Guy Winch: How to fix a broken heart
蓋溫奇: 如何修復破碎的心
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.
就規劃了她的婚禮。
she didn't find a husband.
她沒有找到老公。
of harsh chemotherapy
to jump back into the dating world,
跳回來約會的世界時,
her search for a husband
on first dates in New York City,
a wide range of emotions.
she met Rich and fell in love.
她遇見了雷奇,陷入熱戀。
she hoped it would be.
一個美好的週末之後,
at their favorite romantic restaurant.
contain her excitement.
to Kathy that night.
for Kathy -- and he did --
──他真的關心過──
and she now faced yet another recovery.
她現在又要面臨一次復原。
thinking about Rich.
and determined woman
emotional resources
of cancer treatments?
to recover from heartbreak?
of life challenges
when our heart gets broken?
完全派不上用場?
of every age and background
down the wrong path.
引導你走向錯誤的路。
what your mind is telling you.
of heartbroken people
心碎的人的研究得知,
of why the relationship ended
for our ability to move on.
走下去是很重要的。
and honest explanation
簡單且誠實的解釋,
such dramatic emotional pain,
must be equally dramatic.
它的成因一定也是同等戲劇性的。
and measured of us
and conspiracy theories
something must have happened
浪漫之旅的過程中
with figuring out what that was.
of that weekend in her mind,
that were not there.
into initiating this wild goose chase.
讓她開始了這場徒勞的追尋。
for so many months?
這麼多個月的時間?
than we realize.
還要更會在暗中滋生。
down one rabbit hole after another,
to make us feel worse.
會讓我們感覺更糟糕。
in our brain that get activated
from substances like cocaine or opioids.
或鴉片這類物質時是一樣的。
the heroin of actually being with Rich,
和雷奇在一起,但她得不到,
the methadone of her memories with him.
她和他的記憶當作止痛藥,
she was trying to solve a mystery,
她是在試著解一個謎團,
so difficult to heal.
you cannot ignore that.
as compelling as the urge is,
every text you send,
你發出的每一則訊息,
stalking your ex on social media,
前任情人的每一秒鐘,
is your strongest weapon.
是你最強的武器。
that's going to feel satisfying.
the pain you feel.
你所感受到的痛苦。
don't wait for one,
不要再等理由了,
or make up one yourself
不然就自己編一個,
to resist the addiction.
來對抗你的癮。
will feed on your hope
when your heart is broken.
是非常有毀滅性的。
to do the absolute opposite
讓我們的大腦去做的事,
we have when our heart is broken
去回想他們的笑容、
and made love under the stars.
feel more painful.
讓我們的失去變得更痛苦。
through one greatest hit after another,
陷在這不斷重擊的循環中,
passive-aggressive Spotify playlist.
Spotify 音樂播放清單給挾持當人質了。
pop into your mind.
you have to balance them out
你得要將它們平衡掉,
not just their smile,
皺眉,而不只是笑容、
you got lost coming down the mountain,
and didn't speak for two days.
is to compile an exhaustive list
編匯一份詳盡的清單,
the person was wrong for you,
當我感覺到有一點點理想化
of nostalgia in a session,
they were perfect.
and neither was the relationship.
你們的關係也不完美。
you have to remind yourself of that,
你就得提醒自己這件事,
senior executive in a software company.
是軟體公司的高階主管。
to start dating again.
可以開始再次約會了。
接著展開熱戀。
to their adult children after one month,
給對方的成年子女認識,
they don't mess around.
meets "The Fast and the Furious."
遇見《玩命關頭》。
than he had been in years.
their first anniversary,
to be closer to her children,
離她的孩子們近一點,
a long-distance relationship.
and utterly devastated.
徹底身心交瘁。
for many, many months,
is that feeling alone and in pain
能顯著破壞我們的智力運作,
our intellectual functioning,
involving logic and reasoning.
和推理的複雜工作時。
of Miguel's grief
he asked me in our session.
心理治療時他這樣問我。
getting over a one-year relationship?"
才能忘懷只維持一年的感情?」
of traditional loss and grief:
和悲傷的所有特徵:
clinically measurable depression.
且是臨床上可測量出來的程度。
psychological injury.
with other couples.
或夫妻一起外出露營。
to church every Sunday,
into the congregation.
of Sharon's church.
had left this huge void in his life,
讓他的人生留下了一個大空洞,
why heartbreak could be so devastating,
心碎這麼讓人身心交瘁,
in your life and fill them,
那些空洞,並將之填補起來,
and what your life is about.
even the empty spaces on the wall
牆壁上把以前掛的照片
that can set you back,
讓你走回頭路的錯誤,
on how they were wrong for you,
都不想想他們不適合你的地方,
that still give them a starring role
像明星的行為與思想中,
by your mind and you take steps to heal,
且能採取療癒的步驟,
your suffering.
將你所受的苦降至最低。
who benefit from that.
of compromised productivity
因為生產力降低而造成的
to be important for their recovery.
對他們的恢復是很重要的。
to move on than you think it should.
花的時間會比你預期的還長。
within your own mind,
在你自己腦中的戰鬥,
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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