{"id":68413,"date":"2023-10-10T11:37:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=68413"},"modified":"2023-10-10T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:37:45","slug":"are-you-over-responsible-psychologist-reveals-9-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/are-you-over-responsible-psychologist-reveals-9-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you over-responsible? Psychologist reveals 9 signs"},"content":{"rendered":"
A psychologist has revealed nine signs you may be over responsible – including worrying about outshining others.<\/p>\n
Birmingham-based\u00a0chartered psychologist\u00a0Dr Lalitaa Suglani, who offers courses on topics including\u00a0managing anxiety, overcoming fear and imposter syndrome,\u00a0took to Instagram to share information on the topic in a recent post.<\/p>\n
Accompanying the list of nine signs was an extensive caption in which Dr Lalitaa discussed being over responsible.<\/p>\n
In the caption, the psychologist described over-responsible people as ‘people-pleasers’.<\/p>\n
She added that they ‘suppress and repress themselves to prioritise others and to minimise or eliminate conflict, criticism, rejection, disappointment and loss’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Are YOU over responsible? A psychologist has revealed nine signs – including worrying about outshining others (stock image)<\/p>\n
According to Dr Suglani: ‘They often do good things for the wrong reasons because they don’t know of another way of cope (we can unlearn this way of being).’<\/p>\n
1. You feel guilty saying no or being you.<\/p>\n
2. You struggle with receiving or asking for help.<\/p>\n
3. You worry about outshining others.<\/p>\n
4. You deprioritise your needs, expectations and needs.<\/p>\n
5. You assume others won’t hold responsibility so you end up taking it on.<\/p>\n
6. You aim for extreme independence.<\/p>\n
7. You take on other people’s emotions.<\/p>\n
8. You play therapist with your family or friends.<\/p>\n
9. You feel resentful when people feel entitled to your kindness and support.<\/p>\n
Source: Dr Lalitaa Suglani\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n She added that there are many reasons why people learn to become over responsible.<\/p>\n Among the list of nine signs that you may be over responsible is feeling guilty for saying no.<\/p>\n Struggling with receiving or asking for help is another sign, as is worrying about outshining others.<\/p>\n Those who are over responsible are likely to find that they deprioritise their needs, expectations and needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition, they assume others won’t hold responsibility so end up taking it on themselves.<\/p>\n According to the list, another sign of being over responsible is aiming for\u00a0extreme independence.<\/p>\n Taking on\u00a0other people’s emotions and playing therapist with family or friends were also on the list of nine signs.<\/p>\n The final sign is\u00a0feeling resentful when people feel entitled to your kindness and support.<\/p>\n However, according to the psychologist, there are steps you can take if you are over responsible.<\/p>\n Writing in the caption of the post, she shared five points to bear in mind.<\/p>\n The first said: ‘Set your boundaries! Boundaries are where we begin and another person ends.’<\/p>\n She added: ‘Boundaries are about YOU and your needs.’<\/p>\n According to Dr Suglani: ‘You can’t change other people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ‘You get to decide what you’re willing to put up with.’<\/span><\/p>\n She concluded: ‘<\/span>Don’t stress over someone’s negative response, we do not have control over how they react and we are not going to be liked by everyone.’<\/p>\n