
My Ex Has Moved On
Cesser de surveiller, se libérer, avancer
By Gildas Garrec · 180 pages · 2025
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About this book
Méthode TCC pour sortir de l'obsession post-rupture : stalking digital, surveillance des réseaux sociaux, comparaison avec le nouveau/nouvelle, reconstruction identitaire.
You've just learned that your ex is in a new relationship, and the news has reopened a pain you thought you'd overcome? This clinical guide explains why this piece of information can hurt as much as a second breakup: it relaunches a grief you believed was finished, triggers the idealization trap, and pulls you into devastating social comparisons — a mechanism first described back in 1954 by psychologist Leon Festinger, and shown by more recent research to be especially damaging when self-esteem is already fragile. Ten chapters guide you from understanding this specific pain to a digital detox from monitoring their social media, rebuilding self-esteem, forgiveness as liberation, and redefining who you are outside that relationship. Grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), this book doesn't promise to erase the pain overnight, but offers a progressive method for you to stop comparing, stop watching, and reopen your heart to your own life.
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- 1Grief, Letting Go, and Rebirth
- 2Introduction — When the Ground Gives Way a Second Time
- 3PART ONE — Understanding the Storm
- 4Chapter 1 — Why It Hurts So Much to Know
- 5Chapter 2 — The Grief Reawakened
- 6Chapter 3 — The Idealization Trap
- 7Chapter 4 — The Digital Detox
- 8Bibliographic References (Part One)
- 9The Emotional Storm of the Displaced Parent
- 10The Impact on Children: What the Research Says
- 11The Loyalty Conflict: The Invisible Trap
- 12The Stepparent: Neither Parent Nor Stranger
- 13The Traps of Toxic Co-Parenting
- 14Building Functional Co-Parenting: The "Parental Colleagues" Model
- 15Specific Situations: When Co-Parenting Gets Complicated
- 16The Legal Dimension: Rights and Limits of the Stepparent
- 17Holidays and Events: Navigating Troubled Waters
- 18The Anatomy of Broken Self-Esteem
- 19Self-Compassion: A Scientific Revolution
- 20Reconstruction Through Values
- 21Breadcrumbing: The Art of Leaving Crumbs
- 22The Seven-Question Decision Framework
- 23Post-Traumatic Growth: When Pain Becomes Transformation
- 24Neuroplasticity in Service of Rebirth
- 25Building a New Identity
- 26Reference Works
- 27Scientific Articles
- 28The Essentials of Applied Psychology
- 29Outside the Collection
- 30Crisis resources
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