Obedience Conditioning

Training that equates worth, safety, or goodness with submission.

• Compliance feels safer to you than autonomy does.

• Disagreement triggers fear or shame in you

• You have come to associate obedience with moral value.

Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)

• Autonomy may trigger guilt or fear.

• Saying no can feel unsafe even in appropriate situations.

• Recovery includes practicing choice in small, supported ways.