Deeply caring people provide support, make kind gestures, and positively influence the lives of others. Controlling people can use these tactics as ways to seek authority over another person’s life ...

Some people use generosity as a weapon to induce guilt, leaving you feeling obligated to reciprocate even when you’re not in ...

Part of being a controlling person deals with an inability to tolerate others' boundaries, including knowing when to ...

People with a take-charge, go-getter attitude can inspire others and "rally the troops." However, as with many traits, it's possible to have too much of a good thing. If someone has a desire to have ...

It was a very sobering idea for me to discover that I was a controlling person. I didn’t like the idea at all. In fact, I’d been working very hard, for as long as I could remember, to be a ...

Did you feel somewhat deflated when you read that title? Does it seem overly dramatic and gloomy? As pessimistic as it may be, there’s a very good reason why it’s absolutely true: Controlling people ...

Younger adults look and feel older when they feel stressed and that they have relatively less control over their own lives. The corresponding study was published in Mental Health Science. "There's ...