Name: 正向心理學的論證！ (An argument for positive psychology)
Uploaded: 2025-11-27T17:07:02.000Z
Duration: 5 min 13 s

So I watched a TED talk by Martin Seligman called the New Era of Positive Psychology.

所以我看了 Martin Seligman 的一個 TED talk，叫做「正向心理學的新紀元」。

轉承詞

雖然這是 2004 年的內容，但請注意。

基礎被動語態

But Seligman is known as the father of happiness science.

不過 Seligman 被譽為快樂科學之父。

He was the president of the American psychological association in 1998, and

他在 1998 年擔任美國心理學會的會長，而且

he founded Learned Helplessness Theory, a psychological condition in which a human being or animal has learned to act or behave helplessly in a particular situation, even when it actually has the power to change its unpleasant or harmful circumstances.

他創立了習得性無助理論，這是一種心理狀態，指的是人類或動物在特定情況下，即使有能力改變其令人不快或有害的處境，卻學會了無助地行動或表現。

Learned Helplessness Theory is basically like the elephant rope myth, right?

習得性無助理論基本上就像大象的繩子迷思，對吧？

There's this folk tale that when elephants are really young, they are tied to these poles with this thin rope that's just strong enough to hold them so that when they grow up, even though they are an adult size who could easily break free, they're conditioned to believe they can't, so they never try.

有個俗語故事說，小象剛出生時，會用一條細繩綁在柱子上，這條繩子足以將牠們束縛住，所以當牠們長大後，即使已經是成年象，能夠輕易掙脫，牠們卻被制約成相信自己不行，所以從未嘗試。

So when Seligman was practicing psychology, it was still a practice that focused on what is wrong with you and was often associated with severe mental illness and thus negatively stigmatized.

所以當 Seligman 投入心理學實踐時，那時的心理學還著重於你哪裡有問題，而且常常與嚴重精神疾病連結，是以帶有負面汙名。

But Seligman realized that there's more to a human than what makes them unhealthy.

但 Seligman 意識到，一個人不只有不健康的部分。

And he'd spent so much of his career asking, how do extremely miserable people differ from the rest of us?

他花了這麼多時間研究，一直在問，極度痛苦的人和我們其他人有什麼不同？

But never once asked himself, how do extremely happy people differ from the rest of us?

但他從來沒有問過自己，極度快樂的人跟我們其他人有什麼不一樣？

So he founded, ultimately, positive psychology.

所以他創立了，最終，正向心理學。

And in his own words, positive psychology's aims are to be as concerned with strength as it is with weakness, as interested in building the best things in life as it is in repairing the worst, and

用他自己的話來說，正向心理學的目標是，要像關注弱點一樣關注優勢，要像修復生命中最糟糕的部分一樣，對建立生命中最美好的事物感興趣，而且

as concerned with making the lives of normal people fulfilling and nurturing as it is with healing pathology for those who are suffering.

要像治癒病患的病理學一樣，關心讓正常人的生活變得充實和滋養。

Now, after a lot of studies, Seligman concluded that happiness has three dimensions that can be cultivated.

現在，經過大量的研究，Seligman 總結出快樂有三個可以培養的面向。

He coins them the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.

他稱之為愉悅生活、良好生活，以及有意義生活。

So he says, the pleasant life is realized if we learn how to savor and appreciate basic pleasures such as our environment, our needs, companionship.

所以他說，當我們學會品味和欣賞基本樂趣，像是我們的環境、我們的需求、陪伴時，愉悅生活就實現了。

And it can be achieved by slowing down and grounding ourselves in the present.

這可以透過放慢腳步，並讓自己專注於當下而達成。

The good life is achieved through discovering our unique virtues and strengths and employing them creatively to enhance our lives.

良好生活是透過發現我們獨特的優勢和美德，並有創意地運用它們來提升我們的生活所達成的。

This looks like investing in activities that we enjoy and engaging with the people around us.

這看起來像是投入我們喜歡的活動，並與周圍的人互動。

And finally, the meaningful life is when we find a deep sense of fulfillment by employing our unique strengths for a purpose greater than ourselves.

最後，有意義生活是當我們找到深層的滿足感，透過運用我們獨特的優勢，去追求比我們自身更偉大的目標時。

Now, according to Seligman, we experience these three types of pleasure and gratification, embodiment of strengths and virtues and meaning and purpose.

根據 Seligman 的說法，我們體驗到這三種愉悅和滿足感、優勢和美德的體現，以及意義和目標。

And regardless of how we feel about positive psychology, because I know there's Some, you know, there's a lot of controversy around it, like, oh, positive psychology is so toxic.

