Guy Winch: Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
غاى وينش: لما نحتاج جميعًا لممارسة الإسعافات الأولية على عواطفنا
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
يجعلك مختصًا
than my cookie, I had questions.
كانت لدى بعض التساؤلات.
notice favoritism of a different kind,
نوع آخر من التحيز،
value the body than we do the mind.
الجسد على العقل.
my doctorate in psychology,
لكي أحصل على الدكتوراه في علم النفس،
look at my business card and say,
الذين ينظرون إلى بطاقة عملي ويقولون:
So not a real doctor,"
هذا مكتوبا على البطاقة.
over the mind, I see it everywhere.
أراه في كل مكان.
was getting ready for bed.
كان يستعد للذهاب إلى النوم.
by the sink brushing his teeth,
لكي يغسل أسنانه،
on the stool when he fell.
عندما وقع.
but then he got back up,
a box of Band-Aids to put one on his cut.
من اللاصقات الطبية ليضع واحدة على جرحه.
tie his shoelaces,
so it doesn't become infected,
حتى لا يصبح ملوثًا.
your teeth by brushing twice a day.
عن طريق غسلها مرتين في اليوم.
our physical health
we were five years old.
لدينا خمسة أعوام فقط.
our psychological health?
على صحتنا النفسية؟
about emotional hygiene?
taking care of our teeth
في العناية بأسناننا
so much more important to us
بكثير بالنسبة لنا
even more often than we do physical ones,
الإصابات النفسية أكثر من الإصابات الجسدية.
or rejection or loneliness.
worse if we ignore them,
الأمر أكثر سوء،
in dramatic ways.
بشكل درامي كبير.
scientifically proven techniques
kinds of psychological injuries,
الإصابات النفسية،
that we should.
Just shake it off; it's all in your head."
تناسى الأمر؛ فإنها مجرد أوهام بداخل عقلك."
to somebody with a broken leg:
لشخص قدمه مكسورة؟
it's all in your leg."
our physical and our psychological health.
ما بين صحتنا الجسدية والنفسية.
my brother is also a psychologist.
I've ever done in my life
to New York City
إلى مدينة نيويورك
for the first time in our lives,
ننفصل فيها طوال حياتنا،
brutal for both of us.
family and friends,
هو مع الأصدقاء والعائلة،
really expensive then
كانت غالية للغاية في هذا الوقت
for five minutes a week.
لأكثر من خمس دقائق بالأسبوع.
be spending together.
we would talk for 10 minutes.
عشر دقائق ذاك الأسبوع.
waiting for him to call --
منتظرًا أن يتصل...
but the phone didn't ring.
ولكن الهاتف لم يرن.
وسيتصل لاحقًا."
he will call later."
being away for over 10 months,
لأكثر من عشر شهور،
the way I missed him.
saddest and longest nights of my life.
من أطول وأحلك أيام حياتي.
I realized I had kicked it off the hook
أنى قد رفعت السماعة عن مفتاح التحويلة
and it rang a second later,
ورن بعدها بثانية.
and, boy, was he pissed.
وكم كان غاضبًا.
night of his life as well.
حزنًا وطولًا في حياته أيضًا.
happened, but he said,
If you saw I wasn't calling you,
the phone and call me?"
but I do today,
ولكنى أعرف اليوم،
deep psychological wound,
and scrambles our thinking.
وتشويش فكرنا.
care much less than they actually do.
أقل بكثير من الواقع.
for rejection and heartache
أن تُرفض فيه أو تصاب بالألم
more than you can stand?
أكثر مما يمكنك الاحتمال؟
loneliness back then,
so it never occurred to me.
لذا فلم يخطر هذا على بالي.
purely subjectively.
from those around you.
عن المحيطين بك.
and all of it is horrifying.
وجميعها مرعبة.
miserable, it will kill you.
likelihood of an early death
من احتمالية الموت المبكر
high cholesterol.
وارتفاع الكوليسترول.
of your immune system,
of illnesses and diseases.
أنواع الأمراض والعلل.
that taken together,
بمقارنة الاثنين،
significant a risk
longevity as cigarette smoking.
saying, "This could kill you."
يقول: السجائر بإمكانها قتلك."
we prioritize our psychological health,
أن نولى صحتنا النفسية الاهتمام،
a psychological wound
psychological wound
and misleads us.
play with identical plastic toys.
يلعبون بلعب بلاستيكية متطابقة.
and a cute doggie would pop out.
وسيظهر كلب لطيف.
purple button, then pushing it,
وأن تضغطه،
at the box, with her lower lip trembling.
وشفتها السفلى ترتعش.
watched this happen,
into tears without even touching it.
بدون أن يلمسه حتى.
everything she could think of
كل شيء باستطاعتها التفكير به
and she squealed with delight.
identical plastic toys,
reactions to failure.
capable of sliding a red button.
سحب الزر الأحمر.
them from succeeding
into believing they could not.
بعدم قدرتهما على فعل هذا.
as well, all the time.
طوال الوقت.
feelings and beliefs that gets triggered
من المشاعر والمعتقدات التي تنبثق
frustrations and setbacks.
your mind reacts to failure?
you're incapable of something
على فعل شيء ما،
you'll begin to feel helpless
or you won't even try at all.
