[双语] 强装笑颜让人更抑郁

 

Pretending to be happy can actually make you more miserable - especially if you're a woman, according to a new study.

一项新研究显示，假装快乐反而会让你觉得更加抑郁，对女性来说，尤其如此。

Researchers found that walking around with a forced smile and faking happiness simply led to people feeling gloomier.

研究人员发现，强颜欢笑、假装快乐只会让你感到更抑郁。

So, putting a brave face on your woes could actually be counterproductive.

因此，强装快乐来掩盖你的悲伤其实会产生相反的效果。

The research found that women suffered more than men when pretending to be happy.

研究发现，假装快乐的时候，女性比男性更痛苦。

Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead to emotional exhaustion and withdrawal, and that's bad for the organisation.

为笑而笑会导致员工工作情绪枯竭，不想工作，而这对于公司来说是不利的。

Customer-service workers who 'fake smile' throughout the day worsen their mood and then withdraw from work, so their productivity drops.

那些整天“假笑”的客服工作人员心情通常很差且工作积极性不高，从而降低了他们的工作效率。