Here's one of the surprising findings that Sonja Lyubomirsky found.
有一項驚人的發現是索尼婭·柳博米爾斯基的發現
What she found is that if we write that letter, we get the spike in wellbeing even if we don't send it.
她發現如果我們寫了那封信,就算不寄出去,幸福感也能達到的峰值
Obviously if we send it and we get feedback, the spike is even higher.
寄出去當然會得到回應,峰值會更高
But just the act of writting it, of being grateful, being open, that in and of itself contributes to wellbeing. Next week,
但僅僅是書寫,感受感激之情,敞開心扉,這樣做的本身也有助提升幸福感。下周
your response paper is going to be a letter of gratitude,
你們的功課就是一封感激信
which we will highly recommend you visit the person and read it to them or, at the very least, send it if you are not close to them now physically.
我們強烈建議你們去拜訪對方,把信讀給他們,或者最起碼,把信寄出去,如果你們相隔很遠
But even if you just write it and don't feel comfortable sending it, that in and of itself contributes to our wellbeing.
但即使是寫了信卻不好意思寄出去,那同樣能提升你的幸福感
I want to go a little bit more in depth into how we express gratitude and in general, how we deal with painful and positive emotions.
我想再深入談談如何表達感激,再概況談談如何應對痛苦和積極的情緒

Once again, Sonja Lyubomirsky did research, while she invited participants to talk about
再次引用索尼婭·柳博米爾斯基所做的研究,她邀請參與者談論
or to share the worst experiences of their lives and the best experiences of their lives.
分享生活中最糟的經歷和最好的經歷
And what she did was divide them actually to four groups. One group
她所做的是把他們分成四組。第一組
write about it. Write about the ABC, the affect — the emotion, the behavior — what you did then, and the cognition- what you thought then.
寫出來。寫出三方面,一是影響,也就是情感,二是行為,即當時你做了什么,三是認知,即當時的想法
Three times on three consecutive days for 15 minutes.
連續三天,每天一次,每次15分鐘
First group just wrote about it.
第一組只是寫出來