Most people who consult Inès Weber, psychologist author of
Being Self
(1), have ticked all the boxes of our society's model of success (diplomas, career, family, housing, leisure), but the sum of all these achievements is n is not equal to happiness: something is missing.
This pattern, the psychologist sees it taking shape every day.
In her office, she does not meet “great neurotics or personalities suffering from major disorders, but rather capable of knowing their limits and looking for solutions”.
So, is this lack an unacceptable confession?
Surely not !
“These questions are specific to human beings, they are not sickly.”
When some arrive and feel bad, she says to them: “Welcome to human beings”, reassuring.
“Simply, these existential questions are no longer taken care of anywhere but in psychology offices.”
She sees in it the result of an era.
“Religions no longer have the central place…
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