How Do You Cope With A Controlling Person?
• Recognize that you are dealing with a controlling person in order to combat his or her position because they want to be able to take control of you. • Stand firm on the fact that you are not going to be controlled. • Work together. In any relationship or marriage, cooperation is vitally important. That does not mean that either person is lord and master, nor should either of you want to be. It doesn’t help in building a strong relationship. • Point out to the controlling person that their ways are stressing you out or making you feel uncomfortable. • Let them know that you don’t need another parent, that you have parents already. • Reassert the fact that you are not a child, and that being individual and responsible for one’s own decisions is what adulthood is all about. • Stay away from their obviously blind arguments. By engaging in an argument that’s obviously silly, you give their sometimes ridiculous statements validity. Reply with “Nonsense!”[1] • Be strong so their problem doe
