Why Can't I Control You?!
from the b*tch in my brain Hosted by Josie Woods
Why can't I control you? It's the question at the center of this episode — and if you've ever tried to control, fix, or save someone you love, even when you knew it wasn't your job, you already know the feeling. In this episode, I'm sharing about hitting my 3-year sobriety milestone, and the lesson that came with it that I didn't see coming: I have a savior complex. When someone I love is struggling, my first instinct is to jump in and fix it — the drinking, the relationship, whatever it is. For a long time I called that lovr. Turns out it a lot of it comes down to codependency. I get into a specific moment that really cracked this open for me — watching someone I care about repeat patterns I used to live in myself, and realizing I couldn't save them from it no matter how much I wanted to. We talk about the difference between actually supporting someone and quietly trying to run their life for them, why you can't force someone to change before they're ready, and what it means to sit in non-judgment instead of jumping in to preach. If you've ever wondered why you try to fix everyone, or how to stop trying to control the people you love, this one's for you
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