It is a disease of the whole civilized world, said its author and it was built on the work of a gilded age dr George miller Beard who posited that we all had a set amount of nerve force which could be depleted like a battery by the stress of the modern life.

它的作者說，這是整個文明世界的一種疾病，它建立在一位鍍金時代的博士喬治-米勒-比爾德的工作之上，他認為我們都有一定量的神經力量，可以像電池一樣被現代生活的壓力耗盡。

Beard argued that an epidemic Of nervous disease had been unleashed by technology and the press which accelerated everything.

比爾德認為，技術和新聞界已經釋放出神經疾病的流行，加速了一切。

In 1881, he wrote, the chief and primary cause of this very rapid increase of nervousness is modern civilization.

1881年，他寫道："造成這種非常迅速的神經質增加的主要和首要原因是現代文明。

Fast forward, 140 years.

快進，140年。

It took me a while to sort of realize that my panic attacks where my body's way of telling me that I was overwhelmed.

我花了一段時間才意識到，我的驚恐發作是我的身體告訴我的方式，我已經不堪重負。

I would be doing something very mundane getting ready for the day or snacking in the kitchen and all of a sudden, like my entire body would start shaking.

我將做一些非常平凡的事情，為一天的工作做準備，或者在廚房裡吃零食，突然間，我的整個身體就開始顫抖。

I'd hyperventilate and I'd have to sit or lay down until it subsided.

我喘不過氣來，不得不坐下或躺下，直到它消退。

In times of really high stress.

在壓力真正大的時候。

I emotionally disassociate in order to power through and accomplish what needs to get done.

我在情感上脫離了關係，以便發揮力量，完成需要完成的事情。

It's an incredible strength that has come in handy and many, many times in my life.

這是一種令人難以置信的力量，在我的生活中已經派上了用場，而且是很多很多次。

But the downside is that I don't know when things Are too much until my body literally shuts me down.

但壞處是，我不知道什麼時候事情太多，直到我的身體真的把我關起來。

I think F.

我認為F.

Scott Fitzgerald said it the most hashtag related Lee in his 1936 essay, the crack up, he'd found himself quote like a man over drawing at his bank.

斯科特-菲茨傑拉德在他1936年的文章《裂變》中說得最多的是與標籤有關的李，他發現自己的報價就像一個人在銀行裡畫畫一樣。

I began to realize that for two years my life had been drawing on resources that I did not possess, that I had been mortgaging myself physically and spiritually up to the hilt end quote.

我開始意識到，兩年來，我的生活一直在利用我所不具備的資源，我一直在將自己的身體和精神抵押給別人，直到最後。

It's actually quite funny.

這實際上是很有趣的。

I was talking to my friend in february of 2020 and I said, I feel like I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown.

2020年2月，我和我的朋友哈拉，我說，我感覺我處於精神崩潰的邊緣。

There's just so much to do, so much that's expected of me and I don't even feel like I have a chance to breathe.

有這麼多事情要做，有這麼多事情需要我去做，而我甚至感覺不到我有機會呼吸。

I'm also having regular panic attacks again.

我也再次出現了定期的驚恐發作。

Why don't you take a break?

你為什麼不休息一下呢？

There's no room in my schedule to until april if I make it that far.

我的日程安排中沒有空間，如果我做到那麼遠，也要等到4月。

And then the pandemic hit and I'm not gonna lie.

然後大流行病來了，我不會撒謊。

Like at first I was very relieved.

就像一開始我很放心。

I was so excited to rest and relax and recharge for a few months.

我很高興能休息和放鬆，併為幾個月的時間充電。

But instead we went into an entire year of us in survival mode.

但相反，我們進入了一整年，我們處於生存模式。

There were apocalyptic levels of death on the news.

新聞中出現了世界末日級別的死亡。

What felt like the brink of civil war, climate change creeping ever closer while we argued about what color we have affixed to our skeletons, billionaires made 3.9 trillion during the pandemic And banks had their most profitable year ever scoring $30 billion in overdraft fees, domestic abuse, suicide, depression alcoholism and drug abuse were surging pets were adopted during lockdown and then promptly returned as restrictions loosened.

