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Sɛnea Wo Mmiako Mmiako Bɛnyini a Monntew Mo Ho Mo Ho Ho

Wonyɛ onipa koro a na woyɛ bere a mo bae no, na wo hokafo nso saa ara. Ɛno nyɛ asiane ma abusuabɔ a ɛkyɛ. Sɛnea nnipa baanu kɔ so sesa wɔ ofie koro mu a wɔnnan nnamfonom a wonnim wɔn ho wɔn ho komm no nie.

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Ehu bi a obiara nka no badwa mu nie. Wohwɛ dan no fa hɔ ma onipa a wo ne no asi asetena, na adwene ketewa bi a enni nokorɛdi pue: sɛ ɛba sɛ yɛnnkɔ baabi koro bio ɛ? Wonyaa adwuma foforɔ, anaa wugyaee nsanom, anaa wunyaa gyidi, anaa wuhuu sɛ woahwere bi. Wɔn deɛ wofii ase tuu mmirika, anaa wɔyɛɛ dinn, anaa wofii ase kasaa daakye a na womfaa nyɛ adwene ho. Biribiara nyɛ bɔne, ankasa. Mo baanu nyinaa twee mo ho ara kwa, na wunnim sɛ mo ne mo ho twee anaa.

Saa ehu no taa ba abusuabɔ a ɛkyɛ mu sɛnea ɛyɛ sɛ ɛyɛ baabiara, na wɔde di dwuma wɔ akwan bɔne abien so. Awarefo bi bu onipa nsakrae biara sɛ ɔyɛeɛ na wɔmiamia wɔn ho wɔn ho ketewa kosi sɛ nnipa baanu nyinaa te nka sɛ wɔayi wɔn afiri. Afoforo gye di sɛ mmofrayɛ kyerɛ sɛ wode wo ho retwe, na wɔtwe ho kosi sɛ biribiara nni hɔ a wɔbɛkyɛ gye nhyehyɛe. Abien no nyinaa rebɔ mmɔden sɛ wobedi ɔhaw koro no ara, na abien no nyinaa fom. Ɔhaw no nyɛ sɛ woresakra. Ɛyɛ sɛ wonkyekyeree abusuabɔ a ɛhwɛ kwan sɛ wobɛsakra.

Nnipa baanu, ɛnyɛ onipa baako a wɔakyekye mu abien

Abusuabɔ ho afotu pii susuw no komm sɛ ɔbaako yɛ ne adɛn ne sɛ wɔyɛ pɛ. Anigyede koro, nnamfo koro, adwene koro, Memeneda koro no ara. Ɛyɛ anigye, nokware. Nanso ɛyɛ nhyehyɛe a ɛyɛ mmerɛw, efisɛ bere a onipa baako nyini fa baabi a ɔfoforɔ no nkyɛ no, nhyehyɛe no nyinaa pue sɛ apaapae.

Mfonini a akwahosan wɔ mu no yɛ nnipa baanu a wɔyɛ pɛ a wɔpaw sɛ wɔbɛkyɛ asetena, ɛnyɛ afa abien a wɔrebɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛyɛ kanea. Nhwehwɛmufoɔ a wɔsua nea ɛkura awarefo bom mfe pii no kɔ so kɔ ade koro no ara so. Cleveland Clinic nhwehwɛmu a ɛfa sɛnea abusuabɔ a akwahosan wɔ mu te ho no ka no pefee: ahotoso ne nkitahodi pa nkyɛn, "sɛ wunim wo ho sɛ onipa na woti w'ankasa wo botae ne wo daeɛ akyi" no ho hia saa ara. Ɛnyɛ sɛ abusuabɔ no nti na wonyɛ saa. Ɛyɛ abusuabɔ no fa.