أو لن تحاول على الإطلاق.
convinced you can't succeed.
بأنك لا تستطيع النجاح.
function below their actual potential.
أقل من قدرتهم بالواقع.
sometimes a single failure
في بعض الأحيان فشل واحد،
succeed, and they believed it.
فصدقوا ذلك.
it's very difficult to change our mind.
من الصعب جدًا تغيير رأينا.
when I was a teenager with my brother.
عندما كنت مراهقًا أنا وأخي.
down a dark road at night,
في طريق مظلم مساء،
and they were looking for suspects.
وكانوا يبحثون عن المشتبه بهم.
shined his flashlight on the driver,
وأشعل كشافه في وجه السائق،
and then on me.
to him whatsoever.
he searches me,
I didn't have a police record,
I had a twin in the front seat.
أن توأمي في المقعد الأمامي.
you could see by the look on his face
كان بإمكانك التكهن عبر النظرة على وجهه
getting away with something.
once we become convinced.
demoralized and defeated after you fail.
والهزيمة بعد الفشل.
convinced you can't succeed.
بأن تصبح مقتنعًا أنه لا يمكنك النجاح.
feelings of helplessness.
over the situation.
negative cycle before it begins.
قبل أن يبدأ حتى.
we thought they were.
كما اعتقدنا.
and really unpleasant the next.
وفي اللحظة الأخرى لا يحتمل.
and an extremely ugly divorce,
وبعد طلاق بشع للغاية،
seemed nice and he seemed successful,
وبدا لطيفًا وناجحًا،
he seemed really into her.
she bought a new dress,
لدرجة أنها ابتاعت فستان جديد،
New York City bar for a drink.
لاحتساء الشراب.
the man stands up and says,
يقف الرجل ويقول:
All she could do was call a friend.
كل ما استطاعت فعله هو الاتصال بصديقة.
"Well, what do you expect?
"ماذا تتوقعين؟"
you have nothing interesting to say,
وليس لديك أي شيء مهم لتقوليه،
successful man like that
could be so cruel?
أن تكون الصديقة قاسية لهذه الدرجة؟
the friend who said that.
especially after a rejection.
خصوصًا بعد الرفض.
and all our shortcomings,
وكل نواقصنا،
what we wish we weren't,
وما لم نكن عليه،
ولكننا نفعل هذا بأي شكل.
our self-esteem is already hurting.
لأن ثقتنا بأنفسنا مدمرة بالأساس.
and damage it even further?
worse on purpose.
and decide, "Oh, I know!
"أنا أعرف ما سأفعل!
how much deeper I can make it."
كم يمكنني أن أزيد من عمقه."
injuries all the time.
طوال الوقت.
our psychological health.
الاهتمام الكافي
that when your self-esteem is lower,
أنه عندما تقل ثقتك بنفسك،
stress and to anxiety,
and it takes longer to recover from them.
ويأخذ الأمر وقت أطول للتعافي منهم.
the first thing you should be doing
أول شيء يجب أن تفعله
join Fight Club and beat it into a pulp.
وليس أن تنضم "لنادى القتال" وتدمر ثقتك.
you would expect from a truly good friend.
من صديق مخلص.
psychological habits and change them.
عاداتنا النفسية المضرة ونغيرهم.
is called rumination.
هي الاجترار.
professor makes you feel stupid in class,
أو يُشعرك أستاذك بالغباء في الفصل.
the scene in your head for days,
بداخل رأسك لأيام عدة،
in this way can easily become a habit,
يتجول إلى عادة بسهولة.
on upsetting and negative thoughts,
على الأفكار السلبية والمحزنة،
at significant risk
alcoholism, eating disorders,
أو إدمان الكحول أو اضطراب في الأكل.
feel really strong and really important,
من الممكن أن تكون قوية ومهمة للغاية.
because a little over a year ago,
لأنه منذ حوالي أكثر من سنة،
with stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
بحالة درجة ثالثة من مرض لمفومة لا هودجكين.
a harsh course of chemotherapy.
what he was going through.
how much he was suffering,
but psychologically I was a mess.
ولكن بأسوأ حال نفسيًا.
distraction is sufficient
أي إلهاء لمدة دقيقتين فقط كاف
in that moment.
upsetting, negative thought,
فكرة مقلقة أو محزنة أو سلبية،
something else until the urge passed.
حتى تمر الرغبة بسلام.
my whole outlook changed
تغير سلوكي بالكامل.
and more hopeful.
my brother had a CAT scan,
العلاج الكيماوي، أجرى أخي فحصًا مقطعيًا،
he got the results.
of chemotherapy to go,
حتى يغادر المستشفى
psychological wounds,
you will thrive.
people began practicing personal hygiene,
بممارسة النظافة الشخصية،
by over 50 percent
أكثر من خمسين بالمائة
could rise just as dramatically
بنفس الطريقة المذهلة
emotional hygiene.
the world would be like
and less depression?
and more empowered?
وأكثر قوة؟
I want to live in,
الذي أود العيش فيه،
wants to live in as well.
العيش فيه كذلك.
and change a few simple habits,
وبدأت بتغيير بعض العادات البسيطة،
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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