感覺就像內戰的邊緣，當我們爭論我們的骨架上貼著什麼顏色的時候，氣候變化正悄悄接近，億萬富翁在大流行期間賺了3.9萬億，銀行有史以來最賺錢的一年，透支費達到300億美元，家庭虐待、自殺、抑鬱症、酗酒和藥物濫用激增，寵物在禁閉期間被收養，然後隨著限制的放鬆迅速返回。

Wildfires raged.

野火肆虐。

Political chaos reigned supreme and like clockwork mass shootings returned to their regularly scheduled programming as the world opened up and that's just everything going on outside.

政治上的混亂佔了上風，就像時鐘一樣，大規模的槍擊事件隨著世界的開放又回到了定期的節目中，這只是外面發生的一切而已。

Who knows what went on for you person.

誰知道你這個人發生了什麼。

In addition to that dumpster fire for me during the pandemic, a friend died, a soccer showed up to my house and I had to go to court and get a restraining order.

在大流行期間，除了我的那場垃圾桶之火，一個朋友死了，一個足球出現在我的房子裡，我不得不去法院，得到一個限制令。

I went back to court to testify for two friends, restraining orders against the abusive ex partners.

我又去法院為兩個朋友作證，對施暴的前伴侶發出限制令。

I was estranged from my father for half the year.

我與父親疏遠了一半的時間。

I broke up with the best friend and then I got ghosted by a 50 year old man.

我和最好的朋友分手了，然後我被一個50歲的男人幽禁了。

So you know, this is all the context that you have when I sat down to write a comedic Youtube video for internet content and uh I pretty abruptly had a nervous breakdown and bo Burnham's words echoed in my existential crisis.

所以你知道，這就是你所擁有的所有背景，當我坐下來為互聯網內容寫一個喜劇性的Youtube視頻時，呃，我很突然地精神崩潰了，bo Burnham的話在我的生存危機中迴盪。

Should I be joking at a time like this and I would almost amend it to how can I joke at a time like this, luckily I have great friends and one of them sent me a podcast episode from terrible Thanks for asking that covered emotional meltdowns.

我是否應該在這種時候開玩笑，我幾乎要修正為我怎麼能在這種時候開玩笑，幸運的是我有很好的朋友，他們中的一個人給我發了一集播客，來自可怕的謝謝你的問話，涉及情緒崩潰。

And in this, they cite this amazing article by jerry Useem called bring back the nervous breakdown.

在此，他們引用了Jerry Useem的這篇驚人的文章，名為《讓神經崩潰回來》。

So in 1935, Fortune magazine introduced its readers to this concept and then they reprinted a book where it cited experts in mental health that deemed the nervous breakdown to be as widespread as the common cold and cheapest source of misery in the modern world.

所以在1935年，《財富》雜誌向讀者介紹了這一概念，然後他們重印了一本書，其中引用了心理健康方面的專家，認為神經衰弱和普通感冒一樣普遍，是現代世界最廉價的痛苦來源。

They said anyone could be susceptible.

他們說任何人都可能是易感者。

It could be precipitated by nearly anything and it prevented one from carrying on the business of normal living.

它幾乎可以由任何事情引起，它使人無法進行正常生活的業務。

The solution for a nervous breakdown Was a time out, a license to withdraw and for about 80 years after this, proclaiming that you had a nervous breakdown was a culturally acceptable and legitimized way of declaring emotional bankruptcy.

神經衰弱的解決方案是暫停，是退出的許可，在這之後的大約80年裡，宣佈你有神經衰弱是一種文化上可接受的、合法的宣佈情感破產的方式。

In the face of modern life's stresses.

在面對現代生活的壓力時。

Hi, how can I help you?

你好，我能為你做些什麼？

Hi, I'd like to withdraw 15 hours of writing time.

你好，我想收回15小時的寫作時間。

Okay, Clickety Clack.

好了，Clickety Clack。

I'm so sorry.

我很抱歉。

You don't have enough in your account right now to cover that.

你現在的賬戶裡沒有足夠的錢來支付這個費用。

Oh no.

哦，不。

How much do I have?

我有多少錢？

You have about three hours of riding left.

你還有大約三個小時的車程。

Can you charge me an overdraft fee or can I open a line of credit to get my remaining 12?

你們可以向我收取透支費嗎？或者我可以開設一個信用額度來獲得我剩餘的12美元嗎？

I'm so sorry, I can't do that for you this week.

我很抱歉，這周我不能為你做這個。

I do see you have two full days of recharging available and after you withdraw those funds, you'll be able to access your next reserve.

