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Things you can do right now(ish) to improve your happiness

可以提高幸福感的事

Conquer your negative thinking

攻克消极想法

Humans have evolved to focus on the negative. If we overlearn a bad situation, we’re more inclined to avoid those situations in the future or react more quickly, writes Tara Parker-Pope in our happiness guide.

人类在演化中形成了对负面的关注。如果我们对一个糟糕的情况进行了过度学习，那么以后会更倾向于避开这类情况，或是更快地作出反应，塔拉·帕克-波普(Tara Parker-Pope)在我们的幸福指南中这样写道。

But, as we all know, that isn’t always helpful in a modern world. When something bad happens, we tend to over analyze and have trouble getting our mind off it.

但正如我们所知，在现代社会，这样做并不总是好的。当坏事发生时，我们往往过度分析，很难不去想它。

The trick to avoiding those spirals and rabbit holes of misery is to acknowledge and challenge our negative thoughts. Rather than try to bury them, we should own those thoughts and ask ourselves a few questions, like,“What is the evidence for this thought?”or“Am I basing this on facts or on feelings?”A little self-investigation can help us get over the thoughts that just won’t leave our heads otherwise.

要避开这些让人不断下落、痛苦难过的“兔子洞”，窍门在于去认识并挑战我们的消极思想。与其将其埋藏，我们更应掌控这些念头，问自己一些问题，比如，“这个想法的证据在哪?”或“我是凭事实说话，还是光凭感情?”一些自我审查可以帮助我们克服这些想法，否则它们也不会自己消散。

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