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Now this became my new secret identity, and the first thing I did as a slayer was call my twin sister
現在這個游戲變成了我的新的秘密身份。當時我當殺手的第一件事是打電話給我的孿生姐妹，
I have an identical twin sister named Kelly — and tell her,
我的雙胞胎姐妹叫Kelly--告訴她，
"I'm playing a game to heal my brain, and I want you to play with me."
我現我要通過打游戲來促使大腦恢復，我想和你一起打。
This was an easier way to ask for help.
這是一個最簡單的方法去要求幫忙。
She became my first ally in the game, my husband Kiyash joined next,
她成為了我在游戲里的一個盟友。我的老公Kiyash后來也加入了我們，
and together we identified and battled the bad guys.
我們一起識別壞家伙并和他們決斗。
Now this was anything that could trigger my symptoms and therefore slow down the healing process,
這樣做好像是會導致我的病癥發作的、痊愈的進展也會變慢，
things like bright lights and crowded spaces.
有些東西像是強光和狹小的空間。
We also collected and activated power-ups.
我們也收集和激活能量。
This was anything I could do on even my worst day to feel just a little bit good, just a little bit productive.
這些都是在我最糟糕的日子里我所能做到的，能讓我感覺一點點好起來，有一點小小的成績。
Things like cuddling my dog for 10 minutes, or getting out of bed and walking around the block just once.
比如，抱我的狗狗10分鐘，從床上爬起來，繞著一個街區走一圈。
Now the game was that simple: Adopt a secret identity,
現在看來那個游戲真的很簡單：選擇一個神秘的身份，
recruit your allies, battle the bad guys, activate the power-ups.
招募你的盟友，和壞家伙斗爭，并激活能量。
But even with a game so simple, within just a couple days of starting to play,
即使就是這么一個簡單的游戲，就在我開始玩游戲后的一兩天內，
that fog of depression and anxiety went away. It just vanished.
憂郁和煩躁的迷霧不見了。它消失得無影無蹤。
It felt like a miracle. Now it wasn't a miracle cure for the headaches or the cognitive symptoms.
感覺就像奇跡發生了。現在看起來這并不是一個對于頭痛或是認知病癥的奇跡療法。
That lasted for more than a year, and it was the hardest year of my life by far.
就這樣持續了一年多，那時是我這輩子最艱難的一年。
But even when I still had the symptoms, even while I was still in pain, I stopped suffering.
但是即使我覺得不舒服，即使疼痛還在，我卻沒有那么痛苦了。
Now what happened next with the game surprised me.
游戲之后的收獲使我很驚訝。
I put up some blog posts and videos online, explaining how to play.
我寫了怎么玩游戲的博客并上傳了游戲到網上。
But not everybody has a concussion, obviously, not everyone wants to be "the slayer," so I renamed the game SuperBetter.
顯然，并不是每個人都曾有過腦震蕩，也不是每個人都想變成“殺手”，現在我從新命名了游戲，叫SuperBetter。
