Are we responsible for other people's emotions?

Finding balance with what we can and cannot control.

All my life, I have felt like I am responsible for other people’s feelings.

I can recall that when I was at a young age, so young I cannot remember, I was indoctrinated into a system where being liked by other people was the equivalent of being a good person. If people liked you, you were good. If people didn’t like you, you were worthless. Your actions…