{"podcast":{"title":"Being Human","slug":"being-human-1367973","podcast_index_feed_id":1367973,"rss_url":"https://beinghumancpi.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://beinghuman.catholicpsych.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/5/0/8/4508d8ce03f136cfd959afa2a1bf1c87/BH-Cover-New.jpg","author":"Dr. Gregory Bottaro","episode_count":297,"summary":"At the CatholicPsych Institute, we're doing something new when it comes to therapy. In the Being Human podcast, Dr. Greg Bottaro, Founder and Director of the CatholicPsych Institute, shares with you his vision for Catholic therapy and a revolutionary approach that is focused, finally, on what it means to be human.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T16:21:53.947862+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/being-human-1367973"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 281: Control or Be Controlled: The Devastating Wounds Behind Antisocial Behavioral Patterns","slug":"episode-281-control-or-be-controlled-the-devastating-wounds-behind-antisocial-behavioral-patterns","published_at":"2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/being-human-1367973/episode-281-control-or-be-controlled-the-devastating-wounds-behind-antisocial-behavioral-patterns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/being-human-1367973","url":"https://beinghuman.catholicpsych.com/?utm_source=libsyn&utm_medium=podcast&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=podcast","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/beinghumancpi/BH_281_-_Edited_Audio3.mp3?dest-id=2450216","summary":"Not every rule-breaker is choosing rebellion. Most are choosing safety — and they've been doing it since childhood. In this first episode of a new series, Dr. Greg takes apart what \"antisocial\" actually means and traces the pattern back to its source: not evil or criminal, but a deep wound that learned to survive by refusing to trust. Key Topics: Why \"antisocial\" has nothing to do with introversion — and what it actually describes How charm and omnipotent control can be defenses, not personality traits Why growing up with an unpredictable parent makes rules feel like threats instead of like love What the interpersonal wish \"help me trust you\" reveals beneath even the most closed-off exterior Why the parts of us that push back against rules deserve curiosity, not condemnation How empathy, education, and direction together create the conditions where rules feel like love Why the gap between antisocial patterns and ordinary daily life is narrower than we'd like to admit Learn More: Summit of Integration 2026 — Join us in Dallas, October 20–23, celebrating the Feast of St. John Paul II. Start of the Being Human series on the Histrionic Defense Patterns: Ep. #274: To Be Loved Is to Perform: Inside the Histrionic Compulsion for Attention and Validation Start of the Being Human series on the Borderline Defense Patterns: Ep. #269: BORDERLINE: The Push-Pull Between a Fear of Abandonment and Annihilation Start of the Being Human series on the Dependent Defense Patterns: Ep. #265: Jerry Maguire, Gollum, and the Fear of Not Existing: A Deep Dive into the Dependent Defense Pattern Start of the Being Human series on the Narcissistic Defense Patterns: Ep. #261: Narcissism and the Terror of Being Ordinary: Why Real Change Happens through Love not Willpower Previous episodes on parts w…","meta_description":"Not every rule-breaker is choosing rebellion. Most are choosing safety — and they've been doing it since childhood. In this first episode of a new series,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2934,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/being-human-1367973/episodes/episode-281-control-or-be-controlled-the-devastating-wounds-behind-antisocial-behavioral-patterns/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/being-human-1367973/episode-281-control-or-be-controlled-the-devastating-wounds-behind-antisocial-behavioral-patterns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}