Excessive Responsibility

Stuck saying yes to people—and struggling to say ‘that’s enough’? Many are caught in this tangle of obligation and guilt. How do we set limits without feeling selfish—and regain a steadier balance between our own needs and helping others?

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EXCESSIVE RESPONSIBILITY

There is no duty to overdo.
Manage Your Fears, Manage Your Anger, lecture 25, Page 149

Carol gave herself over to a vastly exaggerated sentiment of duty and responsibility
Mental Health Through Will Training, Exceptionality and Averageness; Sentimentalism and Realism, chapter 6, page 87

PURPOSE OF LIFE

You see, if I deal with myself and with others, what is my purpose? Well, simply speaking, my purpose in life is to make myself and those people that are close to me - let me say the members of my family, my friends, my neighbors, and so forth, my co-workers - to make them feel good and to make myself feel good.
Manage Your Fears, Manage Your Anger, The Purpose of Life Is to Maintain Peace, lecture 19, page 109

MOTIONLESS SITTING

… control of restlessness and agitation through determined motionless sitting
Mental Health Through Will Training, chapter 41, Sabotage Method No. 9: Failure to Practice Muscle Control, page 327 in the 3rd edition
For a detailed description see Manage Your Fears, Manage Your Anger, lecture 56, There Is No Hopeless Case (part 2), pages 352-353