Stress and Health — psychology STD 12 Arts — Question

• Types of techniques:

(1) Problem-centric techniques (2) Impulse-centric techniques (3) Ego-saving techniques
(1) Problem-centric techniques:

• Here real work is done against the mood.
• This technique is a real mental process of problem solving.
• Here an attempt is made to reach the mood by reviewing the mood and adopting a logical and constructive technique based on it.
• There are three types of problem-solving techniques.

(a) Facing the problem
(b) Avoid the problem
(c) Adopting a third way
(a) Face the problem:

• Here the person actually faces the problem and tries to eliminate the risk.
• Facing the problem when there are enough resources.
• E.g. the student who failed in the exam tries hard again to pass the exam.

(b) Avoid the problem:

• When a person is not able to face the problem directly, he or she moves away from the problem for the prevention of depression.
• E.g. the failed student drops out.

(c) A third way:

• When the state of mind cannot be changed, the person here adopts a third way to get rid of the state of mind.
• In which resisting mood swings act like increasing or decreasing one's immunity.
• E.g. Students who fail to study try to move forward in things like music, sports.

(2) Impulse-centric techniques:

• Instead of trying to recover, they wallow in their sadness and thus, experience more failure.
• This technique is not problem centered but remedy centered. Which is free from the impulsive effect of mood.
• E.g. Techniques include going for walks, playing sports, listening to music, watching movies, going on the path of addiction like alcohol, engaging in activities like meditation Yogasana etc.

(3) Ego rescue-centric techniques: (rescue techniques):

• Through this technique the person mainly tries to avoid impulsive, harmful situations.
• Who try to defend themselves through various rescue techniques.
• The use of these techniques is a learned response.
• These include rescue techniques such as repression, denial, and rejection, projection elevation, rationalization, and so on.
• Through this defense technique the person tries to alleviate the anxiety of deceiving himself and hiding his failure.
• But overuse can be detrimental to a person's life.