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By UHeidi W

Sonke sisendleleni yethu yokuphila. Esiyikho namuhla iqoqo lezinto esizizwile ezedlule ezisenza lokho esiyikho. Akekho kithi ofana, kodwa sonke singakwazi ukuzwana ngemizwa efanayo. Njengoba sikhanyisa ngokuzibulala ngoSepthemba ngeNyanga Kazwelonke Yokuqwashisa Ngokuzibulala Nokuvimbela, cabangela lezi zindaba ezintathu ezihlukene:

U-Tom* ungowesilisa oneminyaka engu-19 ubudala, okhululekile, ufeza iphupho lakhe lokusebenza embonini yezokungcebeleka, kanye nenkampani abehlale efuna ukuyisebenzela. Kube yiphupho lakhe leminyaka yonke. Impilo imnandi. Unabangane abaningi, futhi uyindoda enenhlanhla ofuna ukuyazi. Wenza abangani noma yikuphi lapho eya khona. Waziwa ngobuhlakani bakhe obusheshayo kanye nesimo sengqondo sokuthanda ubumnandi.

Manje, cabanga ngowesilisa oneminyaka engu-60 ubudala, uWayne,* osesigabeni sakhe sesibili sokuphila, ngemva kokukhonza izwe lakithi njengesosha Lasemanzini Lase-United States. Ubuyele esikoleni, efeza iphupho lakhe lokwakha imfundo esekelwe kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kwezempi, ukubhekana nezinkinga ze-PTSD nokunye okunjalo abantu abaningi ababhekana nakho lapho bebuyela empilweni "evamile".

Bese kuba nentombazane eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, u-Emma.* Osanda kufunda esikoleni esiphakeme, ushukumiseleka ukuba athole imali futhi alondolozele ikusasa lakhe. Ngemva kokuphuma kwesikole, ngaphambi kokuba aqale umsebenzi wakhe wesikole, usebenza njenge-papergirl, ehambisa amaphephandaba komakhelwane endaweni engamakhilomitha amabili ukusuka emzini wakhe. Unabangane abathile, nakuba ecabanga ukuthi ngeke abe mnandi njengomfowabo omdala odumile kwezokusubatha, ngakho uchitha isikhathi esiningi ebalekela iqiniso lemibhalo elikhona ezincwadini zakudala.

Sonke sisendleleni yethu yokuphila. Uma ubheka phezulu, akekho kulaba bantu ofana ngalutho. Nokho, bonke bangaba yinoma ubani esimaziyo. Futhi kwabanye bethu, siyabazi uTom, uWayne no-Emma. Ngenza futhi ngenza. Ongakwazi ukuthi uTom ulwa nobulili bakhe futhi uthola indawo yakhe njengensizwa kulo mhlaba. Ongezwa ngakho uWayne, ubhekene nezindaba zakhe ze-PTSD; esifisweni sakhe sokusiza abanye, empeleni ufuna usizo aludinga ngempela. Futhi ongakuboni u-Emma, ​​ucashe ngemuva kwe-facade yabalingiswa bezincwadi namaphupho okwenza imali ukuze afihle isidingo sakhe sobudlelwane nalabo anomuzwa wokuthi bambona eyisicefe futhi epholile.

Kulaba bantu, ingaphandle lalifihla lokho ababekuzwa ngaphakathi. Ngamunye walaba bantu wafinyelela eqophelweni lemizwa ephelele nephelele yokungabi nathemba. Ngamunye walaba bantu wanquma ukuzibambela mathupha ngalokho ababenomuzwa wokuthi kuwumzamo wokwenzela umhlaba umusa. Ngamunye walaba bantu wafinyelela eqophelweni lapho abakholelwa ngempela ukuthi umhlaba uzoba indawo engcono ngaphandle kwabo. Futhi ngamunye walaba bantu wadlula nesenzo. Ngamunye kulaba bantu abathathu wenze izenzo zangempela nezokugcina zokuzama ukuzibulala. Futhi ababili babo baqeda isenzo.

Ngokwe-American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, ukuzibulala kuyimbangela yeshumi ehamba phambili yokufa kwabantu e-United States. Ngo-2017, kwaba nokuzibulala okuphindwe kabili (47,173) njengoba kwakukhona ukubulawa kwabantu (19,510) ezweni lethu. Futhi eColorado, kusukela ngo-2016, ucwaningo lwe-United Health Foundation luye lwaphawula ukuthi izwe lethu libone ukwanda okuphezulu kakhulu, unyaka nonyaka. Lena inkinga yezempilo yomphakathi engagwemeka sonke esingasebenzela ukuyiqeda. Enye indlela iwukuqwashisa kanye nokubukelwa phansi kwezindaba zempilo yengqondo. Njengoba nje odokotela besiza ngempilo yethu engokomzimba, abelaphi bangasiza ngempilo yethu yengqondo. Kulungile ukucela usizo. Kulungile ukungena nabangani nomndeni ukuze wenze isiqiniseko sokuthi labo abasizungezile benza kahle. Ungacabangi ukuthi othile ulungile, ngoba nje angase abonakale elungile ngaphandle.

