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Ingcwethi kwezempilakahle zithi kuqakathekile ukuthi uzulu kanye labosiyazi baqalise ukunanzelela lokukhumisana lalabo abahlala labo kulandela imbiko ethi inani labantu elihlaselwa yimikhuhlane yengqondo bese lizibulala kumbe lifise ukuzibulala liya likhwela ikakhulu ebantwini besilisa.
Inhlanganiso yabesilisa, iVukani Madoda ithi ukucubungula esikwenzile iveze ukuthi inani labantu elizibulalayo liya likhwela elizweni kubangelwa ikakhulu yikungaqhubi kuhle kwenotho yelizwe osokwenze abantu baphelelewa yimisebenzi kuthi lakulabo abalokhu besavukela, imali ingeneli.
Inhlanganiso ekhangela impilakahle kazulu emhlabeni wonke jikelele, i-World Health Organisation, ithi kumqoka ukuthi amazwe asathuthuka aqakathekise imikhuhlane yengqondo egoqela i-depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder kanye leminye eminenginengi elakho ukwenza umuntu azibulale nxa engatholanga uncedo.
I-WHO ithi lanxa inengi labantu abazibulalayo kwakungabesilisa asebegugile, khathesi sokuvame kakhulu kwabesilisa abasakhulayo.
Ingcitshi kwezempilakahle zithi inengi labantu elizibulalayo alivamanga ukuvuka nje lizicitshe umpefumulo kodwa kulandela isikhathi eside umuntu ezidla ngaphakathi ngokuthile, aswele ongamnceda aze athi okungasikufa yikuphi, ikakhulu lapho ethe waba lomkhuhlane we depression kumbe i-anxiety ngenxa yokuthile okungahambi kuhle empilweni yakhe.
UMnumzana Godfrey Mthethwa, osebenza ukukhulumisana labalenhlupho ezithile –ucounsellor, uthi inengi labantu abansundu abakunanzeleli ukuthi idepression le anxiety kumbe ukusangana ingqondo yimikhuhlane edinga ukwelatshwa.
Uthi inengi labantu kalithandi ukukhulumisana ngomkhuhlane wengqondo kuthi nxa kuthe kwaba lelunga lemuli eselithe laba laloluhlupho kubesengani kuyayangisa kumbe uyazenzisa angaze adingelwa usizo lokuyakhulumisana labosiyazi kubesengani ukwenza lokhu yikudlalisa imali.
Wengeze esithi kumqoka ukuthi abantu bakhulume ngaloluhlupho ngoba inengi labantu eliba lomkhuhlane wengqondo alizalwa linjalo kuphela kodwa inengi liba kulumumo ngenxa yezehlakalo zempilo.
Omunye njalo osebenza ukukhulumisana labantu abadinga usizo, uNkosazana Sithabiso Ndlela, uthi abadala babesithi ithemba kalibulali kungakho kuqakathekile ukuhlalela ethembeni lanxa umumo umubi ngoba ukuswela ithemba kuyabulala.
Uthi inengi labantu eliba ledepression lisengozini yokuzibulala nxa lingatholanga usizo ngoba lumkhuhlane wenza umuntu aphelelwe yilo lonke ithemba angaze abona ukuthi angaqhubeka njani ephila.
Uqhubeke esithi umuntu olalumkhuhlane uyakhanya ngoba izenzo zakhe ziyaguquka, lenkulumo yakhe igcwale inkulumo zokufa ukuthi ethe wabakhona onanzelelayo akhulumisane laye ulakho ukuthola ithemba aphile.
UMnumzana Thembani Sibanda, oyisakhamuzi uthi kunzima ukuthi abantu bazwisise imikhuhlane le yengqondo kumbe baqakathekise ukukhuluma ngendubo zabo ngoba esintwini ezendoda inyembezi ziwela esifubeni kungakho abesilisa ikakhulu, bayehluleka ukuxoxisana labanye lalapho sebephakathi kobunzima.
Uthi inengi labantu alandanga ukunanzelela ukuthi imikhuhlane yengqondo ilakho ukusukela kubo depression labo anxiety kodwa liphanga libone ubuthakathi nxa umuntu engagula ingqondo ngoba akulalwazi olunengi ngalesisimo.
UMfundisi Admire Makombe, okhokhela elinye lamabandla okholo lwesiKristu edolobheni lakoBulawayo, uthi amasonto kasawenzi umsebenzi wawo ngemfanelo wokukhulumisana lalabo abadinga usizo osokwenza abantu bazibulale lalapho bevela khonza ngoba kungasela ncedo olubambekayo.
Uthi umsebenzi wamabandla ngowokunceda uzulu osephelelwe lithemba ngoba phela okwehlula amadoda kuyabikwa njalo ongakhaliyo ufela embelekweni.
Uqhubeke esithi zinengi indubo zomhlaba ezibhekane labantu kulezinsuku kungakho kuqakathekile ukuthi amabandla ezokholo anike uzulu ithemba lendawo nje yokuxoxa kulabo abaswela abangamtshela indubo zabo.
Ukucubungula kuveza ukuthi abesilisa abathathu bayazibulala koyedwa owesifazana. Ingcithi kwezempilakahle zithi kuqakathekile ukuthi abantu bakhulume ngalokho okubakhathazayo lanxa kungelasizo abayaluthola khona ukukhuluma nje kuyanceda. Bayacebisa njalo ukuthi lapho owemuli ekhuluma ngokuzibulala, udinga ukuthi abantu bakhulumisane laye hatshi ukuthi bathi uyahlanya nje ngoba inengi labantu elizibulalayo likwenza ngemva kwesikhathi likucabanga lokhu.
