PSYCHOLOGY – Choice of vacation spot, children’s extracurricular activities… Those who don’t have a say live more or less well. What mental mechanisms are at work in these situations? Answers with clinical psychologist Vincent Joly.
Every day, in all spheres of life, scenarios follow one another and dozens of decisions are made without us. Sometimes it suits us very well. I don’t decide, so I follow… the movement? We all have that old friend around us who answers any collective question on WhatsApp with “Oh, you know, I’m fine, I’ll let you decide on Marion’s present / next Friday’s restaurant / next vacation spot.” Or this adorable cousin who prefers to let time pass rather than make a minor decision despite our reminders, forcing us to always decide at the last minute about the logistics of the next August 15th cousin.
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“Letting someone else decide is sometimes a choice of comfort for certain personalities,” emphasizes Vincent Joly, a clinical psychologist in Paris. I receive patients who feel relieved by being freed from the burden of making constant decisions.” This is the case of 57-year-old Dominic, a former business manager…
Source: Le Figaro
