People often want others to react, behave, and perform the actions as they want them to do, and are so driven by this mindset ...

With OCD, control is a defensive attempt to manage internal anxiety. It usually doesn’t involve intentional efforts to control other people. OCPD, on the other hand, can involve controlling behaviors.

Previous entries of this blog have explored various aspects of understanding and coping with relationship obsessive-compulsive disorder (ROCD). A particularly challenging issue for clients with ROCD ...

In the silent corners of the mind, where thoughts multiply like wildfire, overthinking often becomes our greatest enemy. It creeps in quietly — turning small worries into overwhelming anxieties and ...

Imagine you could recognize controlling people before you even interacted with them. Being able pick the controlling person out of a line-up would be a neat skill to have. It could mean that you’d be ...

Imagine trying to fall asleep, but your brain won’t cooperate. You tell yourself to let go of the embarrassing conversation from earlier in the day that keeps looping through your head, for example, ...