Inhlanganiso yabesilisa, iVukani Madoda ithi ukucubungula esikwenzile iveze ukuthi inani labantu elizibulalayo liya likhwela elizweni kubangelwa ikakhulu yikungaqhubi kuhle kwenotho yelizwe osokwenze abantu baphelelewa yimisebenzi kuthi lakulabo abalokhu besavukela, imali ingeneli.
Inhlanganiso ekhangela impilakahle kazulu emhlabeni wonke jikelele, i-World Health Organisation, ithi kumqoka ukuthi amazwe asathuthuka aqakathekise imikhuhlane yengqondo egoqela i-depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder kanye leminye eminenginengi elakho ukwenza umuntu azibulale nxa engatholanga uncedo.
I-WHO ithi lanxa inengi labantu abazibulalayo kwakungabesilisa asebegugile, khathesi sokuvame kakhulu kwabesilisa abasakhulayo.
Ingcitshi kwezempilakahle zithi inengi labantu elizibulalayo alivamanga ukuvuka nje lizicitshe umpefumulo kodwa kulandela isikhathi eside umuntu ezidla ngaphakathi ngokuthile, aswele ongamnceda aze athi okungasikufa yikuphi, ikakhulu lapho ethe waba lomkhuhlane we depression kumbe i-anxiety ngenxa yokuthile okungahambi kuhle empilweni yakhe.
UMnumzana Godfrey Mthethwa, osebenza ukukhulumisana labalenhlupho ezithile –ucounsellor, uthi inengi labantu abansundu abakunanzeleli ukuthi idepression le anxiety kumbe ukusangana ingqondo yimikhuhlane edinga ukwelatshwa.
Uthi inengi labantu kalithandi ukukhulumisana ngomkhuhlane wengqondo kuthi nxa kuthe kwaba lelunga lemuli eselithe laba laloluhlupho kubesengani kuyayangisa kumbe uyazenzisa angaze adingelwa usizo lokuyakhulumisana labosiyazi kubesengani ukwenza lokhu yikudlalisa imali.
Wengeze esithi kumqoka ukuthi abantu bakhulume ngaloluhlupho ngoba inengi labantu eliba lomkhuhlane wengqondo alizalwa linjalo kuphela kodwa inengi liba kulumumo ngenxa yezehlakalo zempilo.
Omunye njalo osebenza ukukhulumisana labantu abadinga usizo, uNkosazana Sithabiso Ndlela, uthi abadala babesithi ithemba kalibulali kungakho kuqakathekile ukuhlalela ethembeni lanxa umumo umubi ngoba ukuswela ithemba kuyabulala.
Uthi inengi labantu eliba ledepression lisengozini yokuzibulala nxa lingatholanga usizo ngoba lumkhuhlane wenza umuntu aphelelwe yilo lonke ithemba angaze abona ukuthi angaqhubeka njani ephila.
Uqhubeke esithi umuntu olalumkhuhlane uyakhanya ngoba izenzo zakhe ziyaguquka, lenkulumo yakhe igcwale inkulumo zokufa ukuthi ethe wabakhona onanzelelayo akhulumisane laye ulakho ukuthola ithemba aphile.
UMnumzana Thembani Sibanda, oyisakhamuzi uthi kunzima ukuthi abantu bazwisise imikhuhlane le yengqondo kumbe baqakathekise ukukhuluma ngendubo zabo ngoba esintwini ezendoda inyembezi ziwela esifubeni kungakho abesilisa ikakhulu, bayehluleka ukuxoxisana labanye lalapho sebephakathi kobunzima.
Uthi inengi labantu alandanga ukunanzelela ukuthi imikhuhlane yengqondo ilakho ukusukela kubo depression labo anxiety kodwa liphanga libone ubuthakathi nxa umuntu engagula ingqondo ngoba akulalwazi olunengi ngalesisimo.
UMfundisi Admire Makombe, okhokhela elinye lamabandla okholo lwesiKristu edolobheni lakoBulawayo, uthi amasonto kasawenzi umsebenzi wawo ngemfanelo wokukhulumisana lalabo abadinga usizo osokwenza abantu bazibulale lalapho bevela khonza ngoba kungasela ncedo olubambekayo.
Uthi umsebenzi wamabandla ngowokunceda uzulu osephelelwe lithemba ngoba phela okwehlula amadoda kuyabikwa njalo ongakhaliyo ufela embelekweni.
Uqhubeke esithi zinengi indubo zomhlaba ezibhekane labantu kulezinsuku kungakho kuqakathekile ukuthi amabandla ezokholo anike uzulu ithemba lendawo nje yokuxoxa kulabo abaswela abangamtshela indubo zabo.
Ukucubungula kuveza ukuthi abesilisa abathathu bayazibulala koyedwa owesifazana. Ingcithi kwezempilakahle zithi kuqakathekile ukuthi abantu bakhulume ngalokho okubakhathazayo lanxa kungelasizo abayaluthola khona ukukhuluma nje kuyanceda. Bayacebisa njalo ukuthi lapho owemuli ekhuluma ngokuzibulala, udinga ukuthi abantu bakhulumisane laye hatshi ukuthi bathi uyahlanya nje ngoba inengi labantu elizibulalayo likwenza ngemva kwesikhathi likucabanga lokhu.