But it's not a very good thing if my consciousness continues to narrow and constrict beyond the threat, or beyond the hardship.

但它变得不是很好,如果我的意识继续狭窄,收紧超出威胁，超出困难。

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And I narrow and constrict in terms of my thinking-- all I am thinking about is just that.

我的思维收窄缩紧-,一心只想着被女友甩了。

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And what we know is that very often we enter a downward spiral, a vicious cycle when we go into this narrow and constrict mode.

我们知道经常会进入下行螺旋，一个恶性循环，当我们进入狭窄收紧的模式。

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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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They look in the professional people who are able to manage their emotions better and lead to positive emotions, get out of this narrow and constrict to the broaden and build are in the long term more successful.

他们调查专业人士,能更好地控制自己的情绪,获得积极情绪，脱离狭窄收紧进入扩建的人,长远会取得更大成功。

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