A friend apologizes a lot. She apologized for something me & I said not to apologize for everything. She said sorry again. I snapped & scratched her.How can I stop?

Edit: I have resolved things with the girl, and she is helping me work through my anger issues.

Casey, you must learn how to keep your hands to yourself when you have a disagreement with someone, as the next time you snap, the other person might find themselves slapping you back. There is absolutely no reason for you to put hands on someone else.

You cannot control someone else or their behavior. You've told the other person what you didn't like - the apologetic behavior - now it's up to that person to change their behavior.

If the person is a good friend, then you can help them realize what they are doing by agreeing on a code word that you can say when they start apologizing for things. You can do this only if they agree they need help stopping.

If this habit is really annoying you and they cannot change, you might be forced to drop the friendship especially when you cannot control your response when they apologize.

Realize that you control how you react to someone and their annoying behavior. Realize that the other person has the right to drop you as a friend because you can react physically to them over something you don't like.