🔼: [[💡 Protector Parts]] #### Controlling Control is an attempt at minimizing uncertainty and [[🛡️ Avoiding]] uncomfortable [[⭐️ Emotions]]. ##### Controlling Others The [[💡 Near Enemy|near enemy]] of [[☀️ Connection|connection]]. When we're controlling we manage or “deal with” people. Vulnerability is not honored but exploited. Feelings are not validated but leveraged. ###### Examples of Control - [[💡 Sympathy|Sympathy]] - [[🛡️ Blaming|Blame]] - [[💡 Comparison and Competition|Comparison and competition]] - [[🛡️ Criticizing|Judgment]] and [[💡 Shame|shame]] - [[🛡️ Fixing and Advice Giving|Fixing and advice giving]] - 🔍 Emotional Distancing - 🔍 Caretaking ##### Relevant - [[🛡️ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)]] - [[🕯️ Sitting in I-Don’t-Know]] [^1]: [[📖 Atlas of the Heart (Show)]] Episode 5