Jealousy: Psychological Mechanisms and Strategies to Overcome It
You check your partner's phone. You interpret every smile directed at someone else as a threat.
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Stalking Your Ex on Social Media: Why and How to Stop
Let's be honest. You've done it. Maybe you're doing it right now, between two paragraphs of this article.
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\"I'd like to forgive, but I can't.\" \"They tell me to forgive to move forward, but aren't I betraying myself?\"
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Read article →Micro-Cheating Online: Where Does Digital Infidelity Begin?
Your partner systematically likes photos from the same person. A private message that's a little too enthusiastic.
Read article →Retrospective Jealousy: When the Past Becomes an Obsession
You can't stop thinking about their exes. You ask questions about details you don't really want to know — and when you...
Read article →Jealousy and Social Media: When Instagram Becomes Toxic
It's 11:17 PM. You're in bed, your partner is sleeping beside you, and you're scrolling through his Instagram followers list for the third time this week...
Read article →How to Stop Being Jealous: 10 Effective CBT Exercises
You know your jealousy is excessive. You know it makes your partner suffer. You know it consumes you from within.
Read article →Unhealthy Jealousy: Understanding and Overcoming Jealousy
You check their phone the moment they leave the room. You analyze every like on their social media.
Read article →Over 190 applied psychology articles
The Psychology and Serenity blog offers over 190 articles by Gildas Garrec, CBT psychopractitioner in Nantes. Each article draws on validated psychological models (Gottman, Young, attachment theory, CBT) to offer practical insights.
Couple Communication — Gottman’s 4 horsemen, the 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, psychological violence
Infidelity — Understanding, forgiving, trauma bonding, rebuilding
Anxiety & Stress — Relationship anxiety, burnout, rumination, insomnia
Jealousy — Pathological jealousy, retroactive, 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 families
Young 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
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