Control freak

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Control freak is the colloquial derogatory term for a person who tries to control everything around him. The English expression "control freak" , which was later Germanized , was first used in the late 1960s, a time when great importance was attached to avoiding control struggles and external control.

Vulnerability as a cause

Control freaks, like perfectionists , can be seen as people who want to protect their inner vulnerability. Sometimes behind this is the conviction that dominance and control can avoid reliving fears from childhood. Such a person tries to get his way through good persuasion, begging and pressure, because he cannot bear to adapt himself to others. If this pattern of action is broken, the control freak experiences a painful feeling of powerlessness, which in turn confirms his habits.

Between control freaks and co-dependent similarities are suspected, since the latter is a deeply rooted fear feeling of abandonment that lead to excessive control and striving for dominance over those that can not seem to control themselves.

The control freak in the world of work

As a manager, the control freak tends to publicly admonish subordinates. In general, the control freak insists that things be done in a specific way. He sometimes finds his constant intervention beneficial and necessary in the assumption that others are unable to do things right. Emphasized hierarchical structures favor his behavior.

Web links

Wiktionary: Control freak  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at duden.de
  2. ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/control
  3. ^ Kristin Glaser, in The Radical Therapist , Penguin, 1974, p. 246
  4. ↑ Michelle N. Lafrance, Women and Depression , 2009 p. 89
  5. ↑ Art Horn, Face It , 2004, p. 53
  6. ^ Robin Skynner / John Cleese, Families and how to survive them , London, 1994, p. 208
  7. ↑ Patricia Evans, Controlling People , Avon, 2002 p. 129, p. 274
  8. ^ David Stafford, Liz Hodgkinson, Codependency , London, 1995, p. 131
  9. ^ Andrew Buck - Meeting Behaviors: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
  10. ↑ Les Parrot: The Control Freak . Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream 2001, ISBN 0842337938 .
  11. ↑ Peter Cochrane, Uncommon Sense , 2004, p. 70

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  • Deuble EA & Bradley A It Has A Name !: How To Keep Control Freaks & Other Unhealthy Narcissists From Ruining Your Life , 2010