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Do you apologise for asking questions?
For being emotional?
For replying late?
For needing help?
For simply existing?

In this episode of The Anxiety Compass, Sammy and Nat unpack the hidden message behind over-apologising… and why saying “sorry” is often much deeper than politeness.

Because for many people, apologising became a survival strategy.

A way to:

•  avoid conflict 
•  keep others comfortable 
•  stay likeable 
•  prevent rejection 
•  feel emotionally safe 

We explore how anxiety, people pleasing, hypervigilance, and childhood conditioning can quietly teach us to shrink ourselves, over-explain, and feel guilty for taking up space.

In this episode we unpack:
 ✨ Why anxious people often apologise excessively
 ✨ The nervous system connection behind people pleasing
 ✨ Why women are conditioned to soften themselves
 ✨ The hidden cost of constantly saying sorry
 ✨ How over-apologising affects confidence and identity
 ✨ What kids absorb when they hear us minimise ourselves
 ✨ Practical ways to communicate without shrinking yourself

This episode is funny, reflective, validating, and deeply relatable for anyone who has ever said sorry to a piece of furniture.

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