The Gottman Institute, a wɔahwɛ awarefo wɔ nhwehwɛmu dan mu mfe pii no, ka asɛm a ɛfa fawohodi ho a ɛne no di nsɛ. Asiane no nyɛ ɔhokafo a ɔwɔ n'ankasa ne nnamfonom, botae, ne ne mu nkwa. Asiane no ne bere a onipa baako bɔ ne ho ketewa dodo, wɔ asomdwoe a wɔrekora anaa ɔfoforo no fa a wɔrekora ho nti, kosi sɛ awiei no obiara nni hɔ a ɔne no bɛyɛ abusuabɔ.

Twe yɛ komm. Nsonsonoe deɛ ɛyɛ den.

Ɛboa sɛ wopaapae nneɛma abien a efi mu hɔ no te sɛ wɔyɛ pɛ nanso wɔnyɛ pɛ.

Twe ne nea ɛba esiane sɛ wamfa n'ani ansi so. Obiara amfa. Wugyaee bisa nea ɔfoforo rekenkan anaa nea ɛhaw no, nkɔmmɔdie no yɛɛ ketewa kosii nhyehyɛe ne mma no ne nea yɛbedi anwummerɛ, na Benada teta bi wuhui sɛ wunim saa onipa yi nkwa mu nhyehyɛe na wunnim ne mu komamfa ho hwee. Twe ne nsɛmmisa a wommisa a ɛboaboa ano nkakrankakra. Ɛno ne ntam kwan a ɛyɛ mmerɛw sɛ wosiesie, efisɛ nea ɛde ba no yɛ ani a wamfa ansi so kwa, na wubetumi adan ani no asan ato no.

Nsonsonoe deɛ ɛyɛ den na ɛyɛ ade a entaa nsi. Ɛyɛ bere a nnipa baanu, a wɔn baanu nyinaa de wɔn ani asi so, sesa nea wɔpɛ wɔ asetena mu ankasa. Ɔbaako pɛ sɛ ɔbrɛ ne ho ase, na ɔfoforo no rekɔ ntɛm so awiei koraa. Ɔbaako nyaa gyidi a ɛsesa biribiara, na ɔfoforo no ntumi nni n'akyi nkɔ hɔ. Eyi yɛ nokware, na ɛfata sɛ wode di no aniberesɛm sen sɛ wode pɛɛpɛɛ so. Nea awarefo frɛ no "growing apart" no dodow no ara, deɛ, ɛyɛ twe kɛkɛ a ɛhyɛ nsonsonoe atade. Ɛte sɛ ntam kwan a wuntumi ntumi mmu, na ɛyɛ mfe kakra a wɔn werɛ fii sɛ wɔde wɔn ani bɛsi so. Asɛm pa no ne sɛ wubetumi ahu nea wowɔ no denam mmɔden sɛ woyɛ nsiesie ketewa no kan. Sɛ nokware nkɔmmɔdie kakra ne ani a wɔasan de asi so siesie ntam kwan no dodow no ara a, na ɛyɛ twe. Sɛ ntam kwan no tena baabi a na ɛwɔ no ara akyi a woabɔ mmɔden ampa a, ɛno fata akenkan a ɛware na akokoduru wɔ mu.

Adɛn nti na abusuabɔ betumi ama woayɛ kɛse

Adwene ho nimdeɛ asɛm bi a anidaso wɔ mu a ɛfata sɛ wunim wɔ hɔ, efisɛ ɛdan ehu no nyinaa ani.

Adwene ho nimdefoɔ Arthur ne Elaine Aron de mfe pii yɛɛ nea wɔfrɛ no self-expansion nhwɛsoɔ ho adwuma. Asɛm tiawa no: wɔayɛ nnipa sɛ wɔbɛpɛ sɛ wɔbɛnyini, sɛ wɔbɛfa nimdeɛ foforɔ, adwene, ne osuahu, na akwan titiriw a yɛfa so yɛ saa baako ne denam nnipa a yɛdɔ wɔn. Bere a wo ne obi bɛn no, wofa ne fa bi. Wɔn pɛ a wɔpɛ sɛ wohu nneɛma, wɔn akokoduru, wɔn kwan a wɔfa so hwɛ. Wobɛyɛ kakra a ɛsen nea na woyɛ wo nko.

