"Many other people," he explains, "have defined nostalgia as comparing the past with the present and saying, implicitly, that the past was better — ‘Those were the days.' But that may not be the best way for most people to nostalgize. The comparison will not benefit, say, the elderly in a nursing home who don't see their future as bright. But if they focus on the past in an existential way — ‘What has my life meant?' — then they can potentially benefit."
“许多其他人,”他解释道,“将怀旧定义为用往事与现状对比,然后自我暗示地认为过去的生活更美好,感叹着‘那些年'。”但对于大多数人而言,这都不是最好的怀旧方法。比如当老年人在养老院里对比现状与过往,这并无法让他们觉得未来无限美好。但如果他们将往事看成一种人生存在的方式,思考‘我的生活意味着什么?',他们则可能从怀旧中获益。
This comparison-free nostalgizing is being taught to first-year college students as part of a study testing its value for people in difficult situations. Other experiments are using the same technique in people in nursing homes, women recovering from cancer surgery, and prison inmates.
这种不做对比的怀旧已经作为研究的一部分,用于一年级本科生,以测试人们在不同情况下时怀旧的作用。其他实验则采用相同的方法,用以测试养老院中的老人、刚从癌症手术中恢复的妇女与监狱的囚犯。
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