Esther Perel: Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved
Estere Perela: Pārdomājot neuzticību – runa visiem, kas jelkad mīlējuši
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what exactly do we mean?
kad sakām "neuzticība"?
paid sex, a chat room,
sekss par naudu, čata istaba,
out of boredom and fear of intimacy,
aiz garlaicības un bailēm no intimitātes,
and hunger for intimacy?
un slāpēm pēc intimitātes?
the end of a relationship?
nozīmē attiecību beigas?
I have traveled the globe
esmu ceļojusi pa pasauli
with hundreds of couples
of their relationship,
very identity: an affair.
tā ir mīlas dēka.
act is so poorly understood.
nodarījums ir tik maz pētīts.
who has ever loved.
kas jelkad ir mīlējuši.
since marriage was invented,
kopš laulības ieviešanas
that marriage can only envy,
piemīt tāds sīkstums,
the only commandment
just for thinking about it.
un otrreiz tikai par nodomāšanu.
what is universally forbidden,
kas visur ir aizliegts
practically had a license to cheat
ir bijis atļauts krāpt
of biological and evolutionary theories
bioloģiskas un evolucionāras teorijas,
viņu apkārtstaigāšanas vajadzību,
is as old as adultery itself.
kā pati laulības pārkāpšana.
under the sheets there, right?
notiek zem palagiem, vai ne?
is to boast and to exaggerate,
lielīties un pārspīlēt,
is to hide, minimize and deny,
mazināt un noliegt,
that there are still nine countries
ka vēl arvien pastāv deviņas valstis,
one person for life.
vienu cilvēku uz mūžu.
vienu cilvēku vienlaicīgi.
had nothing to do with love.
nekāda sakara ar mīlestību.
since I arrived at this conference.
kopš ierados šajā konferencē.
keeps on expanding:
turpina paplašināties:
secretly active on dating apps.
slepena randiņu aplikāciju lietošana.
universally agreed-upon definition
pieņemtas definīcijas par to,
from 26 percent to 75 percent.
no 26 līdz 75 procentiem.
walking contradictions.
apkārtstaigājošas pretrunas.
that it is terribly wrong
ka ir ļoti nepareizi,
about having an affair,
amount of us will say
would do if we were having one.
ja mums pašiem būtu mīlas dēka.
of an affair --
which is the core structure of an affair;
kas ir dēkas kodolstruktūra,
to one degree or another;
the kiss that you only imagine giving,
ka iztēlē uzburts skūpsts
for love, not the other person.
nevis otrs cilvēks."
difficult to keep a secret.
to paturēt slepenībā.
such a psychological toll.
nav bijusi tik smaga psiholoģiski.
our economic security.
mūsu ekonomisko drošību.
is a romantic arrangement,
ir romantiska savienība,
our emotional security.
mūsu emocionālo drošību.
we sought pure love.
tīru mīlestību.
infidelity hurts differently today.
neuzticība tagad sāpina citādāk.
in which we turn to one person
ar ko mēs vēršamies pie viena cilvēka,
virkni vajadzību:
mana uzticības persona,
my intellectual equal.
intelektuālais līdzinieks.
izredzētais, unikālais,
the grand ambition of love.
mīlestības lielās ambīcijas.
infidelity has always been painful,
neuzticība vienmēr ir bijusi sāpīga,
who we were as a couple, who I was.
kas esam mēs kā pāris, kas esmu es.
a crisis of identity.
identitātes krīze.
viņš jautā.
vairs varu uzticēties?"
Heather is telling me,
about her story with Nick.
on his iPad with the boys,
appear on the screen:
we just saw each other.
"mēs taču tikko redzējāmies."
that her father had affairs,
ka viņas tēvam bijušas mīlas dēkas,
one little receipt in the pocket,
on the collar.
and desires expressed.
un paustas iekāres.
of Nick's two-year affair
Nika dēkas detaļas
are death by a thousand cuts.
ir kā nāve ar tūkstoš dūrieniem.
that we're dealing with these days.
ar ko saskaramies mūsdienās.
fidelity with a unique fervor.
uzticību ar ārkārtīgu degsmi.
been more inclined to stray,
tik tendēti uz neuzticību,
tagad ir jaunas iekāres,
entitled to pursue our desires,
apmierināt savas vēlmes,
where I deserve to be happy.
kurā esmu pelnījis būt laimīgs.
because we were unhappy,
ka bijām nelaimīgi,
because we could be happier.
ka varētu būt laimīgāki.
izvēle palikt, ja vari aiziet.
par to runāt ar draugiem,
will judge her for still loving Nick,
ka viņa vēl arvien mīl Niku,
she gets the same advice:
viņa saņem to pašu padomu:
Nick would be in the same situation.
