How can I be emotionally responsible?

Actual emotional responsibility looks like this:

1. Accept that a situation happened, and now you feel something. Accept what you feel.
2. Ask yourself what you can do to change the situation going forward.
3. Ask others what they can do to change the situation going forward.
4. Do the work of working on it.

Are you responsible for your spouse’s emotions?

You are not responsible for the way your partner feels. As Lori Gordon writes, you might be a factor in their life that influences their experience, but you cannot take responsibility for their emotional happiness. That does not mean being oblivious to their hurt.

Is it your partner’s responsibility to make you feel loved?

Your partner should never make you feel like you’re the sole person responsible for their happiness. “First of all, it’s impossible to make anyone else happy all of the time,” psychologist Traci Stein, PhD, MPH, tells Bustle.

What does it mean to take responsibility for your own emotions?

Identifying and taking responsibility for our own feelings is what we mean when we say we ‘own’ our feelings. Blaming other people or circumstances for ‘making us’ feel something is NOT owning them, but projecting responsibility onto someone or something else.

How do I get clear emotional responsibility?

Here are five thoughts I have about how to start taking on more emotional responsibility in your life.

1. Create an intention that you repeat to yourself each day.
2. Talk with your partner or someone close to you about this new way of being in your life.
3. Mindfulness.
4. Practice a few times.
5. Believe in yourself.

Are you responsible for someone’s emotions?

We are not responsible for the feelings of others (although we are responsible to them), and we cannot, nor do we, cause those feelings to emerge. Unless we do something intentionally hurtful to another person, the feelings that they experience are those that they have created for themselves.

How do you know if you’re emotionally dependent on someone?

Some Symptoms of Emotional Dependency

1. The constant need to be close to other people.
2. Constant insecurity.
3. A feeling of not being good enough to be with the partner.
4. Obsessive fear of losing their partner.
5. Constant feeling of guilt if they don’t pay total attention to their partner.

What does it mean to have a strong sense of responsibility?

Sense of responsibility connotes the awareness of one’s obligations; it’s like doing what we suppose to do. A strong sense of responsibility affects how an individual carry out life and how one makes an effort and undertakings to achieve all the desires in life.

How do you take responsibility when you hurt someone?

Here are some helpful steps:

1. Stop the harmful behavior.
2. Name the behavior.
3. Acknowledge the effects your behavior has on others.
4. Make repairs for the harm caused.
5. Change harmful attitudes and behaviors.