Why You Keep Over-Explaining Yourself (And How to Stop)

About this episode

This episode explores the reasons behind chronic over-explaining and its connection to anxiety and self-advocacy.

Do you ever finish a conversation and realize you’ve just given a twenty-minute dissertation to justify a simple "no" or a basic need? In this episode, we’re peeling back the layers on chronic over-explaining. It turns out, this isn't just a quirky personality trait—it’s a sophisticated nervous system response. Whether you’re trying to preemptively defend yourself against being "the bad guy" or you learned early on that your needs weren't valid unless you built a legal case for them, this epi...

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Armstrong

Topics covered

• over-explaining
• anxiety
• communication
• self-advocacy
• nervous system response

Keywords

• over-explaining
• anxiety
• communication skills
• self-advocacy
• nervous system

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