Making a decision can be complex, and even painful. Africa Studio – stock.adobe.com
PSYCHOLOGY – To decide, is it really reasonable? The majority of our arbitrations are the result of perfectly sensible automatisms. But our rational brain sometimes plays very nasty tricks on us…
«I remember that moment very precisely, says Marine (1), 41, literature teacher. It was a Friday morning, after a dreadful night spent calming my husband down… At the time, he was suffering from depression. He had been drinking, had been aggressive, insulting. For me, everything had become clear. I could no longer wait or procrastinate as I had done for so many years: I had to leave, leave him, take my son. Strangely, I was very calm, got ready, called a friend and went to the police station for a handrail. Maybe so that all of this would be real, so as not to go back… I couldn’t say what decided me that day, what went through my head. Dreadful nights, I had experienced plenty of them. But that morning, I knew. As if I had no choice, it was him or me.
Marine’s testimony shows how complex and painful a decision can be. The heart is torn, the mind races and “especially…
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