Ɛno ne asɛm pa a ahintaw wɔ ehu a wusuro sɛ mo ne mo ho bɛtwe mu. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔhokafo ma woyɛ onipa koro no ara. Nea ɔyɛ no ma boa wo ma woyɛ wo ankasa kɛse. Wɔn nhwehwɛmu hui sɛ atenka sɛ kwan wɔ hɔ sɛ wokɔ so nyini no kyerɛ sɛnea awarefo ani gye na wɔde wɔn ho ma daa, na awarefo a wɔbom nya osuahu foforɔ a emu yɛ den kakra no taa te nka sɛ wɔbɛn wɔn ho sen wɔn a wɔreyɛ ade koro no ara afe nyinaa.

Enti botae no nyɛ sɛ wubegyae sesa da. Ɛyɛ sɛ wobɛkɔ so asesa wɔ ɔkwan a ɛtwetwe mo kɔ mo ho mo ho nkyɛn mmom sɛ ɛbɛtwam mo ho mo ho.

W'ankasa a wobetumi ahu

Nhwehwɛmu fa bi a meka sɛ ɛka me komam komm wɔ hɔ. Caryl Rusbult ne Stephen Drigotas frɛɛ no Michelangelo phenomenon, efi adwene sɛ nsonefoɔ no huu sɛ nipasua no da ɔbo no mu twɛn dada na ogyaee no kwa.

Ahokafo pa yɛ biribi a ɛte saa ma wɔn ho wɔn ho. Wɔ nhwehwɛmu pii mu no, wohui sɛ bere a onipa baako de ne hokafo yɛ sɛ onipa a saa hokafo no pɛ kɛse sɛ ɔbɛyɛ daa no, hokafo no ankasa kɔ ne ho ankasa pa no nkyɛn bere kɔ so mu, na nnipa baanu nyinaa ka sɛ abusuabɔ no mu yɛ den na etim kɛse. Wobetumi ayɛ wo sɛ onipa a worepɛ sɛ woyɛ no denam obi a otumi hu kan na woantumi nhu no so.

Nea ɛne no bɔ abira no yɛ nokware na ɛfata sɛ wobɔ din. Ɔhokafo a daa ɔda wo fa a ɛyɛ ketewa, a atim adi, no adi, a ɔkae wo mfomso dada biara na ɔbɔ n'aniwa wɔ anidaso foforɔ biara so no, betumi atutu wo fam mmom. Yɛn mu pii nyɛ saa boapa. Yɛyɛ no denam hu a yɛyɛ, denam hokafo mmofrayɛ a yebu sɛ atemmu a wabu yɛn. Sɛ wunim sɛnea ɛkɔ so no yɛ ayaresa fa.

Bere a wɔn mmofrayɛ te sɛ asiane

Bere a ɛyɛ ɔsɛe komm dodow no ara nie. Wo hokafo sesa kɔ deɛ eye so, na sɛ anka wobɛte nka sɛ w'ani agye no, wote biribi a ɛyɛ nwini na ɛyɛ ketewa nka. Wɔn nipadua ahoɔden yɛ den kɛse, ahotoso kɛse, nkonimdi kɛse, gyidi a wɔwɔ ho ahotoso kɛse, na wo fa bi nan. Ebia woreka nkyerɛ wo ho mpo, enti epue ɔkwan foforɔ so, sɛ fɛwdi a ano yɛ den, sɛ akyirikyirie, sɛ aniagyeɛ a ɛyera prɛko pɛ wɔ ade a wɔn ani agye ho no ho.

