Sorry I haven’t written for a while but I occasionally get sidetracked by my actual job (or by my life, such as it is). Last week’s column was about control freaks. This is a phenomenon that occurs when the stress response meets perfectionnism and rigidity. The stress response is the body’s instinctive way of protecting [...]
Tag Archives: Anxiety
The paradox of anxiety
Anxiety is a very easy to understand. When we are confronted with a danger, we feel anxiety. This anxiety then pushes us to protect ourselves by either fighting against the danger or by running away from it. Very simple. But what happens if you are afraid of being anxious? Where do you run or how [...]
Being in love and feeling secure
Ever since I was a kid, I heard expressions referring to insecurity such as, “He’s so insecure.” I never did quite know what it meant. It seemed to describe many people. Basically, anyone with anxiety about anything was described as insecure. Now that I am a psychologist, I use the term myself, but I do [...]
The relativity of risks
Here is a copy of the original English version of my last column in Metro that appeared on September 4, 2007. This column was inspired by a true story that appeared in the papers a few months ago. It touches on a theme that I have explored in other columns; that is, the relativity of [...]
