What is a controlling spouse?

What is a controlling spouse?

You manipulate feelings. Using guilt or intimidation as a tool, controlling people are skilled at making their partner's own emotions work in the controlling person's favor. If you can manipulate your partner into feeling guilty about every little thing, then a lot of the controlling work is done for you.

What happens in a controlling relationship?

Controlling partners serve as a filter for the outside world, gradually forcing their victims to lose the support of family, friends, and coworkers. Isolated and controlled in this way, victims lose self-esteem and have trouble remembering what they once thought, felt, and believed.