"壓力的電視療法"

人在感受到壓力的時候會向朋友求助，但也許他們該抓起遙控器了。

人們處理壓力的方式皆不同。有些人選擇和朋友談談，有些人透過運動發洩出來，還有些人用吃來補償自己。但有什麼比看最愛的電視節目重播還來得令人舒適？

兩項研究顯示，參與者讓自己在感受到壓力或疲勞時沉浸在看電視重播中，然後就會覺得比較開心，在處理艱鉅任務時也會表現得比較好。一位研究人員表示：「虛構的世界可以是尋求和別人有所連結的一種方式，卻不需要任何附加條件。」就基本層面來說，人們無法將電視和現實完全區分開來，所以他們和角色會有情緒上的連結。看重播讓人們可以在他們認為友善而熟悉的環境裡完全放鬆。

雖然電視有讓人們變得懶散和孤僻的壞名聲，人們也不該太快將其屏除在緩解壓力的方法之外。研究人員說：「不用覺得有罪惡感──而且（這）其實是研究人員，到目前為止，所建議的好方法。」

(Life) TV Therapy for Stress

People reach out to their friends when they are stressed, but maybe they should start reaching out to grab the remote control instead.

People deal with stress differently. Some opt to talk to their friends, some sweat it out through exercise, and some compensate by eating. But what can be more comforting than watching reruns of your favorite TV show?

Two studies showed that the participants who immersed themselves in watching TV reruns when they felt stressed or fatigued felt happier afterward and performed better at difficult tasks. A researcher remarked, Fictional worlds can be a way of seeking connections to others without having all the strings attached. On a basic level, people cant fully differentiate television from reality so they form emotional bonds with the characters. Watching reruns allows people to fully relax in what they feel is a friendly and familiar environment.

Although television has been getting a bad rap for making people inactive and unsocial, people should not be too quick to rule this out as a tool to relieve stress. The researcher says, Its nothing to feel guilty about V and (it) is actually something that research, so far, suggests can be good.

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