我確實看到你有整整兩天的充電時間，在你提取這些資金後，你就可以進入下一個儲備。

Okay, well I guess I don't have a choice.

好吧，我想我沒有選擇。

So I'll do that.

所以我就這麼做了。

Wonderful.

很好。

Oh, and then can you also check how much Gamestop stock I have now?

哦，那你能不能也看看我現在有多少Gamestop的庫存？

Yeah.

是的。

Moon Diamond Hands, that's all I'm saying.

月亮鑽石手，這就是我想說的。

Okay, great, love it.

好的，很好，喜歡。

And the best part of the nervous breakdown was that it focused on the sociological symptoms instead of our personal issues.

而神經衰弱的最好部分是，它側重於社會學症狀而不是我們的個人問題。

It insinuated that the fault lies with the outside world and its unbeatable demands.

它暗示，錯誤在於外部世界和它不可戰勝的要求。

Not some weakness or inability to cope on our part.

而不是我們的某些弱點或無力應對。

The nervous breakdown provided sanction for a pause and reset that could ultimately put you back on track.

神經衰弱提供了暫停和重置的制裁，最終可能使你回到正軌。

But according to you seem in the mid sixties the nervous breakdown was pushed aside by the rise of mass market prescription driven psychiatry.

但是根據你的說法，似乎在六十年代中期，神經衰弱被大眾市場處方驅動的精神病學的崛起推到了一邊。

The developing field had little use for an affliction that could be treated without the assistance of physicians, diseases like major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder, diagnosed and treated by specialized doctors.

發展中的領域對不需要醫生協助就能治療的疾病沒有什麼用處，像重度抑鬱症、廣泛性焦慮症和強迫症這樣的疾病都是由專業醫生診斷和治療。

Dispensing specialize drugs replaced the nervous breakdown.

配藥專用的藥物取代了神經衰弱。

Catch all acknowledges that this did do a bit of good right.

捕捉都承認，這確實做了一點好事吧。

Many people with psychological ailments gained access to medical treatments that could be effective but we also lost something.

許多有心理疾病的人獲得了可能有效的醫學治療，但我們也失去了一些東西。

Peter stearns, a social and cultural historian of the nervous breakdown at George Mason University said that the nervous breakdown played a function.

喬治-梅森大學(George Mason University)神經衰弱社會和文化歷史學家彼得-斯坦斯(Peter stearns)說，神經衰弱起到了一定的作用。

We have partially lost.

我們已經部分地失去了。

You didn't have to visit a psychiatrist or a site.

你沒有必要去看心理醫生或網站。

Ecologists to qualify for a nervous breakdown.

生態學家以符合神經衰弱的條件。

You didn't need a specific cause you were allowed to step away from normalcy.

你不需要一個特定的原因，你被允許從正常狀態下走出來。

The breakdown also signaled a temporary loss of functioning like a car breaking down.

故障也標誌著像汽車拋錨一樣暫時失去功能。

You know it may be in the shop sometimes recurrently but it didn't signal an inherited or permanent state.

你知道它可能有時會在店裡反覆出現，但它並沒有預示著一種繼承的或永久的狀態。

Such as terms like bipolar or a.

如雙極性或A等術語。

D.

D.

H.

H.

D.

D.

Might signal today.

今天可能會有信號。

Stern said that the psychiatric approach tends to say you have a specific problem.

斯特恩說，精神病學的方法傾向於說你有一個具體的問題。

Other people don't have it.

其他人沒有這個能力。

We're here to fix your problem independent of what's happening to everyone else.

我們在這裡解決你的問題，不受發生在其他人身上的事情影響。

Whereas the nervous breakdown was not a medical condition but a sociological one.

而神經衰弱不是一種醫療狀況，而是一種社會學狀況。

And perhaps one of the reasons we're in such hustle culture today is because of the lack of a time out.

而我們今天處於這樣的喧囂文化中的原因之一，也許就是因為缺乏一個時間的限制。

Like the nervous right down.

像緊張的右下角。

Like we live in a culture that is quick to label anyone who is seen as taking a break as lazy or a slacker or weak.

就像我們生活在一種文化中，很快就會給任何被視為休息的人貼上懶惰或懶散或軟弱的標籤。

We seem argues that we should bring the nervous breakdown back to protect the nation's collective reserve of nerve force at a time when it's stretched so thin and I am inclined to agree.

