Why am I stressed at work when nothing is wrong?
No conflict, no overload, a decent job, and still the tension is there. What the phrase nothing is wrong never measures: control, role clarity, invisible work, missing recovery.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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Working Without Recognition: The Imbalance That Wears You Down Most
It isn't the amount of work that wears you down — it's the lasting gap between what you give and what you get back. The four rewards, the overcommitment trap, and what to document.
Read the article →Workplace Distress in the Public Sector: What Is Different
Secure employment but a costly exit, a mission you cannot deliver, recognition without a pay lever: what makes workplace distress different in public service, and who to turn to.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety: How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself
Performance anxiety is far more than nerves. It is a mechanism that turns your mental resources into obstacles. Here is how to disarm it.
Read the article →You left without a word
Why does leaving without an explanation hurt more than a spoken breakup? What silence takes from the mind, and how to take back control when no one will close the story for you.
Read the article →Relating to Your Parents as an Adult: Finding the Right Distance
At 30, 40 or 50, the relationship with our parents remains a major source of tension. Too close it smothers, too distant it breeds guilt.
Read the article →Lack of motivation: understanding it to get going again
Why motivation collapses, the three traps that keep it down, and the CBT pillars that help you rebuild it step by step through action and meaning.
Read the article →Repressed Emotions: What Are the Consequences for the Body?
That lump in your throat, shoulders tense for days, unexplained fatigue. How repressed emotions settle into the body, and how to release them.
Read the article →Specific phobias: gradual exposure, a path to freedom
How avoidance keeps a specific phobia alive, and how gradual exposure, the cornerstone of CBT, teaches the brain that the feared situation is safe.
Read the article →Practising Self-Compassion Instead of Self-Criticism: A CBT Shift
You made a mistake in a work meeting. Instantly, an inner voice erupts. Here is why that harsh critic is not your ally, and what CBT offers instead.
Read the article →Developing your tolerance of uncertainty
Intolerance of uncertainty sits at the heart of many anxiety disorders. Understand its mechanisms and learn how CBT helps you live with the unknown.
Read the article →Morning anxiety: understanding it and defusing it
Why anxiety peaks the moment you wake up, and which CBT tools genuinely help you defuse it and start your day on steadier ground.
Read the article →Assertiveness for healthier relationships
What assertiveness really is, why it matters for every relationship, and the CBT tools that help you express your needs without aggression or passivity.
Read the article →Parenthood and guilt: freeing yourself from the pressure
Where parental guilt comes from, how cognitive distortions feed it, and what CBT offers to loosen its grip on you and on your family.
Read the article →Rebuilding After a Break-Up: 7 CBT Steps to Regain Your Balance
A break-up shakes your emotions, your identity and your plans. Seven CBT steps, grounded in research and clinical practice, to rebuild yourself.
Read the article →Setting boundaries at work without feeling guilty
Why saying no at work feels so hard, and the CBT tools that let you set clear boundaries, handle the guilt that follows, and protect your energy.
Read the article →Body Image and Self-Esteem: Making Peace With Your Body
Body image is never neutral. How CBT helps you challenge negative thoughts, reduce avoidance and rebuild self-esteem beyond appearance.
Read the article →Health Anxiety: Understanding and Easing Hypochondria
Health anxiety, often called hypochondria, traps you in a cycle of fear and checking. How CBT helps you regain a calmer relationship with your body.
Read the article →How Does CBT Actually Work? Your Guide to Effective Therapy
How Cognitive Behavioural Therapy really works: its pillars, the five stages of a course of treatment, and practical exercises you can use today.
Read the article →Naming Your Emotions: A Key to Better Emotional Regulation
Naming an emotion calms the amygdala and engages the prefrontal cortex. CBT exercises to expand your emotional vocabulary and regulate what you feel.
Read the article →Over 2300 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog offers over 2300 articles written by Gildas Garrec, CBT Psychopractitioner. Each article is based on validated psychological models (Gottman, Young, attachment theory, CBT) to provide concrete keys to understanding.
Couple communication — Gottman's 4 horsemen, the 5:1 ratio, stonewalling, NVC
Attachment — Anxious, avoidant, disorganized styles, path to secure attachment
Emotional dependency — The 10 signs, self-assessment tests, CBT strategies
Ghosting & dating — Ghosting, breadcrumbing, curving, orbiting, zombieing
Manipulation — Gaslighting, control, narcissistic pervert, psychological violence
Infidelity — Understanding, forgiving, trauma bonding, reconstruction
Anxiety & stress — Relationship anxiety, burnout, rumination, insomnia
Jealousy — Pathological jealousy, retrospective, social media
Breakup & grief — The 7 stages, no contact, relationship PTSD
Couple & cohabitation — Moving in, arguments, libido, mental load
Parenting — Parental alienation, co-parenting, blended family
Young's schemas — 18 early schemas, cognitive distortions
Dating apps — Mental health impact, paradox of choice, dating fatigue
Mental health — When to consult, online therapy, CBT vs EMDR