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Lack of emotional autonomy

We might have someone with these characteristics in our close social circles. Scratch the surface and see under this covering of demands, threats, and obsessions. What’s hiding there is a lack of emotional autonomy.

Because of this deficiency, they don’t just turn into “controllers,” but also into “takers.” That is, sometimes people who are insecure, have low self-esteem, and can’t process their emotions try to “feed themselves” through one or more “givers.” 

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Control

The need to control everything and everyone around us is nothing more than a defense mechanism. We use it to confront something that at we see as a threat.

Having low self-esteem, huge insecurity, a negative self-image, an inability to process emoti...

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What should I do?

  • Understand that controlling other people won’t improve your current situation. Dominating the people we love is denying their freedom.
  • Understand that we can’t control the future or what may happen. 
  • Living is admitting there a...

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The need to control

There was a study in 2009 by the psychiatrists Friese and Hoffman on the topic. They discovered that people with little ability to self-regulate end up looking for “everything or nothing” relationships.

That is, their impulsiveness, their hunger to be “fed,” doesn’t accept excuses

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What if I'm the one with the need to control others?

We might be doing unconsciously. The trigger comes from financial problems, being abandoned by our significant other, or even the loss of a loved one. They’re significant moments when the emptiness becomes tangible and suffocating. 

Moments where fear grips us and we can’t ...

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