Lori Gottlieb: How changing your story can change your life
Lori Gottlieb: Változtassák meg narratívájukat, változtassák meg életüket!
Lori Gottlieb asks: What if the stories we tell ourselves are wrong? Full bio
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by telling you about an email
called "Dear Therapist,"
tanácsadó rovatot vezetek,
of very personal letters
összetört szívtől és elvesztéstől
from heartbreak and loss,
szülőkkel és testvérekkel.
őket a laptopomon,
"The Problems of Living."
I get lots of emails just like this,
sok ehhez hasonlót kapok –,
into my world for a second
until a couple of years ago.
stopped wanting to have sex as much,
közeledései csökkentek,
that for the past few months,
telefonbeszélgetéseket folytat
long, late-night phone calls
with a coworker when I was young
mennyire zaklatott vagyok.
to trust my husband again.
through a divorce,
kitenni a válásnak,
about how painful infidelity is.
painful it is here
growing up with her father.
tapasztalata miatt.
have some empathy for this woman,
érezhetnek e nő iránt,
feelings for her husband.
a férjével kapcsolatban.
that go through my mind too,
these letters in my inbox.
when I respond to these letters
választ fogalmazzak,
is actually just a story
elmesélt narratíva.
of this story also exists.
anything as a therapist,
narrators of our own lives.
mesélünk az életünkről.
a TED-beszédem sem.
going to believe my TED Talk.
that we purposely mislead.
vezetünk félre másokat.
is absolutely true,
they emphasize or minimize,
hangsúlyoznak vagy mit nem,
a figyelmem,
in a particular way.
described this beautifully -- he said,
szépen fogalmazta ezt meg:
to take a moral stance."
állásfoglalás nélkül."
with stories about our lives.
why things went wrong,
we make sense of our lives.
or just wrong?
vagy éppen hibás?
shape our stories.
alakítják narratívánk.
találkoztam munkám során,
shapes what they become.
is that if we can change our stories,
megváltoztatjuk narratívánk,
an unreliable narrator.
megbízhatatlan narrátor.
hogy terapeuta vagyok,
because if I say I'm a therapist,
about to give you a pelvic exam?"
hogy medencevizsgálatot vállalok-e?"
hogy szerkesztő vagyok,
to help people edit,
segíteni szerkeszteni,
about my specific role as Dear Therapist
nem egy személyre korlátozódik.
I'm not just editing for one person.
of readers how to edit,
tanítom szerkeszteni
or going in circles,
or are they a distraction?"
vagy elvonják a figyelmet?"
tend to circle around two key themes.
kérdéskört járnak körbe.
at freedom for a second.
amount of freedom.
to the problem at hand,
hogy egyáltalán nincs szabadságunk.
we feel like we have none.
are about feeling trapped, right?
magunkat csapdában, igaz?
by our families, our jobs,
a családunk, a munkánk,
with a narrative of self-flagellation --
mi magunk zárjuk be magunkat,
is better than mine" story,
the "I'm unlovable" story,
"engem nem lehet szeretni",
work out for me" story.
and she doesn't answer,
she'll never trust him again,
nem fog megbízni benne,
her children will suffer.
megszenvedik.
that I think is a perfect example
in these stories.
ebben az életmesében.
shaking the bars,
around the bars to freedom
a szabadságért,
for our role in the story,
narratívás szerepünkért,
that I see in our stories: change.
témánkhoz: a változáshoz.
in the story to change."
megváltozzon a narratívában."
she'd be the king."
ő lenne a király."
or utterly miserable,
vagy nyomorúságos a megszokott,
a felállást és a cselekményt
and setting and plot,
dialogue in this story.
how the story is going to go
is to venture into the unknown.
hogy felvállaljuk az ismeretlent,
than a blank page.
narratívánk első fejezetét,
becomes much easier to write.
about getting to know ourselves.
az önismeret megtanulása.
is to unknow yourself.
először tiszta helyzetet kell teremtsünk.
you've been telling yourself
that you've been telling yourself
a magunknak mesélt narratívát.
from the woman, about the affair.
a nő viszonyról szóló leveléhez.
taped up in my office:
outside of one's knowledge or competence.
kívül eső dolgokról adni tanácsot.
after this TED Talk.
that as a therapist,
what they want to do,
mit szeretnének tenni,
their life choices for them.
létfontosságú döntéseiket.
erővel szerkesztenénk meg
together, right here,
how we can all revise our stories.
felülvizsgálhatjuk narratívánk.
that you're telling yourself right now
you're experiencing,
at the supporting characters.
who wrote me that letter
what's called "idiot compassion."
együttérzést" kapott volna.
we go along with the story,
ugyanazt a narratívát,
igazságtalan dolog!" – mondjuk,
get the promotion he wanted,
hogy nem léptették elő,
several times before
put in the effort,
also steals office supplies.
that her boyfriend broke up with her,
hogy elhagyta a barátja,
that there are certain ways
viselkedik a kapcsolataiban –
és átnézi barátja fiókjait –,
or the going through his drawers,
in every bar you're going to,
a bárban, ahova betévednek,
we need to offer wise compassion,
tanúsítsunk bölcs együttérzést,
hanem saját magunk iránt is.
