Kungani i-Lockdown Ivula Abanye Abantu, kepha Abanye Bacishiwe

Kunemibiko eminingi yabezindaba ephikisanayo mayelana nokuthi ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 coronavirus lubuthinta kanjani ubulili babantu. Abanye bathi konke ukucindezeleka nokukhathazeka kubeka isinciphiso esifisweni, kanti abanye bathi wonke umuntu unamandla kakhulu. Yikuphi lokho?

Cishe kuncane kukho kokubili. Ngemuva kwakho konke, siyazi kusuka entabeni yocwaningo lwengqondo ukuthi abantu ababili bangaphendula esimweni esifanayo ngezindlela ezihluke kakhulu, nokuthi izinto ezandisa isifiso sobulili kwabanye zingasicindezela kwezinye.

Kunezindlela eziningi ezahlukahlukene zokuhlaziya isimo samanje, kepha indlela eyodwa yokubheka kungalensi ye Umbono Wokuphathwa Kobuphekula . Umqondo oyisisekelo wale mbono ukuthi lapho sikhunjuzwa ngethemba lokufa kwethu (okungukuthi, lapho sibhekene neqiniso lokuthi wonke umuntu uzogcina ngokufa), sishintsha izimo zethu zengqondo nokuziphatha kwethu ngezindlela ezenzelwe ukusisiza sikwazi ukubhekana nakho.

Izikhumbuzo zokufa kwethu zisizungezile njengamanje. Nsuku zonke, sihlaselwa yizindaba mayelana nokutheleleka okusha nokufa okuvela ku-coronavirus yenoveli, futhi yize amaqembu athile abantu esengozini kunamanye, abezindaba bebelokhu besikhumbuza ukuthi kunabantu babo bonke ubudala ababulawa yileli gciwane.

Ngenxa yalokhu, iningi lethu libhekene nenani elithile lokukhathazeka ngokufa. Ucwaningo lwe-Terror Management luphakamisa ukuthi abantu abehlukene mhlawumbe babhekana nalokhu ngezindlela ezihluke kakhulu.

Isibonelo, ezifundweni zaselebhu lapho abantu babecelwa ukuthi bacabange ngethemba lokufa kwabo, izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo zithole ukuthi lokhu kukhulisa intshisekelo yezocansi nesifiso sabantu abathile — kepha akwenzanga kanjalo kuwo wonke umuntu. Ngubani owayengathola ukwanda kwezintshisekelo zocansi kanye nesifiso? Labo ababenomzimba omuhle, kanye nalabo ababenethezekile ngokusondelana ngokomzimba.

Ngamanye amagama, indlela esizizwa ngayo ngemizimba yethu nendlela esizizwa ngayo ngocansi ngokubanzi kubonakala kuyizinto ezisemqoka ezibikezela ukuthi abantu bathembela ocansini njengendlela yokubhekana nayo yokwehlisa ukukhathazeka.

Lokhu kungasiza ekuchazeni ukuthi kungani abanye abantu benamahloni futhi beya ocansini manje, njengoba kufakazelwa ukwanda kwamanani wokusetshenziswa kocansi kumasayithi amakhulu amashubhu.

Ngasikhathi sinye, noma kunjalo, kuyasiza nokuchaza ukuthi kungani kungewona wonke umuntu onentshisekelo kwezocansi, nokuthi kungani abanye bengase basebenzise izindlela ezingezona ezocansi ukudambisa ukukhathazeka esikhundleni salokho.

Enye indlela yokubuka isimo esikhona manje kungalensi ye Imodeli Yokulawula Okubili Yezimpendulo Zocansi , egomela ukuthi sonke sinokuthambekela okuhlukile kokuthokozisa ngokocansi (ukuvulwa) nokuvimbela ucansi (ukucishwa). Beka ngenye indlela, sonke sine "pedal gas" kanye "ne-brake" uma kukhulunywa ngokuvuka kocansi. Kodwa-ke, abanye abantu bane-pedal yegesi ehlala icindezelwe kancane (okwenza kube lula ukuthi bavulwe), kanti abanye banamabhuleki ahlala ecindezelwe kancane (okwenza kube nzima ukuthi bavulwe).

Kubantu abavinjelwa kalula, izimo ezicindezelayo njengalesi esikuso njengamanje kungenzeka zibhule ibhuleki. Laba bantu cishe bazothola ukuthi kunzima ukungena esimeni sezocansi njengamanje ngaphandle kokuthi bangathola isiphazamiso esinamandla noma enye indlela yokuthola okwamanje.

Ngokuphambene nalokho, kulabo abathatheka kalula, izimo ezicindezelayo azenzi umgwaqo ofanayo — futhi zingaba nomphumela ohlukile. Kanjani? Siyazi ukuthi ukwesaba nokukhathazeka kwesinye isikhathi kunomphumela wokukhulisa ukuvusa ucansi kunokukucindezela. Ngempela, imizwa enamandla ivamise ukuthiwa iwukuheha ngokobulili. Ngaphezu kwalokho, "ukudluliswa kokuzijabulisa" kungenzeka kwenzeke, lapho izimo zomzwelo ezinamandla zigcina zikhulisa impendulo yezocansi. Eqinisweni, yingakho nje abantu abaningi bethi "ucansi lwezimonyo" yilona ocansini oluhamba phambili — ukuvusa okusele ekulweni nomlingani mhlawumbe kukhulisa ukuvuka kocansi kulezo zimo.

Uma ungumuntu ojabule kalula ukuqala, ngiyasola ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uthambekele kakhulu kule miphumela, lapho ukucindezeleka kungadabukisa ngokucindezela i-pedal yegesi kunokuba ibhuleke.

Noma iyiphi indlela ohlaziya ngayo lesi simo, kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi impendulo eyodwa ayingcono ngokwedlula noma ingaphezulu kwenye. Noma ngabe unentshisekelo engaphezulu, encane, noma efanayo njengamanje, konke kuhle. Uyakwenza. Khumbula nje ukuthi sonke sibhekana ngezindlela ezingafani.

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