This has to do with a phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation, or the hedonic treadmill.

这与所谓的" 享乐适应" 或" 快乐水车" 现象相关。

That is, we are interested for reasons beyond pleasure or hedonic motivations.

即我们会出于一些超越娱乐或享乐的动机。

She also says it's easy to become a victim of the hedonic treadmill.

她还说，人们很容易成为" 享乐跑步机" 的受害者。

So we have several appetite systems in the brain, and one of them is the hedonic system.

我们大脑中有几个食欲系统，其中一个是享乐系统。

This process is referred to as hedonic adaptation, and we usually talk about it in negative terms.

这个过程被称为享乐适应，我们通常会用负面的术语来谈论它。

Hedonic wellbeing can be summed up as " am I having a good time right now? " he says.

他说，享乐型幸福可以概括为“我现在过得开心吗”。

But there's actually a positive aspect to hedonic adaptation, and that's what negative visualization allows us to achieve.

但享乐适应也有积极的一面，也就是消极想象让我们达到的效果。

The problems tend to come from chasing only hedonic happiness, rather than the more mundane, but ultimately more meaningful, kind.

问题往往来自于只追求享乐的幸福，而不是更平凡但最终更有意义的幸福。

So it might come down to odor hedonics, which is a science-y way of saying " we like what we like."

这可能归结为气味享乐主义，这是一种说“我们喜欢我们喜欢的东西”的科学方式。

That might sound pretty gloomy, but hedonic adaptation makes us less emotionally sensitive to any kind of change, including negative ones.

这也许听起来令人沮丧，但是享乐适应让人们的情绪不易受影响，对任何变化，也包括负面变化。