Relationship Fusion: 5 Ways to Find Balance & Individuality
Overcome relationship fusion and find healthy balance in your partnership. Discover 5 CBT-based strategies to maintain individuality while fostering connection.
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Articles on psychology, mental health, relationships, anxiety, personality and psychological well-being.
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Closed Enclosure Effect: Why We Connect Faster When Trapped
Explore the closed enclosure effect in psychology. Understand why intense emotional bonds form rapidly in confined environments and how it impacts relationships.
Read article →Why Powerful Men Date Beautiful Women: Science Explains
Why are the partners of high-status men often beautiful? Evolutionary psychology provides solid and nuanced answers. An in-depth article.
Read article →Why Successful Men Date Beautiful Women: A CBT View
Explore why successful men often date beautiful women. Evolutionary psychology and CBT explain this pattern, offering nuanced insights into relational choices.
Read article →Available Women: Why Her Availability Raises Concerns
Why an attractive available woman should make you think rather than reassure you. Psycho-rigidity, personality disorders, specific hypergamy: the real reasons behind abnormal availability.
Read article →Why You Fall for Someone in Close Quarters: 5 Key Reasons
Why do we fall for a colleague or during a trip? The concept of the closed enclosure explains how confined environments create intense attachments. A psychological analysis.
Read article →Why You Want Him More When He Disappears: 3 CBT Reasons
Understand why you want him more when he disappears. A CBT therapist explains the psychological mechanisms behind this common relationship pattern.
Read article →Why We Want It, Then Hate Having It: Understanding Desire
Explore why intense desire can turn to regret once achieved. A CBT therapist explains the psychology behind wanting and having, offering clarity and insight.
Read article →Why You Want Those Who Don't Want You: 6 CBT Insights
Explore why you want those who don't want you back. Understand the psychological mechanisms and learn CBT strategies to break this frustrating romantic pattern.
Read article →Why You Want Those Who Don't Want You: A CBT Guide
Why the women we want don't choose us — and why the ones who choose us don't really appeal to us? An in-depth article on the central paradox of romantic life.
Read article →Why Your Feelings Lie About Love: 3 Ways to Spot the Truth
Understand why your feelings about love can be misleading. Learn to distinguish authentic connection from emotional illusions and build healthier relationships.
Read article →Why Your Feelings Lie About Love: Understand Emotional Traces
Discover why intense feelings don't always signal true love. Learn how emotional traces and your inner world shape romantic feelings, and avoid mistaking them for reality.
Read article →Personality Disorders: Why Your Partner Acts \"Crazy\"
Understand how personality disorders like BPD or NPD manifest in relationships. Learn to identify patterns and seek healthier dynamics.
Read article →4 Reasons Your Partner Hides Their Real Needs
Everyone enters a relationship with an unspoken personal agenda. Why this secret agenda exists, how to identify it, and what it does to the couple when it stays hidden.
Read article →Toxic Personalities: 7 Signs of Personality Disorders in Love
Understand the real signs of a toxic personality in your partner. Learn how personality disorders manifest in relationships and find healthier paths forward.
Read article →Teen Pulling Away? 7 Hidden Anxiety Signs to Watch For
Is your teen pulling away? Learn to recognize 7 hidden signs of anxiety in adolescents and understand how to support their well-being effectively.
Read article →Emotional Load: Why You're Exhausted & Partner Unaware
Understand the emotional load, an invisible burden exhausting you in relationships. Learn how to rebalance dynamics and reduce this silent cause of relational strain.
Read article →Emotional Load: Why Relationships Exhaust You & 5 Fixes
Feeling exhausted in your relationship? Understand emotional load, its hidden impact, and learn CBT strategies to rebalance dynamics for renewed connection.
Read article →Obsession vs. Love: 15 Signs You're Obsessed, Not in Love
Understand the critical difference between obsession and healthy love. Discover 15 key symptoms of romantic obsession and CBT tools to break free.
Read article →Eating Disorders: 6 Mistakes That Worsen Your Partner's ED
Avoid 6 common mistakes that can worsen an eating disorder. Learn how to effectively support your partner's recovery journey with CBT insights.
Read article →Over 1800 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog features over 1800 articles written by Gildas Garrec, CBT psycho-practitioner in Nantes. Each article draws on validated psychological models (Gottman, Young, attachment theory, CBT) to offer practical insights.
Couple communication — Gottman's 4 horsemen, 5:1 ratio, stonewalling, NVC
Attachment — Anxious, avoidant, disorganized styles, path to secure attachment
Emotional dependency — 10 signs, self-assessment tests, CBT strategies
Ghosting & dating — Ghosting, breadcrumbing, curving, orbiting, zombieing
Manipulation — Gaslighting, coercive control, narcissistic abuse
Infidelity — Understanding, forgiveness, trauma bonding, recovery
Anxiety & stress — Relationship anxiety, burnout, rumination, insomnia
Jealousy — Pathological, retrospective, social media jealousy
Breakup & grief — 7 stages, no contact, relationship PTSD
Couple & cohabitation — Moving in, arguments, libido, mental load
Parenting — Parental alienation, co-parenting, blended families
Young's schemas — 18 early maladaptive schemas, cognitive distortions
Dating apps — Mental health impact, paradox of choice, dating fatigue
Mental health — When to consult, online therapy, CBT vs EMDR
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