Guy Winch: Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
盖 温驰: 为什么情绪急救势在必行
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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is that it makes you an expert
就在一件事上成为专家,
than my cookie, I had questions.
哪怕一点点,我就会质疑。
notice favoritism of a different kind,
注意到另一种不同的偏爱,
value the body than we do the mind.
比精神更多的价值。
my doctorate in psychology,
获得心理学博士学位,
look at my business card and say,
So not a real doctor,"
原来不是真正的医生。”
over the mind, I see it everywhere.
was getting ready for bed.
by the sink brushing his teeth,
在水池边刷牙,
on the stool when he fell.
摔倒的时候刮了他的腿。
but then he got back up,
随后就爬起来了,
a box of Band-Aids to put one on his cut.
贴在他的伤口上。
tie his shoelaces,
so it doesn't become infected,
your teeth by brushing twice a day.
our physical health
we were five years old.
our psychological health?
保持精神上的健康吗?
about emotional hygiene?
taking care of our teeth
so much more important to us
even more often than we do physical ones,
比身体上的多得多,
or rejection or loneliness.
worse if we ignore them,
情况也会恶化,
in dramatic ways.
带来重大的影响。
scientifically proven techniques
kinds of psychological injuries,
这些心理上的伤害,
that we should.
我们应该采取行动。
Just shake it off; it's all in your head."
别去想了,都在你脑袋里。”
to somebody with a broken leg:
骨折了的人说这样的话吗?
it's all in your leg."
our physical and our psychological health.
精神健康的区别对待。
my brother is also a psychologist.
我哥哥也是个心理医生。
I've ever done in my life
经历过的最困难的事
to New York City
for the first time in our lives,
brutal for both of us.
family and friends,
really expensive then
for five minutes a week.
be spending together.
没在一起过的生日。
we would talk for 10 minutes.
在那个星期聊上十分钟。
waiting for him to call --
等着我哥哥给我打过来 -
but the phone didn't ring.
he will call later."
他晚点儿会打来的。”
being away for over 10 months,
在我离开十个月以后,
the way I missed him.
saddest and longest nights of my life.
最伤心,最漫长的一晚。
I realized I had kicked it off the hook
来回踱步时
and it rang a second later,
一秒钟之后电话就响了。
and, boy, was he pissed.
night of his life as well.
最伤心漫长的一夜。
happened, but he said,
If you saw I wasn't calling you,
the phone and call me?"
我为什么不打给他呢?
but I do today,
但我现在明白了,
deep psychological wound,
and scrambles our thinking.
剥夺我们的思考能力。
care much less than they actually do.
身边的人不再在乎我们。
for rejection and heartache
more than you can stand?
loneliness back then,
so it never occurred to me.
我自己都没意识到。
purely subjectively.
from those around you.
和你周围的人相隔绝。
and all of it is horrifying.
都很可怕。
miserable, it will kill you.
它还可能致死。
likelihood of an early death
会增加你早逝的可能性
high cholesterol.
高血压,高胆固醇。
of your immune system,
of illnesses and diseases.
that taken together,
significant a risk
longevity as cigarette smoking.
saying, "This could kill you."
“吸烟致命”的警句。
we prioritize our psychological health,
要重视心理健康,
a psychological wound
自己受到了伤害的话。
psychological wound
and misleads us.
我们的心理创伤。
play with identical plastic toys.
在玩完全一样的塑料玩具。
and a cute doggie would pop out.
然后一个可爱的小狗就会跳出来。
purple button, then pushing it,
对紫色的钮又拉又按,
at the box, with her lower lip trembling.
下嘴唇开始发颤。
watched this happen,
看到这一幕,
into tears without even touching it.
都没动手就哇哇大哭了。
everything she could think of
另一个小女孩试了各种方法
and she squealed with delight.
她开心的叫了起来。
identical plastic toys,
给了这三个幼儿,
reactions to failure.
capable of sliding a red button.
有能力滑动那个红钮。
them from succeeding
into believing they could not.
做不成的想法给骗了。
as well, all the time.
feelings and beliefs that gets triggered
一个固定的思维感知模式,
frustrations and setbacks.
我们便会进入这个模式。
your mind reacts to failure?
you're incapable of something
你不能做成什么事
you'll begin to feel helpless
开始感到无助
or you won't even try at all.
甚至都不去试一下。
convinced you can't succeed.
function below their actual potential.
