Permission you're not sure how to get. Permission you may have difficulty granting yourself. Well you are not alone. An estimated one in thirteen adults in the USA have grown up with unhealthy control. That's more than 15 million people.
Unhealthy control has lasting costs.
Lacking a protective sense of self, you may live with too little freedom, too little meaning and, most of all, far too little self-love. Growing up controlled means inheriting habits and beliefs that complicate relationships, decision making, spirituality, and emotional development. An unexamined upbringing may lead us unwittingly to replay old patterns with our mates so that our mates come to remind us of our parents. We may misread friends, neighbors, or co-workers who remind us of our parents. We may inadvertently use our children as vehicles to work out unfinished business with our parents.