[雙語] 強裝笑顏讓人更抑郁

 

Pretending to be happy can actually make you more miserable - especially if you're a woman, according to a new study.

一項新研究顯示，假裝快樂反而會讓你覺得更加抑郁，對女性來說，尤其如此。

Researchers found that walking around with a forced smile and faking happiness simply led to people feeling gloomier.

研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，強顏歡笑、假裝快樂只會讓你感到更抑郁。

So, putting a brave face on your woes could actually be counterproductive.

因此，強裝快樂來掩蓋你的悲傷其實會產生相反的效果。

The research found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy.

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，假裝快樂的時候，女性比男性更痛苦。

Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead to emotional exhaustion and withdrawal, and that's bad for the organisation.

為笑而笑會導致員工工作情緒枯竭，不想工作，而這對于公司來說是不利的。

Customer-service workers who 'fake smile' throughout the day worsen their mood and then withdraw from work, so their productivity drops.

那些整天“假笑”的客服工作人員心情通常很差且工作積極性不高，從而降低了他們的工作效率。