Well, not so much control freak of everything, just the levers that seem to matter. I have completely dropped all expectations from those around me and see them as sheep unless proven otherwise. So I try to feed statements like dopamine.
Where I have become controlling are in all of my responses and what I allow into my psyche. Most accept the "next video" while I've started creating all my own playlists and critically look to reject everything I come across that I can through validation. I also now look at things in a bayesian perspective. By this, I mean that everything has probabilities.
I can be a bit exhausting, but it gets easier once you don't try and control things you can't ... like other people's salvation.
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