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高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜苦难的意义究竟是什么？捱过去，就是答案 你是否也有这样的感受：不知道从什么时候开始，我们进入了一个“意义饥渴”的时代——做什么事情都喜欢去反思一下，它有什么价值，有什么意义，甚至是面对很糟糕、很痛苦的处境时，我们也被引导着“要从苦难中寻找意义、收获价值”。《纽约时报》的一篇专栏文章对此提出了不同观点：原来不是所有事情都要有“意义”，而真正的意义或许只有在恰当的时机才会浮现。如何才能坦然接受“无意义”？在人生的低谷期，怎么做才能挽救自己？ Not Everything Has to Be Meaningful By Brad Stulberg In 2017, I was blindsided by the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder and secondary depression. It was a terrifying and disorienting ordeal. I had always been — and to a large extent, still am — an optimistic, growth-oriented and meaning-seeking person. Part of what I found so confounding about the experience was how utterly meaningless it felt. Four months into my recovery, I shared my concerns with my therapist. "Why does what you are experiencing right now need to have some greater purpose?" she asked me. "Not everything has to be meaningful and you don't have to grow from it. Why can't it just suck, at least for the time being?" A large body of psychology research shows that constructs such as growth mind-set, gratitude and construing meaning out of struggle can promote well-being. However, there are times when what you are going through is so painful, vexing and void of purpose that trying to adhere to these constructs hinders, rather than helps, your healing. As I found, sometimes simply focusing on showing up and getting through is more than enough. That's not to say we ought to wallow in despair or become nihilistic. Pain and suffering are often followed by meaning, but they have to arrive on their own schedule. In other words, when you are in the thick of pain or struggle, meaning can feel elusive, and trying to force it usually backfires. But with time and distance, meaning often emerges, even when you least expect it. It seems then, that the most important thing to do when in the midst of a life upheaval is to release yourself from any expectations altogether. Be patient and be kind to yourself. Seek help and socia