It's never easy dealing with a controlling person. They rarely have your best interests at heart and often use manipulation and deception to keep others in line and on a pedestal that matches their ...

In today's complex social landscape, recognizing the subtle signs of manipulation is more essential than ever. Mind control, though a term often relegated to science fiction, is a very real and ...

People With 'Control Issues' Often Use These 11 Subtle Tactics, According to Psychologists originally appeared on Parade. People with a take-charge, go-getter attitude can inspire others and "rally ...

Controlling behavior is a pretty awful trait to have. No one likes to be called controlling, and even fewer want to admit that they are controlling, even when people point it out to them. But ...

Controlling behavior occurs when a person attempts to force another person to conform to their own needs or desires through some form of manipulation. The outsized desire for control is unhealthy and ...

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 ...

Many of my clients enter therapy because their spouse or their boss has told them they are too controlling and that they need to rethink their approach to people. If this is happening to you, you may ...

Tension: Charm in public can cloak coercion in private, leaving victims doubting their own perceptions against the crowd’s applause. Noise: Social proof equates likability with goodness, muting red ...

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 ...