Are You Being Controlled?

Controlling behaviour is more common in relationships than you might think. Approximately 1.4 million women and 750,000 men in the United Kingdom experience some form of abuse. And some of our heroes - Gandhi, Einstein, Tolstoy, Dickens - have been extremely controlling in their relationships.

But it should have no place in a healthy relationship. How do you identify controlling behaviour, especially when it can feels like love? What do you do if you think you're in a relationship with a controlling partner?

Matt and Graham answer all these questions in today's episode, based on this blogpost for Psychology Today:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/get-some-help/202501/5-ways-you-might-be-controlled-without-realising-it