Ukukhanya Okuya Kufiphala: The Fight Against Depression

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• Ukucindezeleka Okufundwayo Okubalulekile
• Isiqephu Esimnyama Sokucindezeleka Kwangemva Kokubeletha

"Ngijulile kulobo bumnyama, ngime isikhathi eside lapho, ngizibuza, ngesaba, ngingabaza ...,"

—Edgar Allan Poe, "Igwababa"

Kuzo zonke izidalwa zomhlaba, akukho okubaluleke njengokukhanya kwemini, okuqhakambisa izinkumbulo ezintsha futhi kukhanye ngokuphila uqobo. Ubumnyama bungaba ndikindiki; ukwehlukaniswa kuminyanisa ingqondo.

Emkhawulweni wemikhosi yamaholide kanye nezinqumo zokuphela konyaka, ukuthambeka koMhlaba, ama-degree angama-23.5 eningizimu, kubiza iWinter Solstice lapho ilanga liphansi kakhulu esibhakabhakeni, kukhombisa ukulinganiselwa kwamahora ayisishiyagalolunye nemizuzu engama-32 yokukhanya kwelanga — usuku olufushane kakhulu unyaka, isikhathi sokucabanga kwangaphakathi, mhlawumbe ukuhoxa. Bese kuthi, ekuhlengweni kwasemhlabeni, ukukhanya kwemini kuqala kancane ukugeleza njengomoya wamaza aphezulu.

Ngosuku olufushane kakhulu lonyaka kufika isithembiso sesikhathi eside kunazo zonke — kodwa hhayi ngaphambi komshini wokucindezeleka kwabaningi ngoKhisimusi nangeholide, indlovu esitebeleni. Ngakho ake sikhulume ngendlovu. Ngenkathi amaholidi edala ukuphakama kwemizwelo nomndeni nabangane, nawo angadala, kokunye, njengokuncipha kokukhanya, ukudabuka okukhulu, ukukhathazeka, ukungabi namandla, nemicabango yokuzibulala.

Ithemba, isipho esiqhubeka sinikela, ukukholwa kwesibindi, isibindi, nokubekezela, kanye nozwela lwamaholide okwabiwe ngalo ukuxhumana nabaswele, ukufinyelela ngaphandle kokwahlulela ngothando olungenamibandela, ukwenqaba izinkolelo-ze. Sijwayele ukugwema lokho esingakuqondi, senze "ukushayela".

“Wenza kanjani; ubukeka umuhle, ”sivame ukusho, sibalekela ukugwema ukubandakanyeka, noma ngoba nje singekho esimeni sokubukeka ngaphansi kwempilo yomuntu. Mea Culpa! Ukubukeka komuntu, izipho zakhe, nokuhlakanipha kwakhe akuhlangene nakancane nokulwa komuntu nokucindezeleka nezifo ezihlobene nakho.

Eqinisweni, abaningi abaye balwa nokucindezeleka kanye nokuphazamiseka okuhambisana nakho, ekuqaleni okubizwa nge- “melancholia,” babhekwa njengabagqamile, abanekhono elikhulu empilweni, okuyindida yobukhulu obuhlala njalo. Umlando usitshela ukuthi uMichelangelo, uBeethoven, uMozart, uSir Isaac Newton, u-Abraham Lincoln, uWinston Churchill, uCharles Dickens, uLeo Tolstoy, u-Ernest Hemingway, u-Emily Dickinson, uTennessee Williams, uVincent Van Gogh, kanye nenqwaba yezinye izinhlakanipho zokudala, wahlushwa ukuphazamiseka kwengcindezi, "inja emnyama," njengoba uChurchill akubiza kanjalo — ubuhlakani obuhlukumezekile. Kepha abanye abasenkingeni yokudangala babona ukuhlupheka njengesipho sokuvula okungaphakathi ngezindlela ezimangaze umhlaba. Thatha udaba lomdwebi wezichasiselo waseNorway ongasekho u-Edvard Munch, umsebenzi wakhe owaziwa kakhulu, i- "The Scream," ungomunye wabantu abadume kakhulu kwezobuciko. "Angikwazi ukuqeda ukugula kwami, ngoba kuningi ebuciko bami obukhona kuphela ngenxa yazo," uMunch wake wabhala. “... Ngaphandle kokukhathazeka nokugula, ngiwumkhumbi ongenawo amaphini okuqondisa. Ukuhlupheka kwami ​​kuyingxenye yami nobuciko bami. ”

