UBella Meki, umbhali wencwadi ethi The Run: How It Saved My Life, wabelane nabafundi bakhe: “Ngake ngaphila impilo ecishe ibuswe ukukhathazeka, imicabango ecindezelayo, nokwesaba okuqeda amandla. Ngachitha iminyaka ngifuna okuthile okwakuzongikhulula, futhi ekugcineni ngathola - kwabonakala kungelona uhlobo oluthile lomuthi noma ukwelapha nhlobo (yize bangisiza). Bekugijima. Ukugijima kwanginika umuzwa wokuthi umhlaba ongizungezile ugcwele ithemba; wangivumela ukuba ngizwe ukuzimela namandla afihliwe kimi engangingawazi ngaphambili. Kunezizathu eziningi zokuthi kungani ukuvivinya umzimba kuthathwa njengendlela yokusiza impilo yengqondo - kuthuthukisa isimo sengqondo nokulala, futhi kukhulula ukucindezeleka. Mina ngokwami ngibonile ukuthi ukuzivocavoca kwe-cardio kungasebenzisa enye ye-adrenaline ebangelwa ukucindezeleka. Ukwethuka kwami kwaphela, kwaba nemicabango embalwa ekhathazayo, ngakwazi ukuqeda umuzwa wokulahlwa.
Nakuba ukucwaswa okuhlobene nesifo sengqondo sekuphelile eminyakeni yamuva, izinsizakalo ezisungulelwe ukuhlinzeka ngokunakekelwa azikasebenzi futhi azixhaswanga. Ngakho-ke, kwabanye, amandla okuphulukisa okusebenza ngokomzimba angaba isambulo sangempela - nakuba kusadingeka ukucabangela ukuthi ukuvivinya umzimba kukodwa akukwazi ukuxazulula izinkinga zempilo yengqondo noma ngisho nokwenza ukuphila kube lula kulabo abaphila nezifo ezimbi kakhulu.
Ucwaningo lwakamuva olushicilelwe kumagazini i-JAMA Psychiatry lusekele umbono wokuthi ukuvivinya umzimba kuyisu eliphumelelayo lokuvimbela ukucindezeleka. (Nakuba futhi yengeza ukuthi “ukusebenza komzimba kungase kuvikele ekucindezelekeni, kanye/noma ukucindezeleka kungase kuholele ekwehliseni umsebenzi womzimba.”)
Ukuxhumana phakathi kokuzivocavoca nempilo yengqondo sekunesikhathi eside kwasungulwa. Ngo-1769, udokotela waseScotland uWilliam Buchan wabhala ukuthi “kuzo zonke izimbangela ezivame ukugcina ukuphila komuntu kufushane futhi kulusizi, ayikho enethonya elikhulu kunokuntuleka kokuvivinya umzimba okufanele. Kodwa kumanje lapho lo mbono ususakazeke kabanzi.
Ngokombono othile, ukuvivinya umzimba kunethonya elihle ku-hippocampus, ingxenye yobuchopho ehilelekile ezindleleni zokwakheka kwemizwelo. NgokukaDkt Brandon Stubbs, iNhloko ye-NHS Physical Therapy and Mental Health Specialist, “I-hippocampus incipha ezifweni zengqondo ezifana nokucindezeleka, ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo okuguquguqukayo, i-schizophrenia, ukukhubazeka okuncane kokuqonda kanye nokuwohloka komqondo.” Kutholakale ukuthi imizuzu engu-10 nje yokuzivocavoca okulula kunomphumela omuhle wesikhashana ku-hippocampus, futhi amasonto angu-12 okuzivocavoca okuvamile azoba nomphumela omuhle wesikhathi eside kuwo.