無論我們對正向心理學有什麼感覺，因為我知道有些人，你知道的，圍繞著它有很多爭議，像是，哦，正向心理學太有毒了。

It's about gaslighting yourself in the mirror every morning.

這就像每天早上對著鏡子自我催眠一樣。

But studies have shown that growth and resilience developed from utilizing these practices are very valuable for people in high stress landscapes like the military, the medical field, or in 2023, simply fucking existing.

但研究顯示，透過實踐這些方法培養出來的成長和韌性，對於身處軍隊、醫療領域等高壓力環境，或者在 2023 年，單純只是活著的人來說，都非常有價值。

Cognitive behavior therapy also uses several strength based approaches that can really help you cultivate resilience and self estee and just give you the tools to better cope with life's stressors.

認知行為療法也使用幾種基於優勢的方法，這些方法真的能幫助你培養韌性和自尊，並給你更好的工具來應對生活的壓力。

Now, when it comes to positive psychology or any real methodology, I think the best approach is take what resonates and leave what doesn't.

現在，談到正向心理學或任何真正的研究方法，我認為最好的方法是，取你覺得有共鳴的部分，捨棄你覺得不適合的部分。

Cause even if science says a very specific thing, you could be the outlier for that.

因為即使科學說了非常具體的事情，你可能就是那個例外。

但我真的很喜歡 Seligman 的方法。

Like cultivating positive emotions, positive individual traits and positive relationships sounds like a pretty solid foundation for increasing one's well being.

像是培養正向情緒、正向個人特質和正向人際關係，聽起來是提升個人幸福感的相當穩固的基礎。

Now, if you're interested in watching the TED Talk, you can find it online.

如果你對看 TED talk 有興趣，你可以在網路上找到。

It's called the New Era of Positive Psychology.

這場演講叫做「正向心理學的新紀元」。

And I really appreciated it from the perspective of this person who had been so mired in serious mental illness for so much of his career that it finally occurred to him, like, how can we look at people in the world who are happy and content and start modeling our behavior around them so that everyone everywhere, regardless of how severe or mild your mental state is, is able to benefit from that?

我真的很欣賞他從一個在嚴重精神疾病中掙紮了很長一段時間的人的角度來看待這件事，最後他想到，我們如何能觀察世界上那些快樂、滿足的人，並以他們為榜樣，讓每個人，無論心理狀態是嚴重或輕微，都能從中受益？

Thank you to the patrons who supported today's episode.

感謝贊助今天節目的贊助者們。

And thank you to my daddy, Squarespace, for sponsoring today's video.

感謝我爸爸 Squarespace 贊助今天的影片。

If you guys aren't familiar with my dad yet, I don't know where you've been or what you've been doing, but

如果你們還不認識我爸爸，我真的不知道你們在哪裡，或在做什麼，但

Squarespace is an all in one platform to build a gorgeous website, sell your products and engage with your audience.

Squarespace 是一個一站式平臺，讓你建立漂亮的網站、販售產品並與你的觀眾互動。

If you're like me and you don't know anything about how to code, I don't even know what it's called anymore.

如果你跟我一樣，對如何寫程式一竅不通，我甚至不知道那叫什麼了。

They have beautiful and professional website templates that you use as a starting point and then you can customize all of it to your specific brand and aesthetic.

它們有漂亮又專業的網站模板，你可以從那裡開始，然後客製化成你專屬的品牌風格和美感。

It looks so sophisticated, but on the back end it's just drag and drop.

它看起來超專業的，但後臺操作其實就是拖拉而已。

So it's easy and intuitive to build and just as easy to keep it updated.

所以建立網站很簡單直覺，更新起來也一樣輕鬆。

You can also create an online store and sell whatever it is that you have to offer.

你也可以建立線上商店，販售你提供的任何東西。

對我來說，那就是我的線上指南。

But for you, that maybe looks like physical products, services or classes, whatever it is.

但對你來說，可能看起來像是實體商品、服務或課程， whatever it is。

You know, we're all here to make a livelihood doing what we're passionate about.

說真的，我們都想靠我們熱愛的事物維生。

You can go to squarespace.com for a free trial, and

你可以到 squarespace.com 申請免費試用，然後

whenever you're ready to Launch, go to squarespace.com anna and use code Anna for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.

隨時準備好推出時，請前往 squarespace.com/anna，並使用代碼 Anna，你購買的第一個網站或網域可享 10% 折扣。