{"id":10184,"date":"2020-09-08T15:53:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T19:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/?p=10184"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:06:24","slug":"more-than-just-a-pet-how-animals-benefit-our-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/rw\/resources\/news-library\/more-than-just-a-pet-how-animals-benefit-our-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"BYINSHI KURUSHA INYAMASWA GUSA: UKO INYAMASWA ZIFUZA UBUZIMA BWO MU MUTWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Umwanditsi: Sandi Lerman; Imiryango Umurezi wa mbere wabaturage<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mugihe nandika iyi ngingo, imbwa yanjye yo gutabara Thor yunamye yishimye ibirenge byanjye, yishimye ntazi icyorezo cyisi yose hamwe nimpinduka zitunguranye numuvurungano byazanye mubuzima bwacu. Thor abaho ubuzima bwe bwiza kurubu kuko ikintu gitandukanye kuri we nuko mara igihe kinini murugo!<\/p>\n<p>Inyungu ni magirirane, nubwo, umutima we wuje urugwiro, wishimye utubera isoko yimyidagaduro nubusabane kumuryango wacu mugihe cyuzuyemo imihangayiko myinshi kandi idashidikanywaho. Mubyukuri, ubushakashatsi ku nyungu zinyamanswa bwerekanye ko kuba mubuzima bwacu bishobora kuba ikintu gikomeye cyo kurinda, haba kubuzima bwumubiri ndetse no kumererwa neza mumarangamutima.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>INYUNGU Z&#039;UBUZIMA N&#039;UMUTEKEREZO Z&#039;INYAMASWA<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kugira itungo ninshingano nini, ariko inyungu zubuzima zituma imbaraga zose zinyongera zifite agaciro. Abantu bafite amatungo cyane cyane imbwa, birashoboka cyane ko bakora siporo bakajya hanze umwuka mwiza nizuba. Gukina, gukubita, no guhobera amatungo yumuryango wuzuye ubwoya cyangwa kureba imigendekere y amafi yo mu turere dushyuha arekura imisemburo myiza ituma twumva tunezerewe kandi bishobora kugabanya umusaruro wa hormone yibibazo, cortisol. Kugira itungo mubuzima bwacu bigabanya imihangayiko kandi birashobora kugabanya ibyago byo kurwara umutima nizindi ndwara ziterwa nubuvuzi.<\/p>\n<h3>INKUNGA Z&#039;AMASHYAKA<\/h3>\n<p>Ibikoko bitunze akenshi bitanga infashanyo yamarangamutima mugihe kitoroshye, kandi ubumwe bwurukundo dufitanye nabo burashobora kudufasha gutsinda ibyiyumvo byo kwigunga, cyane cyane mugihe cyo gufunga mugihe intera yimibereho ituma twigunga. Kugira ikindi kiremwa kizima, gihumeka murugo gukunda no kwitaho birashobora kuba igikorwa gishyigikira amarangamutima.<\/p>\n<p>Inyamaswa ifasha amarangamutima nubwoko bwinyamanswa zitanga ihumure zifasha kugabanya ibimenyetso cyangwa ingaruka zubumuga bwumuntu kandi mubisanzwe ntibibujijwe nubwoko<a href=\"https:\/\/www.akc.org\/expert-advice\/news\/everything-about-emotional-support-animals\/\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mu gihe imbwa ninjangwe ari amatungo akunzwe cyane, izindi nyamaswa nk&#039;amafi, inyoni, ibikururuka hasi, ndetse n&#039;amatungo y\u2019udukoko byagaragaye ko bigira ingaruka nziza ku buzima bwo mu mutwe no kumererwa neza.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/animals-and-us\/201706\/can-pet-crickets-improve-the-well-being-the-elderly\">Mu bushakashatsi bumwe bw&#039;Abanyakoreya<\/a>, umuntu ugeze mu za bukuru yagabanutse cyane kwiheba mugihe yita ku matungo yabo!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>INYAMASWA ZA SERIVISI<\/h3>\n<p>Inyamaswa ya serivisi ni imbwa iyo ari yo yose yatojwe ku giti cye gukora akazi cyangwa gukora imirimo ku nyungu z&#039;umuntu ufite ubumuga, harimo umubiri, ibyiyumvo, indwara zo mu mutwe, ubwenge, cyangwa ubundi bumuga bwo mu mutwe. Andi moko yinyamanswa, yaba ishyamba cyangwa ay&#039;urugo, yatojwe cyangwa atatojwe, ntabwo ari inyamaswa zikorera intego ziki gisobanuro<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avma.org\/resources-tools\/animal-health-welfare\/service-emotional-support-and-therapy-animals\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ku bantu bafite ubumuga butera umunaniro, ububabare, ikibazo cyo kugenda, cyangwa kugenda gake, imbwa za serivisi zirashobora gufasha! Kimwe ninshingano zigenda zikoresha abamugaye, imbwa za serivise zirashobora kandi gufasha abantu kugarura uburimbane no kwirinda kugwa. Imbwa irashobora gutwara ibintu niba umuntu afite intege nke zo kugenda cyangwa kubifata.