Psychology Assignment: Understanding Stress and Coping Mechanisms

This psychology assignment delves into the student's personal experiences with defence mechanisms like reaction formation and sublimation, illustrating their application in real-life situations. The assignment explores stress coping strategies, identifying six situations that threaten well-being, such as work-related pressures and tense relationships. It outlines a personal plan for stress management, emphasizing problem analysis and the use of psychological defence mechanisms. The assignment also differentiates between problem-solving approaches, highlighting a mechanical solution versus one that requires understanding. References to academic journals and books are provided, supporting the analysis and insights presented. The assignment aims to provide insights into dealing with stress and defence mechanisms.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Situation in which defence mechanism was used by me.................................................................1
Situation in which I know someone was using defence mechanism...............................................1
Stress coping strategies....................................................................................................................1
Six situations that threatened my well- being..............................................................................1
Personal plan that can help to cope up with stress.......................................................................1
One problem that was solved mechanically and one problem that was solved by understanding. .2
REREFENCES................................................................................................................................3

Situation in which defence mechanism was used by me
Reaction formation is a kind of defence mechanism in which a person feels that they
should not show negative emotions and instead of this they react in a positive manner
(SeyedTabaee and et. al., 2018). Many times, even if I don’t like what my co-workers do even if
their doing make me angry at them. I try to praise them and react in a positive manner.
Situation in which I know someone was using defence mechanism
Sublimation is a kind of mechanism which is considered as a positive defence mechanism
Strategy. My brother is an extremely good artist but he only paints when he is disturbed or angry.
He uses painting as a defence mechanism to so that he can reduce his frustration and anger.
Stress coping strategies
Six situations that threatened my well- being
 Many times, in order to fulfil financial needs a person works two jobs which can become a
threat for their well- being as they won’t get personal time for themselves.
 Many people are workaholic and spend most of their time within an organization as a result
they fail to focus on their nutritional diet, rest etc.
 Tense relationship with co-workers can also impact mental health of an individuals as such
kind of tense relation can result in anxiety (Perry, Banon and Bond, 2020).
 In order to avoid anger and frustration I try to focus on taking out my frustration n exercise as
not doing so can threaten both mental and physical well-being.
 Many times, at the time of workload organizations give additional task or work to their
employees which can threaten their well- being.
 When an individual has a meaning full job that satisfies their needs, they give more time to
their bob. This can positively impact their mental well- ness as they would fell less stressful
and even if work pressure occurs, they can handle it quite easily.
Personal plan that can help to cope up with stress
First of all, analysis of problem should be done so that so that one can identify ways in
which problem is affecting or impacting them (Cramer, 2018). Analysis of problem helps an
individual to understand ways in which they can use psychological defence mechanism so that
negative impact of the stressful situation can be reduced.
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One problem that was solved mechanically and one problem that was solved
by understanding
Once in order to unlock my mobile, my brother tried random patterns to unlock my phone
because of which it got permanently locked and in order to unlock it mechanical method was
required. Workload is one of those situation that can impact health of an individual it is one of
those problem that can be resolved by understanding and making top management understand
their employees problems so that they can take proper actions and resolve the problem in a better
and appropriate manner such that employees do not feel over-burdened and work of organization
is also completed.
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REREFENCES
Books and Journals
SeyedTabaee, S.R., and et. al., 2018. Psychological Defense Mechanisms and Alexithymia in
Cancer Patients. Alborz University Medical Journal. 7(2). pp.141-150.
Perry, J.C., Banon, E. and Bond, M., 2020. Change in Defense Mechanisms and Depression in a
Pilot Study of Antidepressive Medications Plus 20 Sessions of Psychotherapy for
Recurrent Major Depression. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 208(4).
pp.261-268.
Cramer, P., 2018. The Development of Defense Mechanisms During the Latency Period. The
Journal of nervous and mental disease. 206(4). pp.286-289.
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