Your Controlling Habits

Conversation Starters

When you feel anxious about someone else's choices — your spouse, your kids, a friend — what do you do with that anxiety? Do you sit with it, or do you try to fix it by managing them?

Have you ever bent over backwards to make someone happy, keep the peace, or avoid their disappointment — and then felt exhausted or resentful afterward? What were you really trying to accomplish?

If the people closest to you were completely honest, would they say you give them room to make their own choices — or would they say you have a hard time letting go?