takeupononeself (third-person singular simple presenttakes upon oneself,present participletaking upon oneself,simple pasttook upon oneself,past participletaken upon oneself)
- (transitive) Toassumepersonalresponsibility for.
That's an awful lot of work totake upon yourself.
2019 June 2, Joscelyn Duffy, “The Power of Perspective Taking”, inPyschology Today[1]:Michael Poulin, associate professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and colleagues showed in their 2017 study that an “imagine others” perspective leads to less stress than an “imagine self” perspective (i.e., walking a mile in someone else’s shoes). “You can think about another person’s feelings withouttaking those feelingsupon yourself,” Poulin said. The distinction is important: Stay in your own shoes while appreciating another’s visual and perceptual perspective.
