It's a bit like if I say, " Don't think of a pink elephant, " boom.

这有点像我说，“不要想粉红色的象（不要想不可能的情）”，然后，砰。

And what happened.Pink elephants all around.

又是怎样? 我既紧张又焦虑。

For the next ten seconds, do not think of a pink elephant.

不要想粉色象 在接下来的十秒钟里不要想粉色象。

What happened? Most people thought of a pink elephant. Because when we try to suppress a natural phenomenon.

如何? 多数都会想粉色象，当我们企图压抑一种自然现象时。

Pink elephant just blew you a kiss.

粉象刚给你飞了个吻。

Yep, whether you're a mermaid cat, a fluffy pink elephant, or a Bengal tiger.

是的，无论你是鱼猫、毛茸茸的粉红色象，还是孟加拉虎。

You're thinking about the pink elephant because people focused their attention on what you say.

你在想那只粉红象，是们把注意力集中在你说的话上。

It's the don't think about a pink elephant trick.

这是“别想粉红象”的把戏。

Only when we stop trying, when we stop caring about the presence of the thought of a pink elephant in our minds, it eventually disappears.

只有当我们停止尝试，当我们不再关心我们脑海中粉红象的想法时，它最终才会消失。

For the next 10 seconds, do not think of a pink elephant.

在接下来的10秒内, 不要去想一头粉红色的象。

Most people thought of a pink elephant.

多数想到的是粉红色的象。

We've explored the experiment of the pink elephant a couple of times on this channel, showing how difficult it is not to think consciously about a pink elephant.

我们在这个频道上探索过几次粉红象的验，展示了不去有意识地思考粉红象是多么困难。

So for the next 10 seconds, bear with me, for the next 10 seconds, do not think of a pink elephant.

所以在接下来的 10 秒里，请耐心等待，在接下来的 10 秒里，不要想着粉红色的象。

Do not think of a pink elephant for the next three seconds, and I'm sure no one thought of a pink elephant, right?

在接下来的三秒钟里不要想着粉红色的象，我敢肯定没有想过粉红色的象，对吧？

Without a constant flood of external information, the brain starts to confuse its own thoughts for actual experiences, leading you to hallucinate the taste of cheeseburgers, or the sound of a choir singing, or the sight of pink stampeding elephants.

没有源源不断的外部信息，脑开始混淆自己的想法和际经历，导致你产生吃到芝士汉堡的味道、听到唱诗班唱歌的声音或看到踏步的粉红色象的景象的幻觉。