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我那个时候被孤独紧紧包裹着，但我总和别人在一起，我自己都没意识到。但孤独是完全从主观上定义的。它完全取决于你是否觉得在情绪上或是交际上和你周围的人相隔绝。我当时是这样的。我们有很多关于孤独的研究，都很可怕。
Loneliness won"t just make you miserable; it will kill you. I"m not kidding. Chronic loneliness increases your likelihood of an early death by 14 percent. Fourteen percent! Loneliness causes high blood pressure, high cholesterol. It even suppress the functioning of your immune system, making you vulnerable to all kinds of illnesses and diseases.
孤独不仅让你觉得凄惨，它还可能致死。我可不是开玩笑。长期的孤独会增加你早逝的可能性高达14%之多。孤独可能导致高血压，高胆固醇。它甚至会影响你的免疫系统，使你容易患上各种疾病。
In fact, scientists have concluded that taken together, chronic loneliness poses as significant a risk for your long-term health and longevity as cigarette smoking. Now, cigarette packs come with warnings saying, "This could kill you." But loneliness doesn"t.
事实上，科学家已经得出结论，长期的孤独对你的健康和长寿的负面影响比抽烟还要糟。香烟的包装上还有“吸烟致命”的警句。可孤独没有。
And that"s why it"s so important that we prioritize our psychological health, that we practice emotional hygiene. Because you can"t treat a psychological wound if you don"t even know you"re injured. Loneliness isn"t the only psychological wound that distorts our perceptions and misleads us.