Niks būtu tādā pašā situācijā.
is that if someone cheats,
ja cilvēks krāpj,
in your relationship or wrong with you.
jūsu attiecībās vai jūsos pašos.
can't all be pathological.
have everything you need at home,
nevajag neko meklēt citur,
to go looking elsewhere,
a thing as a perfect marriage
kā perfekta laulība,
pret vēlmi klīst apkārt.
has a finite shelf life?
that even a good relationship
that I actually work with
deeply monogamous in their beliefs,
pavisam monogāmi ļaudis,
actually been faithful for decades,
kas gadu desmitiem bijuši uzticīgi,
of longing and loss.
you will often find
for an emotional connection,
for autonomy, for sexual intensity,
pēc autonomijas un seksuālas intensitātes,
lost parts of ourselves
personības puses
vitality in the face of loss and tragedy.
zaudējuma un traģēdijas priekšā.
another patient of mine, Priya,
what was expected of her:
kas no viņas gaidīts:
who removed the tree from her yard
kas novāca koku viņas dārzā
he's quite the opposite of her.
viņš bija krietns pretstats viņai.
the adolescence that she never had.
pusaudža dzīvi, kuras viņai nav bijis.
that when we seek the gaze of another,
ka tad, kad meklējam otra skatienu,
that we are turning away from,
no kura mēs novēršamies,
we have ourselves become.
mēs paši esam kļuvuši.
looking for another person,
looking for another self.
who have affairs always tell me.
stories of recent losses --
par nesenajiem zaudējumiem:
in the shadow of an affair,
bieži vien mīt mīlas dēkas ēnā,
25 years like this?
that perhaps these questions
ka varbūt šie jautājumi
people to cross the line,
pārkāpt robežu,
an attempt to beat back deadness,
cīnīties pret atmirumu,
and a lot more about desire:
ir mazāk svarīgs, nekā iekāre;
desire to feel special,
never have your lover,
that which you can't have.
in open relationships,
atvērtās attiecībās,
about monogamy is not the same
par monogāmiju nav tas pats,
that even when we have
sekss ar citiem partneriem,
by the power of the forbidden,
we are not supposed to do,
doing what we want to.
ko patiešām vēlamies.
quite a few of my patients
esmu arī teikusi,
into their relationships
the imagination and the verve
uzdrošināšanās, iztēles un kvēles,
meklēt manu palīdzību.
already dying on the vine.
savu pilnbriedu nesasniegušas.
into new possibilities.
kas piedzīvojuši dēkas,
affairs stay together.
tikai ar grūtībām velk dzīvību,
to turn a crisis into an opportunity.
krīzi pārvērst iespējā.
into a generative experience.
veidojošā pieredzē.
more so for the deceived partner,
ka vēl jo vairāk piekrāptajam partnerim,
to uphold the status quo
for them that well, either.
īsti vairs neapmierināja.
that may actually lead to a new order,
kas var novest pie jaunas kārtības,
with honesty and openness
tik godīgas un atklātas,
gadu desmitiem.
sexually indifferent
seksuāli vienaldzīgi,
so lustfully voracious,
of loss will rekindle desire,
no jauna aizšķiļ iekāri
new kind of truth.
kad atklājas mīlas dēka?
that couples can do?
ka atlabšana sākas tad,
acknowledges their wrongdoing.
important act of expressing
ir arī atzīt vainu un paust nožēlu
ka diezgan daudzi dēkas piedzīvojušie
of people who have affairs
for hurting their partner,
par partnera sāpināšanu,
for the experience of the affair itself.
par pašu piedzīvoto dēku.
vigil for the relationship.
par savām attiecībām.
the protector of the boundaries.
par robežu sargātāju.
no uzmācīgām domām
that the affair isn't forgotten,
ka dēka nav aizmirsta,
begins to restore trust.
sāk atjaunot uzticību.
that bring back a sense of self-worth,
pašvērtības sajūtu,
and with friends and activities
draugos un aktivitātēs,
and meaning and identity.
to mine for the sordid details --
uzzināt zemiskus sīkumus.
than me in bed? --
ir labāka par mani?
the investigative questions,
ko es dēvēju par izzinošajiem jautājumiem,
the meaning and the motives --
or experience there
when you came home?
and they're not going away.
un tās nekur neizzudīs.
of black and white and good and bad,
kā melns un balts vai labs un slikts,
comes in many forms.
that we betray our partner:
nododam savu partneri:
one way to hurt a partner.
partnera sāpināšanas veids.
she must be pro-affair.
viņa noteikti iestājas par mīlas dēkām.
can come out of an affair,
ka mīlas dēkas var nest labumu,
this very strange question:
recommend you have an affair
iesaistīties mīlas dēkā,
saslimt ar vēzi,
who have been ill
ka ar vēzi slimojušie bieži stāsta,
has yielded them a new perspective.
since I arrived at this conference
galvenais jautājums, ko man uzdod,
about infidelity is, for or against?
"Par vai pret?"
and what it meant for me.
un ko tas nozīmēja man.
in the aftermath of an affair
pēc mīlas dēkas atklāšanās,
two or three relationships
divas vai trīs attiecības
to do it with the same person.
ar to pašu cilvēku.
a second one together?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Esther Perel - Relationship therapistPsychotherapist Esther Perel is changing the conversation on what it means to be in love and have a fulfilling sex life.
Why you should listen
For the first time in human history, couples aren’t having sex just to have kids; there’s room for sustained desire and long-term sexual relationships. But how? Perel, a licensed marriage and family therapist with a practice in New York, travels the world to help people answer this question. For her research she works across cultures and is fluent in nine languages. She coaches, consults and speaks regularly on erotic intelligence, trauma, sexual honesty and conflict resolution. She is the author of Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. Her latest work focuses on infidelity: what it is, why happy people do it and how couples can recover from it. She aims to locate this very personal experience within a larger cultural context.
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