Nokho, naphezu kwezibalo ezivame ukucashunwa zokuthi umuntu oyedwa kwabane usengozini yokugula ngengqondo, futhi naphezu kolwazi lokuthi ukuvivinya umzimba kungasiza ekuvimbeleni lokhu, abantu abaningi abajahi ukukhuthala. Idatha ye-NHS England 2018 ibonise ukuthi kuphela i-66% yamadoda kanye ne-58% yabesifazane abaneminyaka engu-19 nangaphezulu balandele isincomo samahora angu-2,5 okuzivocavoca okulinganiselwe noma imizuzu engu-75 yokuzivocavoca ngamandla ngesonto.
Lokhu mhlawumbe kusikisela ukuthi abantu abaningi basakuthola ukuvivinya umzimba kuyisicefe. Nakuba umbono wethu wokuzivocavoca ulolongwa ebuntwaneni, izibalo ze-Public Health England kusukela ngo-2017 zibonise ukuthi ngonyaka wokugcina wesikole samabanga aphansi, kuphela i-17% yezingane eziqedela inani elinconywayo lokuzivocavoca nsuku zonke.
Lapho sebekhulile, abantu bavame ukudela ukuvivinya umzimba, bezithethelela ngokuntula isikhathi noma imali, futhi ngezinye izikhathi bamane bathi: “lokhu akukona okwami.” Ezweni lanamuhla, ukunaka kwethu kudonseleka kwezinye izinto.
NgokukaDkt. Sarah Vohra, onguchwepheshe wezifo zengqondo nombhali, amakhasimende akhe amaningi anomkhuba ovamile. I-Syndromes yokukhathazeka nokucindezeleka okuncane kubonakala kubantu abaningi abasha, futhi uma ubuza ukuthi yini evame ukuba matasa ngayo, impendulo ihlale imfushane: esikhundleni sokuhamba emoyeni omusha, bachitha isikhathi ngemuva kwezikrini, kanye nobudlelwane babo bangempela. athathelwa indawo yi-virtual.
Iqiniso lokuthi abantu bachitha isikhathi esiningi ku-inthanethi esikhundleni sempilo yangempela lingaba nomthelela embonweni wobuchopho njengento engabonakali, ehlukanisiwe nomzimba. UDamon Young, encwadini yakhe ethi How to Think About Exercise, ubhala ukuthi ngokuvamile sibona ukucindezeleka ngokomzimba nengqondo njengokungqubuzana. Hhayi ngoba sinesikhathi noma amandla amancane kakhulu, kodwa ngoba ubukhona bethu sebuhlukene kabili. Nokho, ukuvivinya umzimba kusinika ithuba lokuqeqesha kokubili umzimba nengqondo ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Njengoba udokotela wengqondo uKimberly Wilson aphawula, kukhona nochwepheshe abathile abavame ukwelapha umzimba nengqondo ngokwehlukana. Ngokusho kwakhe, ochwepheshe bezempilo yengqondo ngokuyisisekelo basebenza ngesimiso sokuthi okuwukuphela kwento okufanele inakwe yilokho okwenzeka ekhanda lomuntu. Salungisa ubuchopho, futhi umzimba waqala ukubonwa njengento nje enyakazisa ubuchopho emkhathini. Asicabangi noma siyayazisa imizimba yethu nobuchopho njengento ephilayo eyodwa. Kodwa empeleni, angeke kube khona umbuzo wezempilo, uma unendaba eyodwa kuphela futhi ungacabangi enye.
NgokukaWybarr Cregan-Reid, umbhali wencwadi ethi Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human, kuzothatha isikhathi esiningi nokusebenza ukuze abantu bakholwe ukuthi ukuzivocavoca kuyindlela ephumelelayo yokuthuthukisa impilo yengqondo yomuntu. Ngokusho kwakhe, isikhathi eside, ukungazi mayelana namathuba amakhulu omthelela omuhle wokuzivocavoca umzimba engxenyeni yengqondo kwanqoba phakathi kwabantu. Manje umphakathi uya ngokuya uqaphela, njengoba cishe isonto lingadlulanga ngaphandle kwedatha entsha noma ucwaningo olusha olushicilelwe mayelana nobudlelwano bezinhlobo ezithile zokuzivocavoca umzimba nempilo yengqondo. Kodwa kuzothatha isikhathi ngaphambi kokuba umphakathi uqiniseke ukuthi ukuphuma ezindongeni ezine ungene emoyeni omusha kuyikhambi elimangalisayo lezifo eziningi zesimanje.
