A prominent personality characteristic of people who commit serious crimes is that they are determined to control other people. Their self-esteem depends upon it. Some are obvious about their quest ...

With OCD, control is a defensive attempt to manage internal anxiety. It usually doesn’t involve intentional efforts to control other people. OCPD, on the other hand, can involve controlling behaviors.

Exercising control over people is neither good nor bad. The question is how one pursues and exercises it. Some roles in life, by their very nature, require a person to have control over others. A ...