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Guardian

Guardian

Do you strive to be in control of your life? It might be holding you back ...

Guardian
Summary
Nutrition label

63% Informative

People often speak of feeling out of control of their thoughts, their emotions, their relationships.

This desperation to be in control can destroy our lives and the lives of those we love.

The ability to tolerate not being in total control is essential to building a better life, not just for infants and parents.

Our emotions, which reveal to us who we are and where we want to go, and who we want to go there with. This vomiting bug left me so wobbly, I think, because it took from me the illusion I occasionally hide away in, that I am now an adult, in control of my life, of my mind, in control of what happens to me. The truth is far more unsettling, unpredictable and liberating. Moya Sarner is an NHS psychotherapist and the author of When I Grow Up Conversations With Adults in Search of Adulthood.

VR Score

49

Informative language

39

Neutral language

40

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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