<\/p>\n<p>Kubera ko imbwa za serivisi zemewe n\u2019amategeko ahantu rusange hagamijwe inyungu za ba nyirazo, bivuze ko zishobora gukora iyo mirimo ifasha mu iduka ry\u2019ibiribwa, ku kayira kegereye umuhanda n\u2019ahandi hantu hahurira abantu benshi. Niba utekereza kubona itungo rya serivisi, tekereza niba ushobora gutanga ubufasha buzakenera, kandi ubone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/content\/how-do-i-get-service-animal#:~:text=To%20qualify%20for%20a%20service,an%20animal%20because%20of%20it.\">inyandiko zivuye kwa muganga.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>INYAMASWA<\/h6>\n<p>Usibye kuba inyamanswa gusa, inyamaswa zirashobora gufasha muburyo busanzwe bwo gufasha abantu bafite ibibazo byuburwayi bwo mumutwe nko guhangayika, kwiheba, na PTSD. Inyamaswa zagiye zikoreshwa mu bitaro, mu gihe cyo kuvura, ndetse no mu bikorwa byo kuvura indwara zo mu mutwe nko gukoresha amafarashi mu buvuzi bumwe kugira ngo bibafashe gutsinda inzitizi z\u2019ubuzima bwo mu mutwe ku buzima bwabo bwa buri munsi. Inyamaswa ivura ni ubwoko bwifashishwa n\u2019inyamaswa zirimo \u201cintego igamije gutabara aho inyamaswa zujuje ibipimo byihariye ari kimwe mu bigize gahunda yo kuvura<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avma.org\/resources-tools\/animal-health-welfare\/service-emotional-support-and-therapy-animals\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ni ngombwa kumenya uburenganzira ninshingano zawe zo gukoresha inyamaswa za serivise zahuguwe ahantu rusange. Kubindi bisobanuro, urashobora\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/internationalservicedogregistry.com\/rights-responsibilities\/\">reba iki gitabo<\/a>\u00a0ku biro mpuzamahanga byandika imbwa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h3>ABANYAMURYANGO BAKURIKIRA KANDI BAFATANYIJE<\/h3>\n<p>Nk\u2019uko byatangajwe na Allen McConnel, inzobere mu by&#039;imitekerereze ya kaminuza ya Miami,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/the-social-self\/201908\/the-well-being-benefits-seeing-pets-family-members\">\u00a0uko abantu &quot;anthropomorphize&quot; amatungo yabo, niko imbaraga zabo nziza zo mumitekerereze<\/a>. Muyandi magambo, iyo dusuzumye amatungo yacu yo mumuryango tukaganira nabo nkuko twabishaka mumuryango, ibi bisa nkibifite ingaruka nziza kandi ituje mubuzima bwacu bwo mumutwe. Kubera ko abo mu muryango wacu bafite ubwoya akenshi bafite igihe gito cyo kubaho kurenza abo mu muryango wabantu, ibi birababaza mugihe cyo gusezera. Kubabazwa no kubura itungo birashobora kubabaza kimwe no gutakaza urukundo ukunda, bityo rero ni ngombwa kutagabanya intimba no gushaka inkunga no guhumurizwa nkuko wabikora uramutse ubuze umwe mu bagize umuryango.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Gitoya ARIKO INTWARI ZIKOMEYE<\/h3>\n<p>Ibitungwa byacu birenze umunwa wo kugaburira, bitanga ubuzima bwacu intego, ibisobanuro, hamwe nubusabane. Baradufasha muburyo bwinshi gusa kuba duhari kugirango badusuhuze kandi badusekeje umunsi urangiye\u2026 Reka tubifate neza kandi tubahe inguzanyo zose zikwiye kuba inshuti nto ariko zikomeye mugushyigikira imitekerereze yacu ubuzima n&#039;imibereho myiza!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mugihe nandika iyi ngingo, imbwa yanjye yo gutabara Thor yunamye yishimye ibirenge byanjye, yishimye ntazi icyorezo cyisi yose hamwe nimpinduka zitunguranye numuvurungano byazanye mubuzima bwacu. Thor abaho ubuzima bwe bwiza kurubu kuko ikintu gitandukanye kuri we nuko mara igihe kinini murugo!<br \/>\nInyungu ni magirirane, nubwo, umutima we wuje urugwiro, wishimye utubera isoko yimyidagaduro nubusabane kumuryango wacu mugihe cyuzuyemo imihangayiko myinshi kandi idashidikanywaho. Mubyukuri, ubushakashatsi ku nyungu zinyamanswa bwerekanye ko kuba mubuzima bwacu bishobora kuba ikintu gikomeye cyo kurinda, haba kubuzima bwumubiri ndetse no kumererwa neza mumarangamutima.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-health-selfcare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MORE THAN JUST A PET: HOW ANIMALS BENEFIT OUR MENTAL HEALTH - Firefly Children and Family Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/rw\/resources\/news-library\/more-than-just-a-pet-how-animals-benefit-our-mental-health\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"rw_RW\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MORE THAN JUST A PET: HOW ANIMALS BENEFIT OUR MENTAL HEALTH - Firefly Children and Family Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As I write this article, my fluffy rescue dog Thor is curled up happily at my feet, blissfully ignorant of the global pandemic and all the sudden change and chaos it has brought to our lives. 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