Guy Winch: Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
गाय विंच: मनावर प्रथमोपचार का करायला हवेत?
Guy Winch asks us to take our emotional health as seriously as we take our physical health -- and explores how to heal from common heartaches. Full bio
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आम्ही एकत्रच लहानाचे मोठे झालो.
is that it makes you an expert
मोठं बिस्कीट मिळालं,
than my cookie, I had questions.
हे उघडच आहे.
एक वेगळा पक्षपातीपणा
notice favoritism of a different kind,
value the body than we do the mind.
किती जास्त महत्त्व देतो.
मी मानसशास्त्रातली डॉक्टरेट मिळवली.
my doctorate in psychology,
माझं कार्ड बघून कितीतरी लोक म्हणतात,
look at my business card and say,
खरा डॉक्टर नाही..
So not a real doctor,"
(खरे डॉक्टर नव्हेत.)
over the mind, I see it everywhere.
was getting ready for bed.
by the sink brushing his teeth,
on the stool when he fell.
but then he got back up,
a box of Band-Aids to put one on his cut.
नाडीसुद्धा नीट बांधता येत नाही.
tie his shoelaces,
तर जंतुसंसर्ग होणार नाही.
so it doesn't become infected,
ते दिवसातून दोनदा घासायला हवेत.
your teeth by brushing twice a day.
our physical health
सर्वांना ठाऊक आहे, हो ना?
we were five years old.
आपल्याला काय माहिती आहे?
our psychological health?
about emotional hygiene?
काय शिकवतो?
taking care of our teeth
मानसिक आरोग्यापेक्षा
so much more important to us
even more often than we do physical ones,
जास्त टिकतात.
or rejection or loneliness.
तर ते वाढत जातात.
worse if we ignore them,
अकल्पित परिणाम होऊ शकतो.
in dramatic ways.
scientifically proven techniques
kinds of psychological injuries,
उपलब्ध असूनही
that we should.
आपल्याला सुचतसुद्धा नाही.
Just shake it off; it's all in your head."
काहीतरी भरून घेतलं आहेस डोक्यात."
to somebody with a broken leg:
त्याला आपण सांगतो आहोत,
काहीतरी भरून घेतलं आहेस पायात."
it's all in your leg."
our physical and our psychological health.
my brother is also a psychologist.
मानसशास्त्रज्ञ आहे.
I've ever done in my life
मी अटलांटिक समुद्र ओलांडून
to New York City
for the first time in our lives,
brutal for both of us.
family and friends,
मित्रांच्या सोबतीतच राहिला,
प्रचंड महाग होतं.
really expensive then
परवडत असे.
for five minutes a week.
be spending together.
we would talk for 10 minutes.
waiting for him to call --
त्याचा फोन येण्याची वाट पाहत होतो.
but the phone didn't ring.
he will call later."
करेल नंतर.
being away for over 10 months,
the way I missed him.
रात्रीपर्यंत आला नाही.
saddest and longest nights of my life.
I realized I had kicked it off the hook
माझ्याच लाथेने
पुढच्याच क्षणी फोन वाजला.
and it rang a second later,
and, boy, was he pissed.
night of his life as well.
happened, but he said,
मी प्रयत्न केला.
If you saw I wasn't calling you,
the phone and call me?"
but I do today,
deep psychological wound,
and scrambles our thinking.
विचारांचा गोंधळ उडतो.
care much less than they actually do.
प्रत्यक्षात तसं नसलं, तरीही.
for rejection and heartache
more than you can stand?
loneliness back then,
एकटेपणाने गिळून टाकलं होतं.
so it never occurred to me.
ते माझ्या लक्षात आलं नाही.
purely subjectively.
सामाजिक दृष्ट्या तुटल्यासारखं वाटतं का,
from those around you.
and all of it is horrifying.
