Episode 71: Understanding Over-Controlled and Under-Controlled Personalities
About this episode
The episode explores the dynamics of over-controlled and under-controlled personalities through the lens of Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Ever worked hard, did everything “right,” and still felt unseen? Our conversation with Dr. Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher gets to the heart of why: when control becomes a shield, it also becomes a wall. We dig into Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RODBT) and the hidden costs of over-control—perfectionism, emotional inhibition, and the quiet loneliness of feeling unknown—even in a crowded room We start with the bell curve of emotional control, where under-control and over-control...
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