The Secrets and Science of Mental Toughness | Joe Risser MD, MPH | TEDxSanDiego · TEDx Talks
本视频探讨了心理韧性背后的科学原理，特别是脑源性神经营养因子（BDNF）的作用。通过乔治·胡德的极限平板支撑实例，展示如何通过锻炼提升心理韧性，适合练习毅力与专注力。
Transcriber: isabella hilário Reviewer: Emma Gon
转录者：伊莎贝拉·希拉里奥 审稿人：艾玛·贡
You're about to hold a plank.
你马上就要开始做平板支撑（plank）这个动作了。
Just 60 seconds.
只需要 60 秒钟。
You know it’s coming.
你知道这件事迟早会发生。
That tension in your core.
那种源自内心的紧张感……
The burn in your arms.
你手臂上的灼烧感……
The mental countdown ticking away.
内心的倒计时正在一分一秒地流逝……
You’re already thinking,
你可能已经在想了……
Now imagine you push through that feeling.
现在，想象一下你克服了那种负面情绪。
You hold on.
你稍等一下。
Maybe your body starts shaking.
也许你的身体会开始颤抖。
Your mind is screaming for you to stop.
你的内心在强烈地呼唤你：停下来吧。
You tell yourself just one more second, and you make it to 60.
你告诉自己：“再坚持一秒钟就好，就能达到60秒了。
You’re feeling pretty proud of yourself.
你对自己感到非常自豪。
(Cheers and applause)
（掌声）
But then you don’t stop at 60 seconds.
但之后，你并不会仅仅停留在 60 秒的时间限制上。
You don't stop at five minutes.
你不会只坚持五分钟就停下来。
You keep going for an hour, for two hours and then ten hours.
你一直坚持着，一个小时、两个小时，最后是十个小时。
Yep, ten hours, ten minutes, and ten seconds.
没错，总共用了十小时、十分钟和十秒钟。
That's exactly what George Hood did when he set the world record for the longest plank in history,
乔治·胡德在创造历史上最长的平板支撑（plank）纪录时，正是这样做的。
a feat that most people would not believe possible.
这是一项大多数人根本无法相信其可能性的壮举。
I met George eight years ago when he set the record, at that time, five hours.
我是在八年前遇到乔治的，当时他刚刚创造了新的纪录——用时五小时。
And I’ll tell you this, he just looked like the definition of mental toughness.
我跟你说，他简直就是“心理韧性”的化身——那种面对困境时依然保持冷静、坚持到底的人。
The focus in his eyes was razor sharp and he was drenched in sweat.
他眼中的目光异常锐利，全身已被汗水浸透。
He was hurting.
他很痛苦。
You could see it in his face.
你可以从他的脸上看出来。
Feel it in his body, but he didn’t stop.
你能从他的身体状态中感觉到那种变化，但他并没有停下来。
Later I asked him, George, how do you do it?
后来我问他：“乔治，你是怎么做到的？
His answer surprised me.
他的回答让我感到非常惊讶。
The plank is 90% mental.
完成这个挑战（比如在木板上行走）的过程中，90%的难度其实来自于心理因素（比如恐惧、紧张等）。
George told me he kept his mind busy distracting himself by focusing on the conversations in the room,
乔治告诉我，他通过专注于房间里的谈话来让自己保持忙碌的状态，从而转移注意力。
drawing energy from the people around him.
他从周围的人身上汲取能量。
But there was something deeper happening here.
但这里其实还发生着一些更深刻的事情。
We often think of grit as that mental toughness that helps people achieve extraordinary things, like ultramarathoners finishing races with broken bones.
我们通常将“毅力”理解为那种能够帮助人们完成非凡成就的心理韧性——比如那些在比赛中即使骨折仍坚持完成比赛的超级马拉松选手。
But here's the twist.
但事情有个转折点。
Grit isn't just about willpower.
毅力不仅仅体现在意志力上。
It’s rooted in biology, and the most powerful indicator to date is a protein that we’re just starting to understand,
这一现象的根源在于生物学；迄今为止，最有力的指示物是一种我们才刚刚开始了解的蛋白质。
called Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, or BDNF.
这种物质被称为“脑源性神经营养因子”（Brain-derived neurotrophic factor，简称BDNF）。
Think of BDNF as fertilizer for your brain.
可以把脑源性神经营养因子（BDNF）看作是大脑的“肥料”。
A protein that helps neurons, the cells in your brain, grow, stay healthy, and communicate more effectively.
这种蛋白质有助于大脑中的神经元（即脑细胞）生长、保持健康状态，并提高它们之间的交流效率。