Rumination is one of the things that we'll talk about a lot actually not that helpful-- to ruminate about painful emotions.

我们会频繁谈到沉思,其实沉思痛苦的情绪-,没有多大帮助。

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He had a painful excursion.

他有了一个充满磨砺的短途旅行。

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to name a few-- on the negative side,the painful side; wellbeing,satisfaction,joy,excitement,happiness on the other side which is the side of positive psychology studies.

这些消极和痛苦的方面;,幸福，满足，愉悦，兴奋，快乐,属于另一方面,也就是积极心理学研究的方面。

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Now, when the first chimpanzee hits the lever the second chimpanzee gets a painful electric shock, putting the first chimpanzee in a horrible dilemma.

当第一只黑猩猩拍杠杆时,第二只黑猩猩就会受到痛苦的电击，这样第一只黑猩猩就进退两难了。

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Cos I really struggled in high school-- a lot of it was difficult; a lot of it was painful, but it was all worth it.

因为我在高中很努力-,很多时很困难;,很多时很痛苦，但完全值得。

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We will begin the painful shock experiment in a moment.

马上我们将要开始一个痛击实验。

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In many ways you can look at most of our experiences, psychological effective experiences on a continuum, where some of them fall below the zero, the negative experiences or the painful experiences and the positive or the pleasurable experiences between the zero and the positive.

可以从多方面来看我们的经验，在心理连续谱上看有效心理经验，有时候会跌倒0以下，不愉快或痛苦的经历,积极或愉快的经历,分别在0与正值之间。

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And what will happen is as a result, I experience sadness, because that is what I am thinking about, and sadness-- a painful emotion, not a positive emotion-- leads to further narrow and constrict.

结果就是，我感觉悲伤，因为我一心只想那个，悲伤-,是一种痛苦的情绪，一种消极情绪-,导致进一步的收窄缩紧。

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