Control freaks have had a bad rap. I should know: I am one, just like Kristen Stewart, my sister in arms, who recently revealed—in her signature rockstar drawl—that she’s “like, a total control freak” ...

Often, we hear about “control freaks,” a term that arose in the late 1960s. They are people who compulsively seek to direct, manage, or otherwise be in charge of someone or something. Such people ...