Control

[Clodfobble]

It seems every subsequent movement resulting from a failure to adequately dictate a situation is an attempt to recreate or resolve the previous unfavourable situation.

Sounds as if you're saying, 'When we fuck things up, we continually try to fix them,' with the corollary, 'When things don't go our way, we still keep trying.'

Doesn't sound too bad to me. I mean, I guess it's nice if you can embrace total apathy and go with the flow, but for me the things I want are part of who I am, not the other way around.

Anyway, I don't see a cycle here, since controlling someone/something does not lessen our desire for control in the first place. It's just a fact about people, not a cycle that perpetuates itself.