ते फार भयंकर आहे.
miserable, it will kill you.
likelihood of an early death
अकाली मृत्यूचं प्रमाण
high cholesterol.
of your immune system,
of illnesses and diseases.
that taken together,
दीर्घकाळ एकटेपणा सहन करणं हे
significant a risk
longevity as cigarette smoking.
saying, "This could kill you."
तसा इशारा दिलेला असतो.
we prioritize our psychological health,
a psychological wound
परिणाम करणारी,
psychological wound
and misleads us.
play with identical plastic toys.
घेऊन खेळत होती.
एक कुत्र्याचं गोंडस पिल्लू बाहेर यायचं.
and a cute doggie would pop out.
purple button, then pushing it,
at the box, with her lower lip trembling.
watched this happen,
into tears without even touching it.
everything she could think of
and she squealed with delight.
identical plastic toys,
reactions to failure.
सहज शक्य होतं.
capable of sliding a red button.
them from succeeding
into believing they could not.
त्यामुळे त्यांना ते अशक्य वाटलं.
as well, all the time.
feelings and beliefs that gets triggered
यांचे ठराविक साचे बनलेले असतात.
की आपण त्यानुसार वागतो.
frustrations and setbacks.
हे तुम्हांला ठाऊक आहे का?
your mind reacts to failure?
you're incapable of something
हे काम तू करू शकणार नाहीस,
you'll begin to feel helpless
तुम्ही स्वतःला असहाय मानू लागाल.
or you won't even try at all.
किंवा मुळात प्रयत्न करणारच नाही.
convinced you can't succeed.
की आपण यशस्वी होऊच शकत नाही.
function below their actual potential.
पुष्कळ खालच्या दर्जाचं काम करतात.
sometimes a single failure
त्यांना पटवलेलं असतं,
succeed, and they believed it.
आणि ते त्यांना पटलेलं असतं.
it's very difficult to change our mind.
की तो समज बदलणं फार कठीण असतं.
त्या वेळी मी तरुण होतो, भावासोबत होतो.
when I was a teenager with my brother.
down a dark road at night,
मोटारीत बसून चाललो होतो.
and they were looking for suspects.
आणि ते चोरांना शोधत होते.
shined his flashlight on the driver,
विजेरीचा झोत टाकला.
and then on me.
to him whatsoever.
त्याला वाटलं, की
माझी झडती घेतली,
he searches me,
I didn't have a police record,
I had a twin in the front seat.
माझा जुळा भाऊ त्याला दिसला.
you could see by the look on his face
की "यात काहीतरी काळंबेरं आहे.
getting away with something.
once we become convinced.
की तो बदलणं फार कठीण असतं.
demoralized and defeated after you fail.
convinced you can't succeed.
feelings of helplessness.
over the situation.
negative cycle before it begins.
we thought they were.
पण ते तसे नसतात.
and really unpleasant the next.
किंवा आपल्यावर उलटूही शकतात.
एका स्त्रीचं उदाहरण सांगतो.
and an extremely ugly divorce,
तिचा घटस्फोट झाला होता.
seemed nice and he seemed successful,
he seemed really into her.
असंही वाटलं.
she bought a new dress,
महागड्या बार मध्ये भेट ठरवली.
New York City bar for a drink.
the man stands up and says,
"आपलं जमेलसं वाटत नाही." म्हणाला,
All she could do was call a friend.
"Well, what do you expect?
"मग? तुझी काय अपेक्षा होती?
you have nothing interesting to say,
तुला काही छानसं बोलताही येत नाही.
successful man like that
could be so cruel?
मैत्रीण इतकी निर्दयपणे कशी बोलू शकते?
की हे त्या मैत्रिणीने म्हटलं नसून,
the friend who said that.
especially after a rejection.
and all our shortcomings,
विचार करू लागतो.
what we wish we weren't,
तसे नसायला हवे होतो..
पण आपण सगळे असं करतो.
our self-esteem is already hurting.
आपला आत्मसन्मान दुखावलेला असतो.
and damage it even further?
