Supposedly… I have kind of sort of always been a control freak since birth. My mom tells me that when I was little she would hear me yelling, “TAKE A RIGHT” from the backseat of the car. If she dared to take a left, the girl with the curl would go nuts and use her Houdini powers to escape from her car seat. Sometimes a cop would be around, see this happening, and then my poor Momma would get pulled over. So much for that thousand dollar car seat…
My mom says she used to tell people, “She’s obstinate, but precious.” Yay… reeaaaal precious.
I was known to be quite the “tantrum thrower” until I went to Kindergarten when I was four. I needed to know what was going to happen at all times and everything needed to be in order.
If plans changed without me knowing, look out.
If we left a place before we were supposed to – all hell would break loose. My mom says I bit the dashboard in her car once after we had to leave my Aunt’s house early… and those teeth marks did not disappear. My cousins also tell of me kicking the crap out of the wall in their living room once.
I have foggy memories of myself throwing Legos at my bedroom door because my Mom had put me in my room to cool down. This could’ve happened after I was told to come inside after it got dark. That sun should probably have just stayed out a little longer so I could finish playing… but NOPE, Mr. Sun does what it wants. I didn’t know how to control all the frustration boiling inside my body, so I pulled at my pretty little curls and threw Legos. I am sure it was all very cute.
I like things to be a certain way – if I go home to visit my parents and my room isn’t cleaned the way I like it, then I clean it myself. I prefer to cook a big meal at home for guests then take them out to eat – because if I am going to spend monies on food, I like to have control over how it is going to taste.
I am not OCD – my bedroom floor is usually a mess and the laundry is never done.
I am just controlling.
I think wanting to have control over everything in my life is one of my worst traits. No longer do I throw Legos, but I now have anxiety and panic attacks. It stems from my inability to LET GO in situations that are otherwise out of my control. I don’t think I will ever be able to understand how to let things work themselves out.
Control. I need it in my life. I don’t know how to function without it. Oh boy, what am I going to do when Baby Girl doesn’t arrive on her due date…
What are some of your worst traits? Do any of you have control issues?
BAHAHAHHA! I’m not OCD, but I AM most certainly a control freak. And yes, it absolutely has lended itself to anxiety and panic attacks. Feel your pain dear 🙂
love your baby pictures! What a doll with those curls:) I can relate but I am more OCD then control freak! i used to want control over everything but then I got married and my husband is in the military so now I literally have no control over big things and can only control the little things like what I wear and what i eat lol Its been a process of letting go and understanding that it will work out eventually!
Totally hear you on this! A great quote from Gilmore Girls: “As long as everything is exactly the way I want it, I’m totally flexible!”
I have the same control issues and am quite frankly really nervous to have children because of it. It has come out much more since being married and realizing I cannot control my husband or what the Army has us do. I feel your pain!
I have terrible control issues. I thought they would get better after I had my son, and they did eventually, but at first they got way worse. It helps that Jeffrey is a go with the flow type of person, and it helps me to focus and calm down.
Haah. you were a cutie! Should I change plans with you last minute to get a rise out of you? 😉
I am right there with you- I’m most definately a control freak! It has gotten a lot worse in the past few years, but luckily my husband is really understanding. I had a lot of anxiety when I was pregnant about not having everything in order before my son was born, but I actually had my first consistent contraction a few minutes after putting the lights up in his nursery, which was the final thing I wanted completed. I don’t know if it was my body finally relaxing and feeling ready, or if it was a sign that my son is going to be a control freak like me! Try not to stress too much, it’s not good during pregnancy!
I just freak out and throw shit. I like being in control too.
This is so me too!! I like this to be a certain way, though I have gotten a little better in the last year or so.
I’m controlling AND OCD–not a good combo! Being married has really helped me chill because my husband is the total opposite of me. He has his act together, but he doesn’t plan like me or get frazzled when plans change. I’ve become much better at “rolling with it”. Or maybe I’m just learned to control myself? I think really I just have become better at thinking through what might go wrong and either planning for it or preparing for it so I don’t have a freak out. I really don’t know what I will do with a baby–there is really no controlling them!
I also have bad control issues. My husband worries about me because I’d rather do everything myself than have it done “wrong.” But I’m working on it.. 🙂
I was exactly the same way, and it has manifested itself as anxiety and panic attacks later in life for me too! Ugh. BUT my mom used to always say that someone as bossy and controlling as me must also be pretty intelligent so…I’ll go with that 🙂
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