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Inyanga Yokuqwashisa Ngempilo Yengqondo

Unyaka wonke, izihloko eziningi ezifanele zinikezwa inyanga emisiwe “yokuqwashisa.” UMeyi yinyanga yokuqwashisa ngempilo yengqondo. Impilo yengqondo yisihloko esiseduze nesithandekayo enhliziyweni yami, ngokomsebenzi nangokomuntu siqu. Ngibe ngumelaphi onelayisensi kusukela ngo-2011. Ngisebenze emkhakheni wezempilo yengqondo isikhathi eside kunaleso futhi ngihlale nezinkinga zempilo yengqondo isikhathi eside. Ngaqala ukuphuza ama-antidepressants kukho kokubili ukucindezeleka nokukhathazeka ngenkathi ngisekolishi futhi ngo-2020, ngineminyaka engama-38, kwatholakala ukuthi ngine-ADHD okokuqala ngqa. I-Hindsight ekubeni i-20/20, futhi ngokwazi engikwaziyo manje, ngingabheka emuva futhi ngibone ukuthi izinkinga zami zempilo yengqondo bezilokhu zikhona kusukela ebuntwaneni. Ukwazi ukuthi uhambo lwami aluhlukile nokuthi ngezinye izikhathi ukukhululeka ekucindezelekeni, izinhlobo ezahlukene zokukhathazeka, nezinye izinkinga ezifana ne-ADHD azifiki kuze kube kamuva ekuphileni, umqondo wokuqwashisa ngempilo yengqondo ungishaya ngokukabili. Kunesidingo esihlangene sokuqwashisa okwengeziwe ngokuphathelene nempilo yengqondo, kodwa futhi kukhona ukuqwashisa okujulile, komuntu ngamunye okufanele kwenzeke.

Umbono okwazalelwa kuwo lokhu okuthunyelwe, wokuthi awukwazi ongakwazi ngoba awukwazi, awunakuba yiqiniso kakhulu kunalokho uma kuziwa empilweni yengqondo, noma ngokunembe kakhulu, ukugula kwengqondo. Ngendlela efanayo ukuthi umuntu ongakaze abhekane nesiqephu esikhulu sokucindezeleka noma ukukhathazeka okukhubazayo angenza kuphela ukuqagela okunozwela nokufundisa mayelana nokuthi kunjani, umuntu oye waphila ingxenye enkulu yempilo yakhe enobuchopho obungalingani kahle ngamakhemikhali angaba nakho. isikhathi esinzima ukuqaphela lapho okuthile kungalungile kahle. Kuze kube yilapho imithi nokwelashwa kulungisa inkinga futhi umuntu ekwazi ukuzwa ukuphila ngobuchopho obunokulinganisela ngamakhemikhali, kanye nokuqonda okusanda kuthuthukiswa ngokwelashwa, lapho labo abahlushwa izinkinga ezifana nokucindezeleka okungapheli nokukhathazeka baqaphele ngokugcwele ukuthi kukhona okwakungalungile ekuqaleni. indawo. Kufana nokufaka izibuko ezinikezwe udokotela futhi ubone ngokucacile okokuqala ngqa. Kimina, ukubona kahle okokuqala kwakusho ukukwazi ukushayela emgwaqweni onguthelawayeka ngaphandle kokuba nezinhlungu esifubeni futhi ngingaphuthelwa ukuya ezindaweni ngenxa yokuthi ngangikulangazelela kakhulu ukushayela. Lapho ngineminyaka engu-38, ngosizo lwemithi yokugxilisa ingqondo, ukubona ngokucacile kwakuwukubona ukuthi ukugcina ukugxila kanye nogqozi ukuze uqedele imisebenzi kwakungafanele kube nzima kangako. Ngabona ukuthi ngangingavilaphi futhi ngangingakwazi ukusebenza kahle, ngangintula i-dopamine futhi ngiphila nobuchopho obunokushoda okuhlobene nokusebenza okuphezulu. Umsebenzi wami wezokwelapha uphulukise lokho umuthi obungeke ukulungise futhi ungenze ngaba umelaphi onozwelo nosebenza ngempumelelo.

Kulo Meyi, njengoba ngike ngacabanga ukuthi kusho ukuthini kimi ukubaluleka kokuqwashisa ngezempilo yengqondo, ngiyabona ukuthi kusho ukukhuluma. Kusho ukuba yizwi elisiza ekunciphiseni ukucwaswa kanye nokwabelana ngolwazi lwami ukuze omunye abone ukuthi okuthile okungaphakathi kwengqondo yakhe akulungile futhi afune usizo. Ngoba, lapho kukhona ukuqwashisa, kukhona inkululeko. Inkululeko iyindlela engcono kakhulu engingachaza ngayo ukuthi kunjani ukuphila ukuphila ngaphandle kokukhathazeka okuqhubekayo kanye nefu elimnyama lokucindezeleka.