I think the technical term might be --
what we've left out of the story.
narratívánk hiányosságaira.
is having an affair,
hogy e nő férjének van-e viszonya,
changed two years ago,
két éve testi kapcsolatuk,
phone calls are really about.
az éjbe nyúló telefonhívások.
that because of her history,
story of betrayal,
to let me, in her letter,
who's taking a Rorschach test.
pasihoz hasonlóan.
they look like that,
melyek így néznek ki.
at his ink blot and he says,
és azt mondja:
you definitely don't see."
egészen biztosan nem lát?"
a feleségemmel kapcsolatban.
minden idegesíti,
I make when I chew.
to secretly put extra milk in my granola
próbál tenni a müzlimre,
after my father died two years ago.
apám két évvel ezelőtt halála után vált.
to what I was going through.
hogy min megyek keresztül.
whose father died a few months ago,
apja is elhunyt pár hónapja.
like I talk to my friend,
beszélgetni, mint a barátommal,
tolerates me now.
alig bír engem.
I read you earlier,
amelyet az előbb felolvastam,
narrator's point of view.
a husband who's cheating,
who can't understand his grief.
aki nem érti meg a gyászát.
is that for all of their differences,
mindkét narratívában
is a longing for connection.
of the first-person narration
from another character's perspective,
becomes much more sympathetic,
in the editing process,
if you looked at your story
person's point of view?
from this wider perspective?
who are depressed,
to talk to you about you right now,"
hogy önmagáról beszéljen",
in a very particular way.
módon forgatja ki narratívánk.
lonely or hurt or rejected.
vagy sértettek vagy visszautasítottak.
we're looking through.
our own fake-news broadcasters.
áldozatai leszünk.
of the letter I read you.
and pita chips, by the way.
of the alternative narratives
alapján, hanem rovatom is felhasználva –,
but also in my column.
in the same situation
lévő két személy
unbeknownst to the other,
of this woman's letter is,
levelének másik verzióját,
of her letter that she wrote to me.
változatát írja meg.
is having an affair of any kind --
ha a férjének viszonya van,
what the plot is yet.
for what the plot can become.
hogy akármerre alakulhat még.
that I see people who are really stuck,
megrekedt eseteket,
in their stuckness.
ragaszkodnak elakadásukhoz.
nevezem őket.
when you try to offer them a suggestion,
javasolni valamit,
that will never work, because ..."
de ez soha nem működik, mert..."
because I can't do that."
mert nem tudom kivitelezni."
but people are just so annoying."
de mindenki olyan bosszantó."
of misery and stuckness.
és elakadásról szóló narratívájuk.
I usually take a different approach.
I'm not your therapist right now.
az önök terapeutája.
at me right now,
about all of us, eventually.
authors of our own unhappiness,
megfogalmazása helyett,
while we're still alive.
narratívánk, míg élünk.
and not the victim in our stories,
és nem áldozatai kell legyünk.
that lives in our minds
mi kerüljön be gondolatainkba,
which stories to listen to
hogy minek szentelünk figyelmet,
to go through a revision
to the quality of our lives
az életminőségünkhöz,
we tell ourselves about them.
to the stories of our lives,
personal Pulitzer Prize.
elnyerése kell legyen.
help-rejecting complainers,
segítséghárító panaszkodók,
annak magunkat.
that is so easy to slip into
or angry or vulnerable.
vagy elesettek vagyunk.
you're struggling with something,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lori Gottlieb - Psychotherapist, authorLori Gottlieb asks: What if the stories we tell ourselves are wrong?
Why you should listen
Lori Gottlieb is a natural storyteller -- and no wonder. She has crafted stories for film and television series as Hollywood executive, delved deep into her subjects' stories as a nationally recognized journalist and has helped people to change their stories through her weekly "Dear Therapist" column for "The Atlantic" and her clinical work as a psychotherapist.
In her latest New York Times bestselling book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which is currently being adapted as a television series with Eva Longoria, she tells the stories of four of her patients, along with a fifth patient -- herself. She also serves as a member of the Advisory Council for Bring Change to Mind and as an advisor to the Aspen Institute, and she appears as a frequent expert on emotional health in media such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, CNN, and NPR's "Fresh Air." Her new podcast, which will premiere in 2020, will be co-hosted with fellow TED speaker Guy Winch and executive produced by Katie Couric.
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