Mar 9, 2021
Do
you ever find it hard to let go of control? I didn’t fully
experience how controlling I am until becoming a parent. Have you
noticed this as being true?
Loving the feeling of being in control, naturally, I have a
daughter who mirrors the same. Control battles ensued when either
of us felt emotionally threatened. Getting into a dogmatic attitude
of ‘my way or the highway’ triggered her big time. Of course, there
was a benefit to my controlling stance for she got to practice her
inner strength fighting and trying to get control back. The
drawback was I wasn't living in reality and was projecting my past
onto the present. I was believing my early conclusion that I
wouldn't be OK if I wasn't in control.