When it comes to disease, I think the “positivity spin zone” is a force of nature.......Putting a positive twist on how things are going is a way to convey hope....... Positivity is a signal that everything is going to be all right, even if no one knows that for sure...... We repeat positive phrases to ourselves as a sort of mantra. And while positive thinking alone can’t cure cancer, attitude is critical to getting through the process and growing as a person. We voice positivity as a show of strength in the face of the unknown. It’s a daily note to self: I’m going to beat this.

说到疾病，我认为正面思考是一种本能力量......不管事情如何进展，我们都积极正面地思考，这是携载希望的一种方式......积极正面是事情进展顺利的一个标志，即使大家都不确知是否如此.....我们不断地重复这些正面积极的话语，就像是魔法里面的咒语一样。但仅仅正面积极并不能治愈癌症，态度对我们经历过程和成就自我是很关键的。在未知面前，我们声竭力嘶地说着正面积极的话语，这是向自己强调注释：我要打败它。

But while I have learned a lot since my diagnosis — and I am trying to be hopeful for the future — living with cancer is also just really, really hard. We don’t always talk about those times. We self-censor many parts of the journey. And when we do speak about it, we often find ourselves framing any negative thoughts in a more positive way......At what point is positivity a form of denial? Does positivity at all costs have a cost? I’m not a negative person, and I’m certainly not trying to set up a school for negative thinking, but today I’m giving myself permission to step out of the spin zone of positivity — to stare down fear, anxiety and dread without the guilt that I might be giving up or not fighting hard enough.

但从我确诊后，我学到很多，我试图让未来充满希望，但伴随着癌症生活真的很难，虽然我们不说。自我审查一下，当我说这些困难的时候，我总是把负面的想法用正面的方式说出来。。。在什么地方，正面是负面的一种形式？不惜一切代价地积极向上是否也要付出代价？我不是悲观的人，我肯定不会试图为负面思维建立一所学校（一个流派），但今天我准许自己走出正面看待问题的思维模式，认真审视一下害怕，焦虑和恐惧等等概念，而不因我放弃，或者没有尽力斗争而产生罪恶感。

We need to brace ourselves for a struggle against terrifying obstacles both of our own making and imposed by the natural world. And the first step is to recover from the mass delusion that is positive thinking