He eventually gained 60 pounds (eating peanut butter by the spoonful) and began sleeping 18 hours a day. When he outgrew his sweatpants, he says, he decided to turn his life around. He signed up for an online finance degree, and the condensed classes helped him to feel he was making progress. He recently graduated. He also got a temporary consulting job at a company that uses new technology to purify wastewater.

莫纳汉最终重了60磅（他一勺一勺地吃花生酱），他开始一天睡18个小时。他说，当他的运动裤穿不下时，他决定彻底改变一下自己的生活。他报名参加一个网上金融学位培训，密集型课程让他感觉到自己在取得进步。最近他毕业了。他还在一家运用新技术 化污水的公司找到了一份临时性顾问工作。

He started to exercise and took up the martial art Tae Kwan Do. His instructor, who is also a psychologist, taught him to talk back to his negative inner voice. Now, when he starts ruminating on mistakes he's made in the past, or tells himself there is no hope, he says out loud: 'Stop . . . This behavior is not going to move us in a positive direction or make us happy.'

他开始锻炼身体，还开始练跆拳道。他的教练（也是一位心理学家）教他反驳内心的消极声音。现在，当他开始琢磨过去犯下的错误，或者告诉自己没有希望时，他都会大声说：“停……这种行为不会让我们迈向积极的方向，也不会让我们快乐。”

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