Kusinkhasinkha ndi zomwe zimakhudza thupi ndi ubongo zikuwonekera kwambiri kwa asayansi. Mwachitsanzo, pali zotsatira zakufufuza zakomwe kusinkhasinkha kumakhudza kukalamba kwa thupi kapena momwe kumathandizira kuthana ndi nkhawa.
M'zaka zaposachedwa, kusinkhasinkha mwamaganizidwe kwakhala kotchuka kwambiri, komwe, malinga ndi omutsatira, kumabweretsa zotsatira zabwino zambiri: kumachepetsa kupsinjika, kumachepetsa chiopsezo cha matenda osiyanasiyana, kumayambitsanso malingaliro ndikuwongolera thanzi. Koma pali umboni wocheperako pazotsatira izi, kuphatikiza zambiri zoyeserera. Othandizira kusinkhasinkha uku amatchula zitsanzo zochepa zomwe sizoyimira (monga amonke achi Buddha omwe amasinkhasinkha maola ambiri tsiku lililonse) kapena maphunziro omwe nthawi zambiri sanasinthidwe ndipo sanaphatikizepo magulu owongolera.
Komabe, kafukufuku wofalitsidwa posachedwa mu nyuzipepalayi Tizilombo Psychiatry, imapereka maziko asayansi poti kusinkhasinkha mwamaganizidwe kumasintha momwe ubongo umagwirira ntchito mwa anthu wamba ndipo kumatha kusintha thanzi lawo.
Kuyeserera kusinkhasinkha mozama kumafunikira kukhala ndi moyo "womasuka komanso womvera, wosazindikira ena za kukhalapo kwako pakadali pano," atero a J. David Creswell, pulofesa wothandizirana ndi psychology komanso director Health ndi Human Magwiridwe Laboratory ndi Carnegie Mellon University, amene adatsogolera kafukufukuyu.
Chimodzi mwazovuta za kafukufuku wosinkhasinkha ndi vuto la placebo (monga Wikipedia ikufotokozera, maloboti ndi chinthu chopanda machiritso, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mankhwala, omwe mankhwala ake amathandizira chifukwa chokhudzana ndi chikhulupiriro cha wodwalayo kuti mankhwalawa ndi othandiza). M'maphunziro otere, ena mwa iwo amalandila chithandizo pomwe ena amalandila malowa: pamenepa, amakhulupirira kuti akulandila chithandizo chofanana ndi gulu loyamba. Koma anthu nthawi zambiri amatha kumvetsetsa ngati akusinkhasinkha kapena ayi. Dr. Creswell, mothandizidwa ndi asayansi ochokera kumayunivesite ena angapo, wakwanitsa kupanga chinyengo cha kusinkhasinkha mwamaganizidwe.
Poyamba, amuna ndi akazi 35 osagwira ntchito adasankhidwa kuti adzafufuze, omwe anali kufunafuna ntchito ndipo anali ndi nkhawa yayikulu. Anayezetsa magazi ndikuwunika muubongo. Kenako theka la maphunziro adalandila malangizo osinkhasinkha mwalingaliro; ena onse anali ndi chizolowezi chosinkhasinkha chomwe chimayang'ana kupumula ndikusokonezedwa ndi nkhawa komanso kupsinjika (mwachitsanzo, adafunsidwa kuti achite zolimbitsa thupi). Gulu la osinkhasinkha limayenera kuyang'anitsitsa kutengeka kwa thupi, kuphatikiza zosasangalatsa. Gulu lopumula linkaloledwa kulankhulana wina ndi mzake ndikunyalanyaza zomvera thupi pomwe mtsogoleri wawo amaseka ndikuseka.
Pambuyo masiku atatu, onse omwe atenga nawo mbali adauza ochita kafukufukuwo kuti akumva kuti atsitsimulidwa ndipo ndiosavuta kuthana ndi vuto lakusowa ntchito. Komabe, kusanthula kwaubongo kwa maphunzirowa kunawonetsa kusintha kwa iwo okha omwe amalingalira mozama. Pakhala pali zochitika zochulukirapo m'malo amubongo zomwe zimayankha mayankho pamavuto ndi madera ena okhudzana ndi kusinkhasinkha komanso bata. Kuphatikiza apo, ngakhale miyezi inayi pambuyo pake, iwo omwe anali mgulu losinkhasinkha mwamaganizidwe anali ndi ziwonetsero zochepa zotupa m'magazi awo kuposa omwe ali mgulu lopumula, ngakhale ochepa okha adapitiliza kusinkhasinkha.
Dr. Creswell ndi anzawo amakhulupirira kuti kusintha kwaubongo kunathandizira kuti kuchepa kwamtunduwu kuchepa, ngakhale sizikudziwika kwenikweni. Sizikudziwikanso ngati masiku atatu akusinkhasinkha mosalekeza ndikofunikira kuti mupeze zomwe mukufuna: "Sitikudziwabe za mlingo woyenera," akutero Dr. Creswell.