Control Freaks Will Never be in Control Until They Let Go of Their Need to Control

Control Freaks are those people who feel they have to control every aspect of life, their surroundings and the people they deal with on a daily basis. I am sure there is some sort of psychological or medical name for this mental condition. In fact this mental condition is so complex that it may involve quite a few mental illnesses that have big scary names attached to them. I am not going to go into all of that here as I have something more important to deal with in this piece. That being the fact that the desire for control is a dangerous and corrosive addiction that affects everyone that comes in contact with those suffering from it and actually has the ultimate control over its victim. That is right if you are a Control Freak you are a victim of a disease, an addiction, and you are definitely lacking control and will never have control until you stop trying to control every aspect of life.

Image by United Nations Development Programme via Flickr

This image represents the burden that the addiction to the desire to control puts on its victims and those around them. 

The destructive nature of the desire to control if often overlooked until such time as two or more control freaks share the same environment. In relationships where it is one control freak with a single or multiple non-control freaks it may take years for the adverse effects of this addiction to make themselves apparent. When two or more control freaks begin to butt heads the destructive nature of this addiction becomes extremely apparent. Many of us, even if we too are a control freak, have been in the uncomfortable situation of being in the middle of two control freaks have a pissing match at our place of employment, for example. Sometimes the wounds from those pissing matches take a long time to heal. Those watching can see that the two control freaks were both just victims of this terrible addiction and we not really in control of their own actions. Is this addiction of a desire to control really worth its dire effects? Of course not.

How does one break this desire to control addiction? Here are a few, non-medical professional, but common sense, suggestions on how to break this addiction and really gain control of your life. The first step is to admit you are a control freak in a way that does not seem like you are bragging about it. Admit you are a control freak and that it is an destructive addiction. The next step is to do things that are safe and where you are not in control. Be a passenger in all types of moving vehicles. Go to a few amusement parks and ride the scary rides. At your job let someone else take on a responsibilities, even if you are the owner of the business. If you are on a sports team avoid showboating and let someone else have the glory of the winning catch. It just might be what it takes to finially win a game instead of losing yet again due to your vain grandstanding. Find other ways you can avoid being in control that are safe so that you can build up a security about having a lack of control. Try these suggestions and with time you can stop being a control freak by bringing the addiction of the desire to control under control and really gain control of your life.

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