哈佛大学教授解读幸福是什么HarvardProfessor(13)

然后在你 50 出头的时候，幸福感又发生了逆转，你又开始恢复，几乎每个人的幸福感都从 50 出头一直持续到 70 岁左右，除了两组人：患有未经治疗的精神疾病的人和患有未经治疗的物质使用障碍的人。
So if this is you, get treated for anxiety and depression and mood disorders and get treated for addiction.
所以如果你属于以上这两种情况，请接受焦虑、抑郁和情绪障碍的治疗，接受成瘾的治疗。
All right, next question comes from @LaughingAllTheWay, "How do we adjust our expectations as we age?" That"s a good one.
好吧，下一个问题来自 @LaughingAllTheWay，“随着年龄的增长，我们如何调整我们的期望？”好问题。
One of the things that actually gets better and better and better as you age is your expectations about the future because you understand how things work.
随着年龄的增长，有一件事会变得越来越好，那就是你对未来的期望，因为你明白事情是如何运作的。
There"s this tyranny that people don"t understand until they"re usually a little after 50 years old.
人们直到 50 岁以后才会理解这个铁律。
They think that if they get that thing that they want, they"re gonna get it and they"re gonna enjoy it and it"s never gonna go away, and then it does.
他们认为如果他们得到了他们想要的东西，他们会得到它，他们会享受它，它永远不会消失，然后它就消失了。
They also think that if something bad happens to them that they"re gonna stay in a bad mood or sad or angry or afraid forever.