Lezi T-Shirts Ezinhle Zephula I-Schizophrenia Stigma Ngendlela Engcono Kakhulu

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Nakuba i-schizophrenia ithinta cishe amaphesenti angu-1.1 wabantu bomhlaba, akuvamile ukuba kukhulunywe ngayo ngokukhululekile. Ngenhlanhla, umklami wezithombe uMichelle Hammer unethemba lokukushintsha lokho.

U-Hammer, ongumsunguli we-Schizophrenic NYC, ufuna ukudonsela ukunaka kubantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-3.5 abaphila nalesi sifo. Uhlela ukukwenza lokho ngokuthengiswa okuhlukile nokubukeka okuhle okukhuthazwe yizici eziningana ze-schizophrenia.

Isibonelo, enye yemiklamo yakhe isuselwe ekuhlolweni kwe-Rorschach. Lokhu kuhlolwa kwe-inkblot okuvamile kuvame ukunikezwa abantu ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwengqondo. Abantu abane-schizophrenic bathambekele ekubukeni lesi sivivinyo ngombono ohluke kakhulu kunomuntu ojwayelekile. (Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi nakuba ukuhlola sekunesikhathi eside kusetshenziselwa ukuxilonga i-schizophrenia, abanye ochwepheshe namuhla bayakungabaza ukunemba kokuhlolwa.) Besebenzisa imibala egqamile namaphethini ayingqayizivele, imiklamo kaMichelle ilingisa la maphethini, ikhuthaza abantu abangenaso i-schizophrenia buka lawa ma-inkblots ngokombono womuntu one-schizophrenia.

Ezinye zezikibha, amathoyizi, namasongo kaMichelle nazo zineziqubulo ezihlakaniphile ezikhuluma nalabo abahlukunyezwa ukudideka nokukhohlisa. Enye yalezo umugqa wethegi wenkampani: "Ungabi ne-paranoid, ubukeka umuhle."

UMichelle wayeneminyaka engama-22 kuphela lapho kutholakala ukuthi une-schizophrenia. Umqondo wokwethula imiklamo yakhe wafika engqondweni yakhe lapho ehlangana nendoda ene-schizophrenic emgwaqweni ongaphansi komhlaba eNew York City. Ukubona lokhu kuziphatha kwalomfokazi kwasiza uMichelle wabona ukuthi kungaba nzima kangakanani ngaye ukuthola ukuzinza uma engenawo umndeni nabangane abazomxhasa.

Unethemba lokuthi imiklamo yakhe ebuyisekayo izosiza abantu abafana nale ndoda esitimeleni bazizwe benokwesekwa ngenkathi beqeda inhlamba ezungeze i-schizophrenia isiyonke. Ngokwengeziwe, ingxenye yokuthenga ngakunye iya ezinhlanganweni zezempilo yengqondo, kufaka phakathi iFountain House nesahluko saseNew York seNational Alliance on Mental Illness.

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