With Bipolar

Dating with bipolar disorder can be difficult. The fear of rejection puts us in an extremely vulnerable position. Dating is supposed to be fun, but when you live with bipolar disorder, it can be incredibly nerve-wracking. That’s why I’m sharing 3 tips for dating with bipolar disorder. (Watch Hannah and subscribe to the HealthyPlace YouTube channel for more great mental health videos.)

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. How to Face Down Your Triggers in Eating Disorder Recovery
2. A Day in the Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder
3. False Assumptions About Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"Emotions are temporary states of mind. Don't let them permanently destroy you."

Read more borderline quotes.

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