आणखी दुखापत करून वाढवत नाही.
worse on purpose.
and decide, "Oh, I know!
किती खोल कापता येतं ते!"
how much deeper I can make it."
आपण तसं करतो.
injuries all the time.
our psychological health.
that when your self-esteem is lower,
की जेव्हा आत्मसन्मान ढासळतो, तेव्हा
stress and to anxiety,
यांना बळी पडण्याचं प्रमाण वाढतं.
and it takes longer to recover from them.
जास्त दुःख होतं.
the first thing you should be doing
प्रथम काय करायला हवं?
join Fight Club and beat it into a pulp.
अजिबात करायचे नाहीत.
you would expect from a truly good friend.
जसं वागावंसं वाटत असेल, तसंच.
psychological habits and change them.
सवयी ओळखून त्या बदलायला हव्यात.
is called rumination.
वाईट सवय म्हणजे रवंथ करणे.
मनात घोळवणे.
professor makes you feel stupid in class,
सर्वांसमोर अपमान केला असेल
the scene in your head for days,
सतत डोक्यात घोळत राहतो.
in this way can easily become a habit,
सहज लागू शकते.
इतका वेळ घालवण्यामुळे
on upsetting and negative thoughts,
at significant risk
उदाहरणार्थ,
alcoholism, eating disorders,
feel really strong and really important,
आणि फार महत्त्वाची वाटू शकते.
because a little over a year ago,
मला स्वतःला ही सवय लागली होती.
with stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
निदान झालं होतं.
अशी गळवं आली होती.
a harsh course of chemotherapy.
गरजेचं होतं.
त्याला काय सहन करावं लागत असेल,
what he was going through.
how much he was suffering,
एकदाही नाही.
माझं मन दुबळं होतं.
but psychologically I was a mess.
तीव्र इच्छा मोडायला
distraction is sufficient
in that moment.
upsetting, negative thought,
किंवा चिंतादायक विचार मनात आला,
something else until the urge passed.
ती इच्छा नष्ट होईपर्यंत.
my whole outlook changed
and more hopeful.
कॅट स्कॅन करण्यात आला.
my brother had a CAT scan,
he got the results.
मी त्याच्या जवळ होतो.
केमोथेरपी करावी लागणार होती.
of chemotherapy to go,
psychological wounds,
you will thrive.
काळजी घेण्याची सुरुवात झाली,
people began practicing personal hygiene,
by over 50 percent
could rise just as dramatically
काळजी घेणं सुरु केलं,
emotional hygiene.
असाच वेगाने उंचावेल.
the world would be like
तर ते जग कसं असेल?
and less depression?
and more empowered?
असं त्यांना वाटू लागलं तर?
तर?
I want to live in,
कारण मला अशा जगात राहायचं आहे.
wants to live in as well.
काही साध्या सवयींमध्ये बदल केले,
and change a few simple habits,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Guy Winch - Psychologist, authorGuy Winch asks us to take our emotional health as seriously as we take our physical health -- and explores how to heal from common heartaches.
Why you should listen
Guy Winch is a licensed psychologist who works with individuals, couples and families. As an advocate for psychological health, he has spent the last two decades adapting the findings of scientific studies into tools his patients, readers and audience members can use to enhance and maintain their mental health. As an identical twin with a keen eye for any signs of favoritism, he believes we need to practice emotional hygiene with the same diligence with which we practice personal and dental hygiene.
His recent book, Emotional First Aid: Healing Rejection, Guilt, Failure, and Other Everyday Hurts, has been translated in 24 languages. He writes the popular "Squeaky Wheel Blog" on PsychologyToday.com, and he is the author of The Squeaky Wheel: Complaining the Right Way to Get Results, Improve Your Relationships and Enhance Self-Esteem. His new book, How to Fix a Broken Heart, was published by TED Books/Simon & Schuster in 2017. He has also dabbled in stand-up comedy.
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