I am one of those people who is over-apologetic. I say sorry for everything. I'm not just talking about mistakes I make. I apologize for my desires, my feelings, for apologizing too much. And I know I'm not alone. So many people live their lives like I live mine, feeling bad for everything that they have no control over.

I've had conversations filled with sorry's because of the guilt that I have about my feelings. I've had many people tell me that I apologize way too much, and my immediate reaction is to apologize. And I'm honestly sick of feeling so guilty.

Recently, I've realized, through extensive conversations with my amazing friends, that I need to stop apologizing for being a human. It is human to have feelings and desires, and there is no need to feel guilty about that.

We are humans. We take up space. We think things. We feel things. We want things. We have opinions. And we need to stop apologizing for all of that.

I often feel the need to apologize because I feel like what I am saying is annoying or wrong, but that's not true.If you are speaking the truth about what you feel, you are not being annoying and you are not wrong. You are allowed to have feelings and you are allowed to talk about them. You are allowed to have opinions and to share them because they are just as important everyone else's.

By apologizing constantly, you are taking your self-worth for granted. You, like everyone else in this world, have a right to your thoughts and expressing them doesn't make you annoying or a bad person, it makes you human. When you constantly apologize, you run the risk of creating a hostile environment within yourself.

When you apologize for how you feel, you are telling people that you don't value your emotions as much as you should. When you ignore and disregard your own feelings, you invite others to do the exact same. Not only are you giving them the right to ignore your feelings, but saying sorry for having them is the same as telling people to forget about them and to stop caring about your feelings altogether.

It may not seem easy to instantly stop apologizing, and it won't be easy to erase the word "sorry" from your vocabulary. But it is time to start. It is time to stand up for your thoughts. It is time to start valuing your own opinion. It is time to stop feeling guilty about who you are and what you feel.

We are humans. We take up space. We think things. We feel things. We want things. We have opinions. And we need to stop apologizing for all of that.