Saa nan no ntaa mfa wɔn ho. Ɛyɛ asɛm a woreka kyerɛ wo ho wɔ ase: sɛ wɔnyini na me deɛ mennyini a, wɔbɛsen me. Sɛ wonhia me bio a, wɔrempɛ me bio. Ɛfata sɛ wobɛka no pefee sɛ eyi yɛ nan a ɛyɛ teta a ɛyɛ onipa de na ɛyɛ afiri nso. Hokafo mmofrayɛ nyɛ ɔtiawa mfi wo ho. Self-expansion ho nhwehwɛmu kyerɛ ɔkwan foforɔ. Bere a wo ne obi a ɔrenyini ayɛ nea otumi yɛ ade na ɔwɔ nkwa bɛn no, wotaa fa bi, ɛnyɛ sɛ wuhwere fam ma no.

Nea wobɛyɛ, bere a wokyere nan no, ne sɛ bɔ no din kyerɛ wo ho na paw nea ɛne no bɔ abira. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wote nka sɛ wuyi ayamye ansa na woayɛ ayamye. Bisa abisade a wo ho pere wo no nanso. Kɔ ade no nanso. Mpɛn pii atenka a emu yɛ hyew no di nneyɛe a emu yɛ hyew no akyi mmom sɛ ɔkwan foforɔ. Na sɛ ehu a ɛda ase no yɛ den, sɛ wugyina baabi bere a wɔrekɔ no a, mmuae no nyɛ sɛ wobɛma wɔn akɔ brɛoo. Ɛyɛ sɛ wubehu w'ankasa wo ade foforɔ a wode bɛnyini akɔ ho.

Sɛnea mobɛkɔ so anyini wɔ kuw koro mu

Eyinom mu biara nsi kwa. Awarefo a wotumi yɛ no taa yɛ nneɛma a ɛnyɛ fɛ kakra boapa.

  • Bɔ wo ho fa kakra ho ban, badwa mu. W'ankasa wo nnamfo, w'ankasa nea woti akyi, anwummerɛ a ɛyɛ wo de. Ka no pefee sɛ eye ma wo, sɛnea ɛrenkenkan da sɛ woreyera. Kwan a akwahosan wɔ mu kakra nyɛ nea ɛne nkabom bɔ abira. Ɛno na ɛma nnipa baanu a wɔn ho yɛ anigye no tena ofie no mu.
  • Bu wo hokafo mmofrayɛ sɛ asɛm pa, ɛnyɛ asiane. Bere a wɔn ani gye ade foforɔ bi ho a, ma w'ani nnye ansa na woasuro. "Ka nea wodɔ wɔ ho kyerɛ me" yɛ pon foforɔ sen "Eyi kyerɛ dɛn ma yɛn." Asɛmmisa a ɛto so abien no betumi atwɛn.
  • Sesa mfonini a wowɔ wɔ mo ho mo ho ho. Nnipa kɔ so ware hokafo a ogyaee ne tenabea mfe anum a atwam, na afei wɔte nka sɛ ankonam bere a onipa ankasa ne mfonini no nhyia. Bisa nsɛmmisa a ɛyɛ sɛ ɛda adi no bio. Dɛn na w'ani gye ho nnansa yi. Dɛn na asesa ama wo. Dɛn na worehwɛ kwan mprempren.
  • Kyekyere nneɛma foforɔ a mobom yɛ kakra. Ɛnsɛ sɛ moka mo anigyede nyinaa bom, nanso self-expansion nhwehwɛmu da no adi pefee sɛ sɛ mobom yɛ ade foforɔ, adesua bi, akwantuo, dwuma bi, bepɔw a emu yɛ den a wuforo, ɛma abusuabɔ no yɛ foforɔ wɔ ɔkwan a sɛ wɔde daa nneyɛe dada di dwuma a ɛrentumi nyɛ saa. Foforɔ a mobom yɛ no yɛ ahama.
  • Yɛ mmofrayɛ ade a mode yɛ mo ho mo ho ho. Ka onipa a wɔrebɛyɛ no fa a ɛhyɛ wɔn nkuran no badwa mu. "Woayɛ saa ade yi yiye mprempren." "Medɔ onipa a worebɛyɛ." Nnipa nyini kɔ wɔn ho fa a onipa a wode wo ho to no so betumi ahu dada no nkyɛn.

