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Distinguish between felt responsibility for someone's
Distinguish between felt responsibility for someone's emotional state and genuine care about their welfare—the former requires intervention, the latter allows presence without control.
Why This Is a Principle
Grounded in Cognitive Defusion: Thoughts Are Objects (thoughts can be separated from thinker identity), No external entity has more right to direct your thinking (no external entity has more right to direct your thinking), and Action that springs from autonomous volition satisfies basic (autonomous action satisfies psychological needs). The principle derives a critical distinction: responsibility versus concern, prescribing different relational postures for each.