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Caring vs. Controlling

19 Jan 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube video clip by Amber Hollingsworth ("Caring vs. Controlling") in which the speaker explains how people justify controlling behaviors by framing them as care or love. She argues these rationalizations mask attempts to manage personal anxiety rather than altruistic motives.

Sometimes people that tend to have the controlling type behaviors convince themselves that it's okay because they say it's for their own good, or I'm looking out for them, or I have the best of intentions. I'm not doing this from a selfish place. I'm doing this because I love them or whatever. But it's still just a rationalization because what's really happening is you trying to control your anxiety about something.

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