Hwɛ nea enni saa nhwehwɛmu no mu. Emu biara mmisa onipa baako sɛ ɔnyɛ ketewa. Adwuma no nyɛ sɛ mobɛyɛ pɛ anammɔn ne anammɔn. Ɛyɛ sɛ wode w'ani bɛsi onipa a wo hokafo rebɛyɛ no so ampa, na woama wɔn nso wɔn ani aka wo deɛ no ho.

Bere a ntam kwan no yɛ nokware

Nokwaredi ho hia wɔ ha, efisɛ ɛnyɛ twe biara na ɛyɛ ntease bɔne a wubetumi de abisade afi mu. Ɛtɔ da bi a nnipa baanu pɛ asetena ahorow ankasa. Ɔba anaa ɔba a onni hɔ. Saa kurow yi anaa nea ɔfoforo. Gyidi anaa fawohodi a ɔbaako ntumi mfa ne ho nhyɛ mu. Yeinom nyɛ nkitahodi ho haw, na sɛ woyɛ wo ho sɛ ɛyɛ saa a, ɛtwentwɛn nkɔmmɔdie a emu yɛ den no kwa.

Sɛ wokɔ so twa asɛm a ɛyɛ yaw koro no ara ho hyia na biribiara mma, anaa sɛ mo mu baako ayɛ dinn na animtiaabu akɔ baabi a anka abisade wɔ a, ɛno fata sen anwummerɛ nkɔmmɔdie. Awarefo ho ɔyaresafo nyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne sɛ abusuabɔ no adi nkogu. Ɛyɛ obi a ɔwɔ akyi a ɔnim adwuma a obetumi aboa nnipa baanu ama wɔaka nokwasɛm na wɔahwɛ, abom, sɛ akwan no da so ara hyia anaa. Na sɛ wuhu sɛ mmofrayɛ kyerɛ sɛ wo na wobɛbrɛ wo ho ase na wɔn deɛ wɔtena hɔ daa, anaa sɛ wo wiase ayɛ ketewa kosi sɛ ayɛ onipa baako kɛseyɛ a, ka kyerɛ obi, ɔyaresafo anaa nnamfo a wode wo ho to no so mpo, sɛ kari no atwe akɔ baabi a ɛrebɔ wo wo ankasa ka anaa.

Awarefo dodow no ara a wodwen twe ho no nyɛ wɔn a wɔreporɔw ankasa. Wɔyɛ nnipa baanu a wɔkɔɔ so tenaa ase, kɔɔ so sesae, na wɔn werɛ fii sɛ wɔbɛkɔ so akyerɛkyerɛ wɔn ho. Nsiesie no sua na ɛyɛ ayamye sen sɛnea ehu no kyerɛ. Kɔ so ma w'ani nnye onipa a wɔrebɛyɛ no ho. Ma wɔn nso wɔn ani nnye wo ho. Kɔ so paw, boapa, sɛ wobɛnyini wɔ ɔkwan koro no ara so bɛyɛ. Wubetumi ayɛ nnipa baanu a moyɛ pɛ na moda so ara san ba ofie ba mo ho mo ho nkyɛn.

Nsɛm a Wɔde Bae

Ansa na wobɛkɔ, kasɛm tiawa bi fa ɔhwɛ ho

KEEP CALM de adesua nnwinnadeɛ a wode boa wo ho a wontua hwee ma. Eyi nyɛ ayaresa afotuo, yare ho nhwehwɛmu, anaa adwene ho ayaresa, na ɛnnsi ɔbenfoɔ hwɛ ananmu. Sɛ biribi wɔ ha a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɛboro daa nhyɛso so a, sɛ wobɛfrɛ ɔbenfoɔ no yɛ anammɔntuo a emu yɛ den na nyansa wɔ mu.

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