Irrationality ngexesha leCoronavirus

Esi sithuba sabhalwa nguMark J. Blechner, Ph.D.

Ubhubhane uyindalo, ukanti zinefuthe kwizengqondo nakwintlalontle yethu. Uloyiko lunokwenza abantu ukuba bacinge ngokucacileyo, kodwa kunokubangela ukuba baphendule ngokungenangqondo.

Sakubona oku kwiminyaka engama-40 eyadlulayo xa kwaqala ubhubhane onguGawulayo. Ngelo xesha, ndandisengumntu oselula osebenza ngengqondo, ndifunda indlela i-psyche yomntu elixhoba ngayo amandla angenangqondo. Ubhubhane onguGawulayo ubonakalise ngokucacileyo loo mikhosi, ifundisa izifundo ezinokunceda kule ngxaki ikhoyo ye-COVID-19.

Ukoyika Ongaziwayo

Impendulo yokuqala kubhubhane omtsha luloyiko, olukhuliswa kukuswela ulwazi. Yintoni eyayibangela ukuba uGawulayo asasaze? Yayivela phi? Inokunyangwa njani? Ngaphandle kwezibakala ezinokuthenjwa, abantu bazenzile izinto, besola amaqela obuhlanga, iziyobisi zokuzonwabisa, okanye isimo sengqondo esibi.

Enye into engenangqiqo imalunga nokuba ngubani osemngciphekweni. Ngokufanelekileyo, "ayindim". Ndiza kuziva ndikhuselekile ukwenza ibali elibeka ingozi komnye umntu. Ngesifo sikagawulayo, kwakuthethwa "ngamaqela abeka emngciphekweni" -njengamadoda athandana namanye kunye nabantu baseHaiti-athetha ukuba abelungu besini esahlukileyo babekhuselekile. Babengenjalo. Nge-COVID-19, saqala ukuva ukuba kuphela abo baneminyaka engama-60 nangaphezulu okanye abo sele begula ezinye iimeko abafuna ukukhathazeka. Ukanti kukho iingxelo zabantu abakwiminyaka yama-30 nama-40 abasesichengeni kwaye besweleka.

Imali ayinakukugcina

Ingozi iveza ukuziphendulela kwamandla onke kwabanye abantu, abacinga ukuba, "Ndisisityebi, ndinamandla, kwaye ndinempembelelo, ngenxa yoko andinaxhala." Abantu abazizityebi bayabhabha ngaphandle kwedolophu ngeenqwelomoya zabucala kwaye bachitha imali eninzi ukugcina ukutya kunye nokubonelelwa. Ngaba imali kunye namandla ziyakukhusela kwintsholongwane ye-COVID-19?

URoy Cohn, umcebisi kumongameli wethu wangoku, wasebenzisa ifuthe lakhe kwangoko kubhubhane ukufumana iziyobisi zovavanyo kunye nokufihla into yokuba une-AIDS. Wafa nguGawulayo ngo-1986.

E-Iran nase-Itali, iinkokheli zikarhulumente sele bosulelekile. I-senator yase-US inentsholongwane, kwaye amanye amalungu eCongress ayazihlukanisa. Udumo, amandla nodumo alunakukhusela.

Ukusilela kobunkokeli kunye nempumelelo

Ngexesha lendyikityha yokufa, iinkokheli zikarhulumente kufuneka zibeyimodeli yokuhlengahlengisa ulwazelelelo novelwano, ziqwalasele ngononophelo ngaphandle kokuxhalaba. Ukuqinisekiswa ngokungeyonyani okanye ukubugatya ubukhulu bengozi kwenza izinto zibe mbi nangakumbi.

