Mistakes You Make When Apologizing
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Julia Austin
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Hoping to fix things
Sometimes, when we wrong someone, we do some irreparable damage. You can break someone’s expensive plates. You can tell a secret you weren’t supposed to share. You can slander them in a way that hurts their personal life – or even their income. So in some cases, the damage you cause goes beyond hurt feelings, and fixing it is not within the realm of possibility. “Just because you apologized or provided any insight into the situation does not mean it will make it better for the other person,” Dr. Jackson states. Sometimes, after you say “I’m sorry,” you’ll still have to deal with the damage you caused to the person for some time.
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