Admitting that you did wrong.

Chagen

It's really hard. And embarassing. But you gotta do anyway.

Trash_Vortex

It's not embarrassing. This is probably the least embarrassing you've ever been. I admire you for it.

Gelzo

Admission shows some maturity. It's having done wrong in the first place that should be embarrassing.

LouieW

I agree that admitting that you have done something wrong is quite difficult. I think part of the issue is trying to avoid sounding like you are mushy or overly emotional while apologizing. I also feel like occasionally people doubt such admissions or prefer for you to do something rather than just admit you did wrong. Of course, I think that can often be quite difficult too so plenty of times I feel like such situations are lose-lose ones.

I guess the key thing there is that you should not be apologizing just because the other person will like it, but because it admitting you were wrong will help heal your conscience. I feel similarly about forgiveness which is why I find conditional forgiveness to sometimes be quite problematic.

Then again, I am not really an expert on this kind of thing, so I am not sure if my "advice" is worth much at all here.

 

RedEyedAbyss

I still insist that you should consider limiting yourself to no more than one thread every two hours, because then you might put more thought into your threads.

Really, admitting that you're wrong is only the first step. The next one is to listen to constructive criticism.

Gelzo

There's also changing your behavior.

Vorpy

Also Chagen, admitting you did something wrong will not make everyone suddenly forgive you. Some people are untrusting, paranoid, indifferent or antagonistic and generally will not respond as much as you like to. That's why you just accept what you said wrong and let THEM deal with it rather than try to make them see that you are worthy of their kindness. Nobody is really obligated to accept apologies.