Kucatshangwa ukuthi u-Aristotle wayethi, “Akekho umuntu onengqondo owake waba khona ngaphandle kohlobo oluthile lokusangana.”

Ekucindezelekeni, ayikho inkinobho yokuvala. Ngenkathi ukucindezeleka kwesimo kungafika kudlule nokufa emndenini, ukulahlekelwa ngumsebenzi, isehlukaniso, noma ingozi embi, ukucindezelwa emtholampilo akusikho ukushintshashintsha kwemizwelo, ukuntuleka kwamakhono okubhekana nezinkinga, amaphutha ezinhlamvu, noma kumane nje kube usuku olungenangqondo, inyanga, noma unyaka. Kuyisifo sokucindezeleka esibangelwa i-chemistry yobuchopho engasebenzi kahle, izici ezizuzwe njengefa, nezinye izinto eziguqukayo.

“Ngokuvamile kuthiwa ukucindezeleka kubangelwa ukungalingani kwamakhemikhali, kodwa leso sisho asisho ukuthi lesi sifo sinzima kangakanani,” kuphawula umbiko wezempilo waseHarvard Medical School onesihloko esithi, “Understanding Depression.”

Kulabo abahlushwa ukucindezeleka kwemitholampilo azikho izigcawu zaseHollywood ezithandwa yizo I-Moonstruck , ojwayelekile waseNorman Jewison lapho uLoretta Castorini, odlalwa nguCher, eshaya khona uRonny Cammareri, uNiclasse Cage okhohlisiwe, bese emshaya ngempama futhi, eyala, “Phuma kuyo!”

Awukwazi ukuphuma ekucindezelekeni. Ngeke kwenzeke. UChurchill usebenzise le "nja emnyama" ehlale ikhona njengophawu lwakhe lokuphelelwa yithemba nsuku zonke. Ecabanga ngokucindezeleka kwakhe, wabhala: “Angithandi ukuma ngasemaphethelweni epulatifomu lapho kudlula isitimela esikhulu. Ngithanda ukuma emuva futhi, uma kungenzeka, ngithole insika phakathi kwami ​​nesitimela. Angithandi ukuma eceleni komkhumbi ngibheke phansi emanzini. Isenzo sesibili sizoqeda konke. Amaconsi ambalwa okuphelelwa yithemba. ”

Kepha uChurchill wasebenzisa okuhle ukuhlupheka kwakhe; esimweni sakhe, njengenqama yokulwa noHitler eMpini Yezwe II. Encwadini Inja emnyama kaChurchill, Amagundane kaKafka, kanye nezinye izenzakalo zomqondo womuntu , udokotela wezifo zengqondo u-Anthony Storr waphawula ukuthi uChurchill wakubamba kanjani ukucindezeleka kwakhe ukukhanyisa izahlulelo zezombusazwe: “Indoda kuphela eyayazi ukuthi kuyini ukubona inhlansi yethemba esimweni esingenathemba, isibindi sayo sasingaphezu kwesizathu futhi umoya waso onolaka wavutha kakhulu lapho wayevalelwe futhi ezungezwe izitha, ngabe wenza iqiniso ngokwedlulele emazwini okudelela, aqinisa futhi asisekela ehlobo elisongelayo lika-1940. ”

Ukucindezeleka Okufundwayo Okubalulekile