Blog Post: Love Is a Leash — This Week on PrecisionCycle BTS

Jul 3

“If you don’t let me help you, I’ll stop speaking to you.”
“You’re only safe when you’re medicated.”
“I moved your savings into my safe—just in case.”

This week’s PrecisionCycle BTS wasn’t just therapy content. It was a masterclass in how control hides inside love, and how families weaponize help, finances, and concern to maintain power.

In this week’s BTS, I broke down three cases that highlight one of the most common—and most devastating—forces we encounter in PrecisionCycle:

🎯 Conditional Love as Psychological Violence.

Let’s break down what happened.

💰 Dave: The Pseudo-Conservatorship Nobody Signed

Dave found out the hard way that financial dependency becomes emotional captivity when it’s managed by family under the guise of “support.” His daughter and wife both delivered ultimatums: follow our rules, or lose our love.
Dave didn’t sign a conservatorship—but he’s living in one. He’s Britney Spears with a pension.

Symptom: Fatigue, confusion, shame Diagnosis: Covert control disguised as family care PrecisionCycle Move: Unmask the manipulation, reclaim financial autonomy, and build boundaries that rehumanize.

🔒 Megan: The $600 That Cost Her Freedom

Megan can’t access her own emergency savings—because her dad took it out of her bank account and put it in his safe. Why? “Trust issues.” The truth? He’s using money to regulate her independence. And when she asks about it, he ghosts… or sends Reels.

This isn’t about $600. It’s about emotional custody battles adults shouldn’t be fighting.

Quote of the Week: “He wants to be my dad. But he acts like my boyfriend and my banker.”

⚾ Shane: The Grief, the Game, the Grounding

Six weeks sober. One week, two deaths. No relapses. Shane didn’t cave. They sat with the pain. Went to a baseball game instead of the bottle. Watched life happen around them and stayed grounded.

Takeaway: Sobriety isn’t just abstaining. It’s emotional adulthood. Shane used PrecisionCycle grounding tools to stay present—and reclaim their nervous system.

🧠 Four Takeaways from This Week:

Conditional love isn’t love. It’s surveillance.
Money becomes a leash in narcissistic family systems.
Boundaries are the antidote to emotional hostage-taking.
You’re not crazy for seeing the game—you’re dangerous for refusing to play it.

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Whether you're a potential client, a clinician, or someone who’s just tired of being manipulated by family you can’t escape, this work is for you.

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👉 Watch this week’s BTS: “You’re Only Loved If You Obey”
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🧭 This Isn’t Therapy. It’s PrecisionCycle.

We don’t ask “how does that make you feel?” We ask “how do we move forward?”

If you’re ready to stop performing for love, and start protecting your peace— Start your PrecisionCycle today.

You deserve to be free.

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Enrique Arteaga