1. Do they make you feel like you can’t be yourself? Guilty? Suffocated? Like you always have to give in?

2. Are they moody? Sulking or throwing hissy fits when they don’t get their own way.

3. Do they have a bad temper and you never know where you stand with them?

4. How do they react to questions? Questions can irritate a controlling person because they would rather be in control of the questioning, not anybody else.

5. Do they put you down rather than compliment you?

6. Can they accept ‘No’ for an answer?

7. What happens when you want to do your own thing? Make you own plans? Is there a problem?

8. Can they take responsibility if they cause a problem? Or can they somehow put the blame on you?

9. Do they try and cause trouble between you and your friends and your family?

10. Do they have their own friends? If so are they surrounding themselves with only people who they don’t feel jealous of?