Stress and Health — psychology STD 12 Arts — Question

• The 20th century was a century of anxiety. While the 21st century is known as the century of mindfulness.
• The cause of many physical ailments is depression.
• There are three places of origin of mindfulness.

(1) Traumatic events (2) Recent life events (2) Everyday difficulties
(1) Make shocking:

• A traumatic accident or situation that occurs suddenly causes depression.
• The negative effects of this attitude are long lasting on many people.
• Side effects can be seen even after the incident.
• The person often experiences the horror of the event.
• The thought or conversation of the event is frightening. Sometimes nightmares come, the negative effects of this mood swings are intense and harmful.
• These include fires, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, wars, kidnappings, terrorism.
• For example, the 2001 Gujarat earthquake
• 2004 South Indian tsunami
• 2008 Terrorist attack on Bombay
• Includes 2015 floods in Uttarakhand.

(2) Recent events in life

• Events that happen suddenly in a person's life produce mood swings.
• Since such events are of different forms, they have different proportions.
• These include death of a family member, not getting married, divorce, unemployment, financial crisis, long term illness, retirement, loss of money invested in an organization, recession etc.

(3) Everyday difficulties

• The small and big events or difficulties in daily life produce mood swings.
• If these difficulties persist for a long time, it causes intense depression.
• E.g. Everyday difficulties include updating for daily chores, coping with traffic, saving housewife time from work and maintenance, getting sick during exams, frequent vehicle breakdowns, not running a pen during exams, etc.