Umongameli Reagan khange ayikhankanye i-AIDS de ama-10 000 amaMelika abhubhe ngayo. Ukukhanyelwa kukaMongameli uTrump okokuqala, kulandelwa lithemba lakhe lokugqithisa, kuya kuba boomerang njengoko imeko iya isiba mandundu. Ngokwahlukileyo, izilumkiso ezingacacanga nezinyanisekileyo zika-Chancellor wase-Germany u-Angela Merkel kunye ne-Rhuluneli yase-New York u-Andrew Cuomo zikhuthaza isibindi nokuzithemba.

Iziprofeto zobuxoki

Iingozi ezinkulu zivelisa ulwaneliseko olungenangqondo. Sonke singathanda ukukholelwa ukuba unyango lusezikoneni, ke ngoko sithatha ulwazi ngalunye olufanelekileyo, nokuba lububuxoki. Ngo-1984, kwabakho ichiza elitsha likaGawulayo, i-HPA-23. I-Rock Hudson yaya eParis ngenxa yayo; ayisebenzi kwaye eneneni yenza izigulana ezininzi zambi. Xa usiva namhlanje ukuba ichloroquine okanye ezinye iziyobisi ziya kunyanga i-COVID-19, zama ukuba ungonwabi kakhulu. Unyango luza kuza, kodwa hayi ngaphambi kokuba kubekho amarhe amaninzi obuxoki.

Iziphumo ezilungileyo?

Akukho mntu unqwenela ubhubhane, kodwa ekugqibeleni banokuba nefuthe eluntwini. Phambi kobhubhane onguGawulayo, amaZiko ezeMpilo kaZwelonke ayeneendlela ezicothayo nezingafanelekanga zokuvavanya amayeza amatsha. Ngo-1988, uLarry Kramer wapapasha “Incwadi evulekileyo eya kuAnthony Fauci,” embiza ngokuba “sisidenge esingakwaziyo ukusebenza.” Bekukhohlakele, kodwa kwafumana iziphumo.

Ugqirha Fauci, osephambili ekusingatheni ubhubhane eMelika, uyavuma ukuba amatshantliziyo kaGawulayo ayitshintsha inkqubo yaseMelika yokuvavanya nokukhupha amayeza. Abantu abadumileyo abanjengoElizabeth Taylor nabo basebenzise impembelelo yabo. Isifo sikagawulayo sivelise imeko yoluntu phakathi kwabo bahluphekileyo, kwaye sabona izenzo ezimangalisayo zobubele kunye nothando lokungazingci.

Ubhubhane onguGawulayo wayitshintsha intlalo yethu. Inike abantu abathandana nobufanasini njengabantu abanoluntu olukhathalayo. Kwaqhekeza imeko yoluntu yethu yokungenelwa kwaye yaphucula inkqubo yethu yokhathalelo lwempilo.

Ngaba ubhubhane we-COVID-19, nokuba ubuhlungu kangakanani, ungakhokelela ekuphuculeni umhlaba wethu? Ingasivusa kwindlela yokungakhathali esiwaphathe ngayo amalungelo ethu edemokhrasi kunye nokungalingani kwenkqubo yethu yokhathalelo lwempilo. Inokusikhokelela ekubeni sithandane ngcono, nangona singafani. Ukuphendula ngokungenangqondo akupheli, kodwa xa sikuqonda, siyakwazi, ukuba siyazama, ukusebenzisa ubukrelekrele kunye nentumekelelo yokuncedana.

Malunga nombhali: UMark J. Blechner, Ph.D., uqeqesha kwaye abeke iliso kwi-psychoanalyst eWilliam Alanson White Institute nakwiYunivesithi yaseNew York, owayesakuba lilungu le-NYC's Mayor Task Force kwi-HIV kunye neMpilo yeNgqondo, umsunguli kunye nowayesakuba ngumlawuli we-HIV Clinical Service e White Institute, kwiklinikhi yokuqala kwiziko eliphambili le-psychoanalytic eligxile kunyango lwabantu abane-HIV, iintsapho zabo kunye nabanonopheli. Uye wapapasha incwadi ethi Hope and Mortality: Psychodynamic Approach to AIDS and HIV and Sex Changes: Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis.