新奇事件簿 悲傷的電影可以緩解痛苦

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Watching sad or traumatic movies can sometimes be just what the doctor ordered. A new study reveals that watching distressing movies may boost our tolerance to pain. Researchers at Oxford University say that movies that get your emotions going can increase the amount of endorphins released by the brain. These are our body's natural painkillers - chemicals that make us feel better after physical or psychological pain. Dr Robin Dunbar, a co-author of the study, explained that: "Maybe the emotional [distress] you get from tragedy triggers the endorphin system." He added: "The same areas in the brain that deal with physical pain also handle psychological pain."

有時醫(yī)生會讓病人觀看悲傷或創(chuàng)傷性的電影。一項新的研究披露，觀看令人傷心的電影或許可以增強我們對痛苦的忍耐力。牛津大學(xué)研究人員表示，讓我們的情緒盡情釋放可以增加大腦內(nèi)啡肽的產(chǎn)量。這是身體天然的止痛藥——這種化學(xué)物質(zhì)在身體或心理遭受痛苦之后能夠讓我們感覺更好。這項研究的聯(lián)合作者Robin Dunbar解釋說：“或許悲劇給你帶來的悲傷情緒觸發(fā)了內(nèi)啡肽系統(tǒng)。”他補充說：“大腦中負責(zé)身體疼痛的區(qū)域同樣也負責(zé)心理痛苦。”

Dr Dunbar and his colleagues conducted a series of tests to determine the effect that tragic stories have on us. They invited 169 people to take part in the experiment. One group watched a traumatic drama about a disabled man battling homelessness, drug addiction and alcoholism. Another group watched a documentary on the geology and archaeology of Britain. The results showed that on average, the pain tolerance of those who watched the traumatic drama increased by 13.1 per cent. This compared to an average decrease in pain threshold of 4.6 per cent for those who watched the documentary. Dr Dunbar suggested one reason we like watching sad movies is the natural high from the endorphins.

Dunbar博士和他的同事進行了一系列測試來確定悲劇電影對我們的影響。他們邀請了169人來參加這項實驗。一組觀看了一名殘疾男子與無家可歸，毒癮和酗酒斗爭的悲傷故事。另外一組觀看的是關(guān)于英國地質(zhì)和考古的紀錄片。結(jié)果表明，平均來說，觀看創(chuàng)傷性電影的一組對痛苦的忍耐力增加了13.1%。而觀看紀錄片的一組對痛苦的閾值平均下降了4.6%。Dunbar博士認為，我們喜歡看令人傷心的電影的一個原因內(nèi)啡肽水平會增加。