Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit
贾德森.布鲁尔: 一个简单的方式戒掉坏习惯
Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer researches mindfulness techniques that effectively help quell cravings of all kinds. Full bio
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pay attention to my breath,
简单地注意自己的呼吸,
to bring it back.
就把它拉回来。
in the middle of winter.
because it was really hard work.
因为真的很辛苦。
really important.
trying to pay attention to something --
will drift off into a daydream,
都会恍惚进入神游状态,
to check our Twitter feed.
想去查看一下推特的内容。
of the most evolutionarily-conserved
是一种最近被科学界发现的 --
currently known in science,
nervous systems known to man.
and negative reinforcement,
我们尝了味道--
to our brain that says,
and where you found it."
我们富有创意的脑袋就会说:
our creative brains say,
来记住食物在哪里,
than just remembering where food is.
something good so you'll feel better?"
来让你感觉好一点? 」
有这么好的点子,
when we're mad or sad,
如果我们吃下巧克力或雪糕,
coming from our stomach,
曾经也是个书呆子,
在外面抽烟,我们就在想,
outside smoking and we think,
and that was no accident.
这并不意外。
that urge to smoke a cigarette
就会触发欲望去抽烟
with these habits.
在残害着我们自己的过程。
of morbidity and mortality in the world.
病殘及死亡的可预防疾病。
to pay attention,
reward-based learning process ...
以奖励为本的学习过程......
in our momentary experience?
到底是怎样一回事?
could help people quit smoking.
是不是可以帮助人们戒掉抽烟。
to pay attention to my breath,
去专注于呼吸一样,
themselves to quit smoking.
had tried this before and failed --
但都失败--
and instead focused on being curious.
取而代之的是专注于好奇。
about what it's like when you do."
抽烟到底是怎么回事。 "
from one of our smokers.
that smoking was bad for her,
curiously aware when she smoked
只要好奇地去体会,
that smoking was bad for her
disenchanted with her behavior.
from an evolutionary perspective,
那是我们大脑最年轻的部份,
that we shouldn't smoke.
to help us change our behavior,
去帮助我们改变自己的行为、
that third, that fourth cookie.
第三块、第四块曲奇饼。
to control our behavior.
这也是我们脑袋里,
when we get stressed out,
in our own experience.
自己类似的经验。
like yell at our spouse or kids
会向自己的伴侣或小孩吼叫,
it's not going to be helpful.
这样的吼叫并没有帮助。
is so important.
at a deeper level --
ourselves to hold back
in doing it in the first place.
没兴趣去做这件事。
when we get caught up in our behaviors,
要看清楚我们得到的是什么,
naturally letting go.
自然地停止这种行为。
我们就戒烟了。
magically we quit smoking.
to see more and more clearly
看得愈来愈清楚
而养成了新的习惯。
about being really interested
in our bodies and minds
to turn toward our experience
cravings go away as quickly as possible.
把不好的瘾念去除。
to turn toward our experience
are simply made up of body sensations --
从身体的感官所造成 --
sensations come and go.
by this huge, scary craving
fear-based, reactive habit patterns,
回应式的习惯模式,
that next data point.
too simplistic to affect behavior.
可以影响行为。
we found that mindfulness training
我们发现冥想的训练,
at helping people quit smoking.
比黄金标准治疗法好 2 倍
the brains of experienced meditators,
of self-referential processing
「自我指认流程」的部分
is that a region of this network,
网络所在区域的假设,
by craving itself
when we get sucked in,
当我们被吸进去的时候,
of what's happening --
到底发生什么事情--
mindfulness training programs
以网路为基础的冥想训练课程,
that's driving us to distraction
同一种也会让我们分心的科技
of our unhealthy habit patterns
and other addictive behaviors.
和其他上瘾的行为。
about context-dependent memory?
to peoples' fingertips
to be curiously aware
任何不好的欲望浮现的时候,
or stress eat or whatever arises.
去好奇地意识正确,
也没有因为压力而狂吃,
to check your email when you're bored,
有股衝動想去检查电邮,
yourself from work,
to that text message when you're driving,
有不得不回覆讯息的义务,
借助这先天的能力,
this natural capacity,
and mind in that moment.
在发生什么事。
and exhaustive habit loops ...
和消耗性的恶性循环......
compulsively text back,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Judson Brewer - Mindful addiction doctorPsychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer researches mindfulness techniques that effectively help quell cravings of all kinds.
Why you should listen
Psychiatrist Judson Brewer is a thought leader in the "science of self mastery," having combined nearly 20 years of experience with mindfulness and scientific research therein. An expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Judson has developed novel treatments to help individuals with substance abuse and eating disorders. He has also studied the neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and realtime fMRI, and is translating these findings into clinical use.
In 2012, Judson founded Claritas MindSciences to combine mindfulness and neurofeedback techniques for a variety of conditions; the latest apps are Craving to Quit and Eat Right Now. Judson is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, where he is Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness.
In 2017, Brewer published a book, The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits, that unpacks the topic of his TED Talk.
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