U-Tom, u-Wayne no-Emma balingana ngokwezibalo zabantu ezihlukile, futhi abanye bangase babone izinga eliphezulu lokuzibulala, nakuba wonke amaqembu ezibalo zabantu ezibulala. Abafundi besifazane, njengo-Emma, ​​bazama ukuzibulala ngokuphindwe kabili kunabafundi besilisa. Futhi nabantu abanjengoWayne, ngo-2017, izinga lokuzibulala komakadebona laliphakeme izikhathi eziyi-1.5 kunalabo abangewona ama-veteran.

Umhlaba esiphila kuwo namuhla awusoze wazi ukuthi uTom noma uWayne bebengalethani kuwo ngokugcwele. Nokho, kulabo ababazi uTom noWayne, kunesikhala. Futhi lokhu kungashiwo kunoma ubani oke wabhekana nokuzibulala othile amaziyo. Umndeni kaTom ukhumbula ukulangazelela kwakhe ukuphila. UTom wayehlale enentshisekelo ngezwe elimzungezile. Wathi esefuna ukwenza okuthile wagxuma ngezinyawo ezimbili. Ngiyalikhumbula ihlaya lakhe elomile kanye nomdlandla wokuphila. Ubani owaziyo ukuthi ngabe ufeze ini ukube waphila wadlula iminyaka engu-19. Inqwaba yabasebenzi bakudala uWayne ayengafinyelela kuyo lapho eba umeluleki oqinisekisiwe baduka unomphela. Abasoze bakwazi ukufunda kulokho okwenzeka ku-Wayne nobuchule bakhe. Abashana bakaWayne nabo balahlekelwa umalume onakekelayo nonothando. Kimina, ngiyazi ukuthi ngikhumbula amahlaya akhe mayelana nokuhlolwa kohlelo lokusetshenziswa okungalungile kwama-clichés nezisho. UWayne wayemuhle ngalokho.

Ngokuqondene no-Emma, ​​indlela ayikhethayo ayizange igcine njengoba ayenethemba. Ngemva kokuxazulula izinkinga nakho konke okwamshukumisela ukuba enze ukukhetha akwenzile, manje usengumuntu omdala onempilo, osebenzayo emphakathini. Uyazi ukuthi kufanele ahlole imizwa yakhe nini, azimelele nini nokuthi acele nini usizo. Ngiyazi ukuthi u-Emma uzolunga. Leya ntombazane eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala ayifani nanamuhla. Unohlelo oluhle lokumeseka, umndeni nabangane abamnakekelayo, nomsebenzi ozinzile omgcina eqashwe ngendlela ezuzayo. Nakuba sonke sisendleleni yethu, kulokhu, indlela ka-Emma ingeyami. Yebo, ngingu-Emma.

Uma wena noma othile omaziyo ehlangabezana nemicabango yokuzibulala, ziningi izindlela zokufuna usizo. E-Colorado, shayela i-Colorado Crisis Services ku-844-493-8255 noma uthumele umbhalo othi TALK ku-38255. ICongress isanda kudlulisa umthethosivivinywa oqoka u-988 njengenombolo yezwe lonke ongayishayela uma usengozini yokuzibulala noma yengqondo. Inombolo ikuphokophelwe ukuthi iqale ukusebenza maphakathi no-2022. Kuze kube lokho kwenzeka, kuzwelonke ungashayela futhi ku-800-273-8255. Ngena nomndeni wakho nabangane kanye nalabo abaseduze nawe. Ngeke wazi indlela umuntu angase abe kuyo kanye nomthelela ongawenza.

*Amagama ashintshiwe ukuze kuvikelwe ubumfihlo bomuntu.

 

Imithombo:

I-American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/

Amasevisi Okulawula Nokuvimbela Izifo. https://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/suicide-violence-prevention.htm

Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sezempilo Yengqondo. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml

I-National Alliance on Mental Illness. https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/FCC-Designates-988-as-a-Nationwide-Mental-Health-Crisis-and-Suicide-Prevention-Number

I-National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Izinga Lokuzibulala Kwentsha E-Colorado Linyuke Ngamaphesenti angama-58 Eminyakeni emi-3, Okwenze kwaba Imbangela Yokufa Oku-1 Koku-5 Kwentsha. https://www.cpr.org/2019/09/17/the-rate-of-teen-suicide-in-colorado-increased-by-58-percent-in-3-years-making-it-the-cause-of-1-in-5-adolescent-deaths/