我們似乎認為，我們應該讓神經衰弱的人回來，以保護國家集體儲備的神經力量，而此時的神經力量是如此的緊張，我傾向於同意。

He suggests we may be changed the language to accommodate american culture by rebranding it as like a power brake or power up and it strikes me as horribly sad that we need to apply masculine layers to emotional vulnerability in order to hopefully get this accepted into our lexicon.

他建議我們可能會改變語言，以適應美國文化，把它重塑為動力制動或動力提升，這讓我感到非常悲哀，我們需要把男性的層次應用到情感的脆弱上，以便希望讓這一點被我們的詞彙所接受。

But hey baby steps.

但是，嘿，嬰兒的步驟。

Hey yo boss.

嘿，喲，老闆。

Hey listen I came to say, I think I'm gonna take a little power little power break little dude, I love that for you.

嘿，聽著，我過來說，我想我要花點力氣小休一下，小夥計，我喜歡你這樣。

Power play away my man and then come back ready to tackle the final boss but not me.

強力打走我的人，然後回來準備對付最後的老闆，但不是我。

Did I hear someone powering up into here.

我是否聽到有人發力到這裡。

Okay Freaking type dude power up level 9000 in this seriously though.

好吧，雖然在這個嚴重的問題上，怪異類型的花花公子力量達到9000級。

I really want to thank you so much for all of your hard work.

我真的很想感謝你，感謝你的辛勤工作。

You deserve this time off and more than that.

你應該得到這段休息時間，而且不止於此。

I want to thank you for being honest and speaking up about what you need.

我想感謝你誠實地說出你的需求。

Of course you know I love working here and in order for me to continue to do my best work, I need to take this time for rest and relaxation.

當然你知道我喜歡在這裡工作，為了讓我繼續做最好的工作，我需要利用這段時間休息和放鬆。

You know, I also just want to say I'm really grateful for you too and I'm grateful that we're able to cultivate a work environment that focuses on wholeness and wellness.

你知道，我也只是想說我也真的很感激你，我很感激我們能夠培養一個注重整體性和健康的工作環境。

Okay, so nervous breakdowns can be good.

好的，所以緊張崩潰可能是好事。

I mean mine definitely was.

我的意思是我的絕對是。

And though the demands of modern life mean that we're often not privileged enough to take time away.

儘管現代生活的需求意味著我們往往沒有足夠的特權來抽出時間。

I am very lucky that I'm ahead of schedule on Youtube and that I could cancel my shoot at the time and my obligations and just have a real weekend to lay on the floor.

我非常幸運，我在Youtube上的時間提前了，我可以取消當時的拍攝和我的義務，只是有一個真正的週末躺在地上。

I'm anna Connor and thank you the patriots who supported today's video and thank you to better help for sponsoring today's episode.

我是安娜-康納，感謝支持今天視頻的愛國者們，感謝更好地幫助贊助今天的節目。

It's a relatable segue better helps mission is to provide anyone facing life's challenges with easy, discreet, professional, convenient and affordable access to professional counseling from a licensed therapist.

這是一個具有親和力的轉捩點，更好地幫助的使命是為任何面臨生活挑戰的人提供簡單、謹慎、專業、方便和負擔得起的有執照的治療師提供專業諮詢的機會。

So after filling out a brief questionnaire about your history and what you'd like to work on your matched with a therapist.

是以，在填寫了一份關於你的歷史和你想要的工作的簡短問卷後，你與治療師的匹配。

All 11,000 plus counselors on better help with.

所有11,000多名輔導員對更好地幫助。

No exceptions are licensed trained experienced and accredited psychologists, Marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers or licensed professional counselors.

有執照的訓練有素的經驗和認可的心理學家、婚姻和家庭治療師、臨床社會工作者或有執照的專業諮詢師都不例外。

Scheduling is super easy and flexible, and you pay one low flat fee for unlimited messaging and a weekly session.

時間安排超級簡單和靈活，你只需支付一筆低的固定費用，就可以獲得無限量的資訊傳遞和每週一次的課程。

You can go to better help dot com slash icona to sign up today and get 10% off your first month.

你可以去better help dot com slash icona今天註冊，並獲得第一個月的10%折扣。