How to stop controlling everything? We discuss in the podcast "Who would say"
Miscellaneous / / April 05, 2023
The desire to avoid unpredictability is normal. But excessive control is driven by anxiety and fear.
In each episode of the new season of the Who Would Talk podcast, hosts Mikhail Volnykh and Daria Bakina read out real stories and questions from the audience about what worries them, and together with experts they discuss how to overcome difficulties and get out of the current situations.
In the next issue, the presenters, together with psychologist Elena Kotova, talk about people who are obsessed with the desire to keep everything under their control. How does this behavior affect loved ones? How to get rid of the desire to control everything? What if someone obsessively monitors your every action? Press Play to get answers to these questions and find out which of the trio of Lena, Dasha and Misha is the control maniac.
01:40 — presenters read the letter of the listener and share their attitude to the topic of the issue.
08:18 - whether it is necessary to discuss “family control”, for example, discuss the number and frequency of calls with children, husband or wife.
21:29 Is it true that the need for total control comes from the desire to protect oneself from internal vulnerability.
25:28 Why does someone adopt habits from their parents and other family members, while others do not.
35:50 - how to determine when the situation needs to be taken under control, and when it will be superfluous and intrusive.
41:08 - how the habit of constantly controlling everything affects the person himself.
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