Ngakho-ke ubaqinisekisa kanjani abantu ukuthi ukuvivinya umzimba kungaba nomphumela onenzuzo ku-psyche? Elinye iqhinga elingase lisetshenziswe ochwepheshe ukunikeza ubulungu bejimu obunesaphulelo njengesithasiselo semithi nokwelapha. Ukunxenxa abantu ukuthi bahambe kaningi—ukuphumela ngaphandle ngesikhathi sasemini, ukuba phakathi kwabanye abantu, izihlahla, nemvelo—kuyindlela futhi, kodwa kungasebenza uma ukhuluma ngakho ngokuphindaphindiwe. Phela, cishe, abantu ngeke bafune ukuqhubeka bechitha isikhathi sokuzivocavoca umzimba uma bengazizwa bengcono kusukela ngosuku lokuqala.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kubantu abasesimweni esinzima ngokwedlulele ngokwengqondo, isiphakamiso sokuphuma futhi bahambe singase sizwakale singenangqondo okungenani. Abantu abacindezelekile noma abacindezelekile bangase bangakwazi ukuya ejimini bebodwa noma neqembu labantu abangabazi. Esimeni esinjalo, imisebenzi ehlanganyelwe nabangane, njengokugijima noma ukugibela ibhayisikili, ingasiza.
Isixazululo esisodwa esingaba khona ukunyakaza kweParkrun. Isikimu samahhala, esasungulwa ngu-Paul Sinton-Hewitt, lapho abantu begijima amakhilomitha angu-5 isonto ngalinye - mahhala, ngokwabo, ngaphandle kokugxila ekutheni ubani ogijima ngesivinini esingakanani nokuthi ubani onezinhlobo ezinjani zezicathulo. Ngo-2018, iGlasgow Caledonian University yenza ucwaningo lwabantu abangaphezu kuka-8000, ama-89% abo athi i-parkrun ibe nomthelela omuhle emoyeni wabo nempilo yengqondo.
Kunolunye uhlelo okuhloswe ngalo ukusiza amalungu omphakathi asengozini enkulu. Ngo-2012, i-Running Charity yasungulwa e-UK ukusiza abantu abasha abangenamakhaya noma abancishwe amathuba, iningi labo elinenkinga yezempilo yengqondo. Umsunguli wale nhlangano, u-Alex Eagle, uthi: “Intsha yethu eningi iphila ezindaweni ezinesiphithiphithi ngempela futhi ngokuvamile izizwa ingenamandla ngokuphelele. Kuyenzeka ukuthi bazikhandle ukuze bathole umsebenzi noma indawo yokuhlala, kodwa imizamo yabo iseze. Futhi ngokugijima noma ukuzivocavoca, bangase bazizwe sengathi babuyela esimweni sabo. Kukhona uhlobo lobulungisa nenkululeko kulo ukuthi abangenamakhaya bavame ukuphikwa ngokwenhlalo. Lapho amalungu ethu enhlangano eqala ukuzuza lokho ayecabanga ukuthi akunakwenzeka—abanye abantu bagijima i-5K ngokokuqala ngqa, abanye babekezelela yonke i-ultramarathon—umbono wabo womhlaba ushintsha ngendlela engavamile. Uma uzuza okuthile izwi lakho elingaphakathi elicabanga ukuthi akunakwenzeka, kushintsha indlela ozibheka ngayo. "
“Namanje angikazi ukuthi kungani ukukhathazeka kwami kuncipha ngesikhathi ngibopha izicathulo zami ngiyogijima, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi akulona ihaba uma ngithi ukugijima kusindise impilo yami. Futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngamangala yilokhu mina uqobo,” kuphetha uBella Meki.