都无法充分发挥他们的潜能。
sometimes a single failure
有那么一次失败
succeed, and they believed it.
it's very difficult to change our mind.
往往就很难改变主意。
when I was a teenager with my brother.
吃了点苦头才明白这道理。
down a dark road at night,
在一条很黑的路上开着车。
and they were looking for suspects.
警察在追踪嫌犯。
shined his flashlight on the driver,
对司机晃了晃手电筒,
and then on me.
然后照到了我。
to him whatsoever.
我的回答莫名其妙。
he searches me,
又搜了我的身,
I didn't have a police record,
我并没有犯罪记录,
I had a twin in the front seat.
我和副驾驶座位上的是双胞胎。
you could see by the look on his face
你仍可以看到他的表情
getting away with something.
once we become convinced.
我们很难改变看法。
demoralized and defeated after you fail.
感觉士气低落是很自然的。
convinced you can't succeed.
相信你不可能成功。
feelings of helplessness.
over the situation.
negative cycle before it begins.
这种负能量循环开始前打破它。
we thought they were.
那么忠诚的朋友。
and really unpleasant the next.
而有时令人不愉快。
and an extremely ugly divorce,
婚离的很惨烈,
开始新的约会了。
seemed nice and he seemed successful,
他看上去人很好,也很成功,
he seemed really into her.
他似乎对她非常感兴趣。
she bought a new dress,
还为约会买了新裙子,
New York City bar for a drink.
一个高级酒吧里喝一杯。
the man stands up and says,
那位男士站起来说,
All she could do was call a friend.
于是她给一个朋友打电话。
"Well, what do you expect?
“那你还想怎样?
you have nothing interesting to say,
successful man like that
could be so cruel?
朋友怎么可以这样冷酷无情?
the friend who said that.
这话不是朋友说的。
对她自己说的。
especially after a rejection.
尤其是被拒绝之后。
and all our shortcomings,
我们犯的错,我们的缺点,
what we wish we weren't,
我们要是不那样就好了,
但我们都干过这事。
our self-esteem is already hurting.
我们的自尊已经被伤害了。
and damage it even further?
worse on purpose.
我们不会故意去把它弄的更糟。
and decide, "Oh, I know!
你不会说,“啊,我知道!
how much deeper I can make it."
injuries all the time.
our psychological health.
that when your self-esteem is lower,
如果你的自尊心低落,
stress and to anxiety,
and it takes longer to recover from them.
你也需要更多的时间复原。
the first thing you should be doing
首要的事情是应该
join Fight Club and beat it into a pulp.
去拳击俱乐部打拳来发泄。
you would expect from a truly good friend.
psychological habits and change them.
不健康的心理习惯。
is called rumination.
就是穷思竭虑。
professor makes you feel stupid in class,
或是教授在课上让你感到愚蠢,
the scene in your head for days,
回放当时的情况,好几天,
in this way can easily become a habit,
很容易变成习惯,
on upsetting and negative thoughts,
负面的事情上花这么多时间,
at significant risk
alcoholism, eating disorders,
feel really strong and really important,
会变得非常强烈,非常紧迫,
because a little over a year ago,
因为就在一年多以前,
with stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
被确诊为三期非霍奇金淋巴瘤。
a harsh course of chemotherapy.
what he was going through.
他所经历的这一切。
how much he was suffering,
他受的这些罪,
一次都没有。
but psychologically I was a mess.
但心理上我那时是一团糟。
distraction is sufficient
哪怕只是分心短短两分钟
in that moment.
你穷思竭虑的需求。
upsetting, negative thought,
烦恼,或带有负面情绪时,
something else until the urge passed.
直到那种感觉过去。
my whole outlook changed
我的视角就全变了
and more hopeful.
my brother had a CAT scan,
我哥哥做了电脑断层扫描,
he got the results.
我就在他身边。
of chemotherapy to go,
psychological wounds,
you will thrive.
你会变得更强。
people began practicing personal hygiene,
人们开始注重个人卫生,
by over 50 percent
could rise just as dramatically
也会有同样程度的提高
emotional hygiene.
关注情绪上的保健。
the world would be like
这个世界会是什么样子
and less depression?
如何走出失败的阴影
and more empowered?
I want to live in,
我想置身其中的世界,
wants to live in as well.
and change a few simple habits,
并改变一些简单的习惯,
我们都能置身其中的世界。
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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