For cyber geeks, acute physical discomfort is their equivalent of the Japanese water torture I'd witnessed years before. Apparently it can train your brain to be more resilient. The idea that self-imposed periods of daily misery - like freezing cold showers, extreme diets and punishing exercise regimes - will steel you for challenges of a hectic work life isn't whimsy.

对于网络爱好者而言，急性身体不适相当于多年前我见过的日本水酷刑。显然，它可以训练大脑使其更有韧性。自我强加每日痛苦阶段这一想法并非奇思妙想--比如冲冷水澡、极端饮食和惩罚锻炼体制--会帮助你应对繁忙的工作和生活挑战。

The idea that stress could be useful was first mooted in 1974 by pioneering stress researcher, Hans Selye. He discovered some forms of stress can actually be healthy and drive you on.

1974年，压力研究者Hans Selye开创性的首次提出压力可能有用的观点。他发现有些形式的压力实际上可能是健康的、会推动你不断发展。

"It all depends on how you take it," he later wrote. "The stress of failure, humiliation or infection is detrimental. But that of exhilarating, creative, stressful work is beneficial. The stress reaction, like energy consumption, may have good or bad effects."

"这得取决于你如何对待压力，"他后来写道。"失败、羞辱或感染的压力是有害的。但令人振奋的、有创意的压力却是有益的。压力反应，如能源消耗，可能既有好的也有坏的影响。"

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