Ukungahambisani nesikhathi seCoronavirus

Lokhu okuthunyelwe kubhalwe nguMark J. Blechner, Ph.D.

Izifo eziwumshayabhuqe zingokwemvelo, kepha zinemiphumela ebuchosheni bethu bezengqondo nakubudlelwano bezenhlalo. Ukwesaba kungagqugquzela abantu ukuthi bacabange kahle, kepha futhi kungaveza ukusabela okungenangqondo.

Lokhu sikubone eminyakeni engama-40 eyedlule lapho ubhadane lwengculaza luqala khona. Ngaleso sikhathi, ngangiyinsizwa esencane yezengqondo, ngifunda ukuthi ingqondo yomuntu iyisisulu samandla angenangqondo. Ubhadane lwengculaza lwakhombisa ngokukhanyayo lawo mandla, kufundisa izifundo ezingasiza kule nkinga yamanje ye-COVID-19.

Ukwesaba Ongaziwa

Ukusabela kokuqala esiwumqedazwe omusha ukwesaba, kukhuliswa ukungabi nalwazi. Yini eyayibangela ukuthi ingculaza isabalale? Wayevelaphi? Yayingalashwa kanjani? Ngaphandle kwamaqiniso athembekile, abantu benza izinto, basola amaqembu ezinhlanga, izidakamizwa zokuzijabulisa, noma isimo sengqondo esingesihle.

Okunye okungenangqondo ukuthi ngubani osengozini. Okungcono ukuthi, "akuyimi." Ngizozizwa ngiphephile ukwenza indaba efaka ingozi komunye umuntu. Nge-AIDS, kwakukhulunywa “ngamaqembu ayingozi” —njengamadoda angama-gay nabaseHaiti — okusikisela ukuthi abesilisa abesilisa nabesifazane abesilisa nabesifazane baphephile. Babengekho. Nge-COVID-19, saqala ukuzwa ukuthi kuphela labo abaneminyaka engama-60 nangaphezulu noma labo asebevele begula ngezinye izimo abadinga ukukhathazeka. Yize kunjalo kunemibiko yabantu abaseminyakeni yabo yama-30 nengama-40 nabo abasengozini futhi abashonayo.

Imali Ayikwazi Ukukusindisa

Ingozi iveza ukuvikelwa kwamandla onke kwabanye abantu, abacabanga ukuthi, “Ngicebile, nginamandla, futhi nginegunya, ngakho akumele ngikhathazeke.” Abantu abacebile baphuma ngaphandle kwedolobha ezindizeni ezizimele futhi bachitha izizumbulu zemali beqongelela ukudla nempahla. Ngabe imali namandla azovikela igciwane le-COVID-19?

URoy Cohn, umeluleki kumongameli wethu wamanje, wasebenzisa ithonya lakhe ekuqaleni kobhubhane ukuthola izidakamizwa zokuhlola nokufihla iqiniso lokuthi une-AIDS. Wabulawa yingculaza ngo-1986 noma kunjalo.

E-Iran nase-Italy, abaholi bakahulumeni sebangenwe yilesi sifo. Isenator eyodwa yase-U.S. Inegciwane, kanti amanye amalungu eCongress ayazihlukanisa. Udumo, amandla, nosaziwayo ngeke kunikeze ukuvikelwa.

Ukwehluleka Kobuholi Nempumelelo

Ngesikhathi sesifo esiwubhadane, abaholi bakahulumeni kufanele babe yisibonelo sokulinganisa okulinganiselayo nozwela, banake kakhulu ngaphandle kokukhathazeka. Ukuqinisekiswa okungamanga noma ukuchitha ubukhulu bengozi kumane kwenza izinto zibe zimbi kakhulu.

UMongameli Reagan akazange akhulume ngengculazi kuze kube yilapho abantu baseMelika abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi sebebulewe yiyo. Ukuphika kokuqala kukaMongameli Trump, kulandelwa ithemba lakhe eleqile, kuzoqina njengoba isimo siqhubeka nokuba sibi. Ngokuphambene nalokho, izixwayiso ezicacile neziyiqiniso zikaShansela waseJalimane u-Angela Merkel noMbusi waseNew York u-Andrew Cuomo zikhuthaza isibindi nokuzethemba.

Iziprofetho Zamanga

Izingozi ezinkulu ziletha ukugcwaliseka kwezifiso okungenangqondo. Sonke singathanda ukukholelwa ukuthi ikhambi seliseduze, ngakho-ke sibamba yonke imininingwane encane, ngisho noma ingamanga. Ngo-1984, kwakukhona umuthi omusha omangazayo we-AIDS, i-HPA-23. IDwala Hudson landizela eParis ngalo; ayisebenzi futhi empeleni yenze iziguli eziningi zaba zimbi kakhulu. Uma uzwa namuhla ukuthi i-chloroquine noma enye imishanguzo izokwelapha i-COVID-19, zama ukungajabuli kakhulu. Ikhambi lizofika, kepha hhayi ngaphambi kokuba kube namahemuhemu amaningi amanga.

Imiphumela Emihle?

Akekho ofisa ubhadane lwezifo, kepha ekugcineni angaba nemiphumela eguqukayo emiphakathini. Ngaphambi kobhadane lwengculaza, iNational Institutes of Health yayinezindlela ezihamba kancane nezingasebenzi zokuhlola imishanguzo emisha. Ngo-1988, uLarry Kramer washicilela “Incwadi Evulelekile eya ku-Anthony Fauci,” embiza ngokuthi “uyisilima esingenamakhono.” Bekukubi, kepha kwaba nemiphumela.

UDkt Fauci, oseseqhulwini ekuphatheni izifo eziwumshayabhuqe eMelika, uyavuma ukuthi izishoshovu zengculazi zalushintsha uhlelo lwaseMelika lokuhlola nokukhulula imishanguzo. Osaziwayo abanjengo-Elizabeth Taylor nabo basebenzise ithonya labo. Ingculaza yakhipha umqondo womphakathi phakathi kwalabo abahlushwa, futhi sabona izenzo ezimangalisayo zomusa nokuzinikela okungenabugovu.

Ubhadane lwengculaza lwashintsha umphakathi wethu. Inikeze ukuqashelwa kubantu abayizitabane njengabantu abanomphakathi onakekelayo. Kuqede umuzwa womphakathi wethu wokungavikeleki futhi kwathuthukisa uhlelo lwethu lokunakekelwa kwezempilo.

Ngabe ubhadane lwe-COVID-19, noma lubuhlungu kanjani, luzoholela ekwenzeni ngcono umhlaba wethu? Kungasivusa endleleni ebudedengu esiphathe ngayo amalungelo ethu entando yeningi nokungalingani kohlelo lwethu lokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Kungasenza sithandane kangcono, naphezu kokungafani kwethu. Ukusabela okungenangqondo akupheli, kepha uma sikuqaphela, siyakwazi, uma sizama, ukusebenzisa ubuhlakani bethu nokuzimisela kwethu ukusiza omunye nomunye.

Mayelana nomlobi: UMark J. Blechner, Ph.D., uqeqesha futhi aqondise i-psychoanalyst eWilliam Alanson White Institute naseNew York University, owayeyilungu le-NYC Mayor's Task Force on HIV and Mental Health, umsunguli nomqondisi wangaphambili we-HIV Clinical Service eWhite Institute, umtholampilo wokuqala esikhungweni esikhulu se-psychoanalytic esikhethekile ekwelapheni abantu abane-HIV, imindeni yabo, kanye nabanakekeli. Ushicilele incwadi ethi Hope and Mortality: Psychodynamic Approaches to AIDS and HIV and Sex Changes: Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis.