Guy Winch: How to fix a broken heart
Гай Уинч: Как пережить разрыв
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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will have our heart broken.
when she was in middle school.
свадьбу, ещё учась в средней школе.
she didn't find a husband.
будущего мужа.
of harsh chemotherapy
тяжёлой химиотерапии,
to jump back into the dating world,
вернуться на романтический фронт,
her search for a husband
на поиски мужа,
on first dates in New York City,
a wide range of emotions.
she met Rich and fell in love.
и влюбилась в него.
she hoped it would be.
в Новой Англии,
at their favorite romantic restaurant.
в их любимом ресторане.
что он попросит её руки,
contain her excitement.
to Kathy that night.
Рич не сделал Кэти предложение.
for Kathy -- and he did --
and she now faced yet another recovery.
лечить теперь уже душевную боль.
thinking about Rich.
and determined woman
и решительная женщина
emotional resources
of cancer treatments?
to recover from heartbreak?
of life challenges
жизненными трудностями,
when our heart gets broken?
мы бессильны.
of every age and background
разного возраста и статуса,
down the wrong path.
what your mind is telling you.
of heartbroken people
of why the relationship ended
истинную причину завершения отношений.
for our ability to move on.
and honest explanation
простую и честную причину,
such dramatic emotional pain,
must be equally dramatic.
причина должна быть сложной и серьёзной.
and measured of us
and conspiracy theories
которые не имеют ничего общего
something must have happened
что в выходные перед расставанием
with figuring out what that was.
выяснить, что же случилось.
of that weekend in her mind,
каждую минуту той поездки,
that were not there.
into initiating this wild goose chase.
собственных мыслей.
for so many months?
долгие месяцы?
than we realize.
чем мы думаем.
down one rabbit hole after another,
одну невероятную теорию за другой,
to make us feel worse.
что делаем себе хуже.
in our brain that get activated
те же механизмы,
from substances like cocaine or opioids.
кокаин или опиоиды.
the heroin of actually being with Rich,
свою дозу героина — то есть Рича,
the methadone of her memories with him.
наркотическую альтернативу — воспоминания.
she was trying to solve a mystery,
что она пытается распутать загадку,
so difficult to heal.
так сложно вылечить.
you cannot ignore that.
нельзя это игнорировать.
as compelling as the urge is,
что ваше непреодолимое желание
every text you send,
написать сообщение,
stalking your ex on social media,
is your strongest weapon.
ваше сильнейшее оружие.
that's going to feel satisfying.
вас не удовлетворит.
the pain you feel.
don't wait for one,
or make up one yourself
или придумайте его сами.
to resist the addiction.
нужно перестать искать объяснения.
will feed on your hope
when your heart is broken.
когда ваше сердце разбито.
to do the absolute opposite
что нужно для нашего восстановления,
we have when our heart is broken
and made love under the stars.
и занимались любовью под звёздами.
feel more painful.
through one greatest hit after another,
как будто нас заставляют слушать
passive-aggressive Spotify playlist.
но уже порядком надоевшую.
pop into your mind.
возникают сами собой.
you have to balance them out
вы должны вспоминать не только хорошее.
not just their smile,
рядом с ними.
you got lost coming down the mountain,
вы заблудились в лесу,
and didn't speak for two days.
и не разговаривали два дня.
is to compile an exhaustive list
составить исчерпывающий список того,
the person was wrong for you,
of nostalgia in a session,
или нотки ностальгии,
they were perfect.
and neither was the relationship.
you have to remind yourself of that,
то напоминайте себе об этом.
senior executive in a software company.
топ-менеджер в крупной компании.
to start dating again.
to their adult children after one month,
они представили друг друга своим детям,
they don't mess around.
meets "The Fast and the Furious."
в ритме «Форсажа».
than he had been in years.
their first anniversary,
to be closer to her children,
чтобы быть ближе к детям,
a long-distance relationship.
and utterly devastated.
for many, many months,
он кое-как справлялся с работой,
is that feeling alone and in pain
our intellectual functioning,
наши интеллектуальные способности,
involving logic and reasoning.
сложных логических задач и рассуждений.
of Miguel's grief
he asked me in our session.
спросил он меня на приёме.
getting over a one-year relationship?"
по отношениям, длившимся всего год?»
of traditional loss and grief:
традиционного переживания потери и горя:
clinically measurable depression.
клиническая депрессия.
psychological injury.
это серьёзная психологическая травма.
нашей жизни.
у себя дома ужины.
with other couples.
с другими парами.
to church every Sunday,
into the congregation.
of Sharon's church.
куда ходила Шерон.
had left this huge void in his life,
в его жизни образовалась пустота.
сразу с нескольких сторон.
why heartbreak could be so devastating,
почему нам так больно после разрыва.
путь к исцелению.
in your life and fill them,
и заполнить их,
and what your life is about.
even the empty spaces on the wall
даже пустое место на стене,
that can set you back,
тормозящие ваше лечение:
on how they were wrong for you,
чтобы обратить внимание на их недостатки,
that still give them a starring role
из-за которых бывшим отводится
by your mind and you take steps to heal,
себя обмануть и стараетесь справиться,
your suffering.
будет намного проще.
who benefit from that.
of compromised productivity
с разбитым сердцем,
to be important for their recovery.
для его выздоровления.
to move on than you think it should.
больше времени, чем вы думаете.
within your own mind,
с собственным сознанием,
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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