Teresa of Avila's desire for suffering cannot be interpreted as the mere passive assumption of a feminine sacrificial role. On the contrary, Teresa was able to transform her suffering into the incarnated performance of her relationship with God: By desiring suffering and by understanding it and her ability to confront it as proof of divine love, she was able to reinforce her self‐confidence and strength. This article discusses Teresa of Avila's experience and interpretation of suffering in the context of the female ascetic‐mystic Christian tradition. It criticizes Teresa's positive conceptualization of suffering but examines in depth the potential of her ability to actively manage and control it. Although Teresa was able to affirm her personality through ascetic practices such as self‐humiliation and mortification, the general applicability of such practices to the management of suffering is fraught since they leave the suffering individual in a vulnerable position. Although Teresa of Avila finds fulfillment and, paradoxically, self‐actualization through self‐denial and the surrender of her will, such practices entail the substantial risk of total self‐annihilation.

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“我希望遭受痛苦，主，因为你确实遭受了痛苦”：阿维拉的特蕾莎修女在痛苦中

特蕾莎·阿维拉（Teresa）对阿维拉（Vila）遭受苦难的渴望不能解释为女性牺牲角色的被动假设。相反，特蕾莎修女能够将痛苦转化为与上帝的关系的残酷表现：通过渴望痛苦并理解苦难以及面对苦难的能力来证明神的爱，她能够增强自信心和强度。本文讨论了特雷莎·阿维拉（Teresa of Avila）在女性禁欲主义-神秘基督教传统背景下的经历和对苦难的解释。它批评了特蕾莎修女对痛苦的积极概念，但深入研究了她积极管理和控制苦难的潜力。尽管Teresa能够通过自卑和羞辱等禁欲来确认自己的个性，由于这种做法使受苦的人处于脆弱的境地，因此这种做法在痛苦管理方面的普遍适用性受到限制。尽管阿维拉的特蕾莎修女通过自我克制和屈服于自己的意志而获得了成就，并且自相矛盾地实现了自我实现，但这种做法却带来了彻底自我毁灭的巨大风险。