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Emotional sovereignty: the ability to register and take
Emotional sovereignty: the ability to register and take seriously other people's emotions as data while choosing whether and how much to let them alter your own state and decisions, operating through a permeable membrane rather than a wall or open door
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of emotional sovereignty by describing the key operational characteristics (registering, taking seriously, choosing) and the metaphorical boundary condition (permeable membrane) that distinguishes it from both complete absorption and complete immunity