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敏锐的警觉感曾是人类的重要武器，它帮助我们这个相对年轻的物种生存下来：让人类祖先能迅速发现危险，避免成为猛兽口中的猎物。 但如果到了今天，比如在一次周二晚间开麦表演现场，面对 20 位民谣爱好者，你却不由自主地产生人类最本能的警觉感，效果就完全不一样了。你会手心出汗，四肢发抖，视线模糊，脑子里还有个声音在说：快跑！这是怯场。 而这正是乔·科文 (Joe Kowan) 的经历。在这段简短欢快的精彩演讲中，乔为我们讲述了他战胜怯场的历程。 ▼ 我是这样战胜怯场的！ （木有WIFI？先看看演讲精彩摘录） So on the week of my 30th birthday, I decided I was going to go to this local open mic, and put this fear behind me. Well, when I got there, it was packed. There were like 20 people there. (Laughter) And they all looked angry. But I took a deep breath, and I signed up to play, and I felt pretty good. 所以在我 30 岁生日那一周，我决定参加社区开麦表演，暂时把怯场的问题抛在脑后。到了那儿，我发现已经人山人海，大概有 20 个人在那里 (笑声) ，他们看起来都很疯狂，我深吸一口气，在表演报名单上签了名，当时感觉还不错。 Pretty good, until about 10 minutes before my turn, when my whole body rebelled, and this wave of anxiety just washed over me. Now, when you experience fear, your sympathetic nervous system kicks in. So you have a rush of adrenaline, your heart rate increases, your breathing gets faster. Next your non-essential systems start to shut down, like digestion. (Laughter) So your mouth gets dry, and blood is routed away from your extremities, so your fingers don’t work anymore. Your pupils dilate, your muscles contract, your Spidey sense tingles, basically your whole body is trigger-happy. (Laughter) That condition is not conducive to performing folk music. (Laughter) I mean, your nervous system is an idiot. Really? 一直到表演前 10 分钟，我都自我感觉良好。接着，我全身开始不听使唤，整个人也变得非常不安。听我说，当你害怕时，交感神经系统就开始发挥作用，你会肾上腺素增高，心跳加速，呼吸变急促，那些不太重要的系统开始关闭，比如消化系统 (笑声) ，你会感到口干舌燥，四肢供血不足，手指变得僵硬，你的瞳孔变大、肌肉收缩，你的蜘蛛侠第六感也开始发挥作用！基本上，你整个人处于高度备战状态 (笑声) 只是，这状态很不适合表演民谣 (笑声) 我的意思是，你的神经系统基本报废了。不信? |
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