Are we responsible for other people's feelings and emotional well-being?

Question

Or just our own?

Answer 1

Yes and No. You are responsible for your feelings and emotional well-being, but as a parent, you are also responsible for your children's growth as emotionally stable human beings. To that extent you are responsible for another person's.

Answer 2

While you cannot control the feelings and emotional well-being of other people, it is certainly your responsibility to do your part to help that of the ones you love. What kind of friend or family member would you be if you did not? Not a very good one.

Answer 3

As a parent, I feel like yes, I am for my children (while they're young).
However, I feel like adults are responsible for their own leval of well being and happiness.
For example, if your ex decided to take his/her own life because you broke their heart, were you really the one to pull the trigger or force a bunch of pills down their throat? No, that person could have sought out help and gotten over you.
It is however important to always consider other peoples feelings in all situations and follow the "golden rule", but if it is going to infringe on your own sense of well being and happiness then you have to be responsible for yourself.
Don't let other people have power over you by making you feel responsible for their own problems.
So, in short, no, in most cases.

Answer 4

Your question has two parts.
No, I am not responsible for other people's feelings. Not even my child's feelings, as they are part of another human being. In the case of my children, one was emotionally sensitive, another was quite stoic. Given they were raised in similar fashion with the same environment, I take that their emotional sensitivity is largely hard-wired.
Yes, I am somewhat to extremely responsible for the emotional well-being of others. People can be very emotionally hard, but if taunted, bullied, called names day after day, year after year, it can affect their emotional well-being negatively.
In the case of my children, it is my responsiblity to provide the environment to nurture happy, loving feelings and teach them how to appropriately express all their feelings.

Peace

Answer 5

In a way, you are responsible for your own feelings as well as others - to a certain extent. Personally, I try to treat others they way I would like to be treated; meaning that I don't want to be sad so I'm not going to go out of my way to make anyone else feel bad. But at the same time, if I'm not personally involved with a person, I'm not going to go out of my way to make them feel good.

I've often thought about this because is seems like people now a days are meaner and don't really care about anyone else but themselves. I'm pretty neutral to people I don't know, but I still treat everyone I meet with a standard level of respect and kindness.

Answer 6

this is a relative question.the need to consider the feelings and well-being of others is determined in part, by our own personal beliefs and value systems. many of us develop our values from the christian doctrine.which commands personal responsibility for how we treat others. in fact ,it commends the practice of putting others needs ahead of our own under certain circumstances. should an individual have no particular value system that holds them accountable for others,and their feelings etc.,then there is nothing else which compels them to do so,except, perhaps their conscious. the laws in the u.s. do not require that people care about others, only that they dont harm or infringe on others rights.now of course, the law does provide that certain people are legally responsible for the well-being of others,such as parents and their children,or an employer and their employees,,but even then, they cant force anyone to care about another, only that they have a legal and / or financial responsibility for their well-being .personally, i hold the well-being and feelings of others as a highly important part of my life, and believe that i am accountable for everything i do. but i have known people who exercise their right to be legally unaccountable for the feelings of others. no comment on how i feel about them!

Answer 7

If you can't control someone else's actions and reactions, how can you be responsible for another person's emotional well-being? You can't. You can only control your own actions and reactions to things, and if your reactions make someone else feel they need to react a certain way, that's their reaction, not yours. I do not hold myself responsible for the actions of others, I can advise them based on personal experience and encourage them, but I can't control whether or not they take my advice to heart. I learned this from my councilor.

Answer 8

Yes and no. The people you have close relationships with, like your children, your parents, your partner in life, would be the primary ones to concern oneself with regarding responsibility for their feelings and well-being. Each one of us carry the primary responsibility for own own feelings and well-being but we also affect the people we interact with on a daily basis. So the caring individual, would care how they affect the ones closest to them in order to optimize the dynamics of relating to one another in the best, most positive way possible. As you help others, so you help yourself as well, and vice versa. As far as being responsible for everyone you meet every day, no, we can't be expected to carry the load for every being that crosses our path. But one should present to another in as positive a way as possible to bring out the best of whatever interaction is occurring. And there is a lot to be said about reaching out to a complete stranger who needs help. To show compassion and empathy furthers goodwill and contributes to the flow of positivity strengthening our lifeforce affecting us all.

Answer 9

this is a very important question, especially for persons who are quite kind and sensitive. they are the ones who "obsess" the most about "hurting" others with their behavior. thus, they are the easiest to manipulate and control through guilt and shame. stated bluntly, a person's reactions to your behavior is *their* "problem". that's why expecting nothing in particular from anyone, taking nothing personally, and being detached and tolerant regarding "bad" behavior is always a good idea. (i'm not talking about physical self defense issues here, obviously--although, there, too, being effective, yet detached, works very well). bottom line, some humans will try to run your life by telling you that you are causing them "great pain" by, typically NOT doing what THEY want. well, too bad. lead your life in as kindly a fashion towards others as you can, but don't give up YOUR life by giving in to others' demands and needs just to avoid "hurting" them. best of luck ;-)

Answer 10

Are we responsible for emotions and feelings.? We as in not considering the life of another. would you say the same should it be upon your life to require that of another? being considerate is a kindness , telling a truth in kindness is a virtue.Do not thoughtlessly provoke another to be angry with you is a consideration for your life and yet, giving another the power to hold your emotions in the palm of their hands to do their bidding is surely a weakness to overcome.