The Relationship Between Control Freaks and Codependence

Those with narcissistic personality disorder have an inflated self-importance, hypersensitivity to criticism and a sense of entitlement. And such persons manipulate and pressure others to change so as to avoid having to change themselves. They use power over others to escape their inner emptiness. So, when control freaks pattern is broken, the controller is left with a terrible feeling of powerlessness,. Their feeling of pain and fear brings them back to themselves.