Two other types of inflated responsibility
To overcome your positive outlook about responsibility of thoughts focus on choice and values.
Inflated responsibility about the past
Our minds can have thoughts that we don’t act on and those thoughts don’t mean anything about our character.
Inflated responsibility in the present
When you are experiencing an inflated responsibility in the present moment consider if it is thought-action fusion and what your conscientious model would do.
Real responsibility compared to inflated responsibility
May I have the serenity to accept what I cannot control,
The courage to change what I can change,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
Understanding inflated responsibility
An excessive or inflated sense of responsibility occurs when you interpret your thoughts in terms of whether they can cause distress or harm to yourself or others. That is, having the thought in and of itself gives you a sense of guilt or responsibility.