• PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS

• CLASS ASSIGNMENT (GROUP-7)

• PRESENTED BY-
• AYESHA
• RADHIKA
• PALAK
• MANSA
• TANYA
• MANYA
• PRABLE
• KHYATI
HAPPINESS AND IT’S MENTAL
ASPECTS: PREVENTING MENTAL
DISTRESS
CONTENT
• WHAT IS MENTAL DISTESS
• SOME TYPES OF MENTAL DISTRESS
• FACTOR REGARDING MENTAL DISTRESS
• METHOD TO PREVENT MENTAL DISTRESS
• MENTAL STRESS IN MODERN WORLD REGARDING OVID-19
SITUATION
What is mental distress
BY-AYESHA
Mental distress is the unpleasant feelings or emotions that happens when you are faced
with stressors that you are unable to cope with. These emotions and feelings can affect
our daily life, work, and also our relationship with other people. It includes anxiety,
depression and some other symptoms like sleep problem, headache, muscle tension, body
pains, etc.
Mental distress (or psychological distress) is a term used, both by some mental health
practitioners and users of mental health services, to describe a range of symptoms and
experiences of a persons internal life that are commonly held to be troubling ,confusing or
out of the ordinary.
Is distress a mental illness? There is no clinical diagnosis of mental distress. Anyone can
experience it, and it can be a part of a mental health disorder. It can sometimes be hard to
distinguish between emotional distress and depression or anxiety.
Mental conditions may include difficulty in anger management ,compulsive /obsessive
behaviour, a significant change in social behaviour, and mood swings. Minor mental
distress cases are caused by stress in daily life such, as forgetting car keys, or being late for
an event.
• What does distress do to the brain ? Stress affects not only memory and many other brain
functions, like mood and anxiety, but also promotes inflammation, which adversely affects heart
health. Distress is a normal human emotion, not a disorder. Distress describes the negative kind of
stress that most people associate with feeling “stressed out”. Distress tends to cause people to feel
overwhelmed, anxious, and to experience physical and psychological symptoms like headaches ,
tension, insomnia, inattentiveness or irritability.
 Some types of mental distress
BY-RADHIKA
1.Anxiety disorders
2. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
3. Depression
4. Manic depressive disorder
 ANXIETY DISORDER

• Anxiety is a state of apprehension and fear resulting from the anticipation of a

threatening event or situation. It is basically the sense of uneasiness, distress or
dread we feel before any particular event.
• Anxiety tends to cause people to experience restlessness, fatigue, problems in
concentration and some people might also experience severe headache, nausea
and trembling. It keeps people from sleeping, expressing themselves and even
leaving their home
• When normal anxiety becomes irrational and begins to interfere with daily life it
is classified as a disorder.
 POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

• Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may possibly develop after you happen to
be exposed to more than one traumatic events, like sexual assault, warfare,
serious injury, as well as threats of impending death. PTSD affects normal life
and functioning of the person.
• In the first days and weeks after a traumatic event, people often experience
strong feelings of fear, sadness, guilt, anger, or grief. These feelings often resolve
on their own, and if the stress continues to interfere in the daily life, it may mean
that the person has developed PTSD or another mental health condition.
• A person with PTSD may experience difficulties such as- they often hallucinate,
have nightmares and have flashbacks of the traumatic events that caused them
trouble, they push away things or people or memories that remind them of the
trauma, they get really negative and distressing thoughts or feelings such as guilt.
 DEPRESSION
• Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person’s thoughts,
behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. People with depression can feel sad, anxious, empty,
hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, ashamed or even restless. They may also lose
interest in activities that they once found pleasurable, they experience loss of appetite or
overeating, they have problems concentrating and remembering details.
• Although depression may occur only once during your life, people typically have multiple
episodes. During these episodes, symptoms occur most of the day, nearly every day and may
include sleep disturbances, including insomnia or sleeping too much, trouble thinking,
concentrating, making decisions and remembering things, feelings of worthlessness or guilt
Frequent or recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts or suicide.
• We can prevent depression by taking steps to control stress, reaching out to family and friends,
getting treatment at the earliest sign of the problem.
 MANIC DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
• Manic depression, now known as bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that
causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania) and lows
(depression). When your mood shifts to mania or hypomania which is less extreme than
mania, you may feel, full of energy or unusually irritable. These mood swings can affect
sleep, energy, activity, judgment, behaviour and the ability to think clearly.
• Symptoms of bipolar disorder depend on which mood you’re experiencing. Unlike
normal mood swings, each tremendous episode of bipolar disorder can last for several
weeks or even longer, and some people may not experience a “normal” mood very
frequently.
• Symptoms of mania may include excessive happiness, being hopeful, and being excited,
people may show poor judgment, they make grand and unrealistic plans, they suddenly
change from being joyful to being irritable.
• Whereas symptoms of lows (depression) may include feelings of hopelessness or
worthlessness, trouble making decisions, Insomnia, appetite changes that make them
lose or gain weight, they attempt suicide.
Factor regarding mental
distress
BY-PALAK,MANSA
B
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
• Child trauma refers to a scary, dangerous, violent or life threatening
event that happens to a child (0-18 years of age). This types of event
may also happen to someone your child knows and your child is
impacted as a result of seeing or hearing about the other person
being hurt or injured.

• Childhood trauma Is often described as serious adverse childhood

experience. Children may go through a range of experience that
classify as psychological trauma. These might include neglect,
abandonment.
SOCIAL ISOLATION
• Social Isolation is a lack of social connections. Social isolation can lead to
loneliness in some people while others can feel lonely without being socially
isolated.

• All type of social isolation can include staying home for lengthy period of time,
Having no communication with family, acquaintance or friendly, and willfully
avoiding any content with other humans when those opportunities do arise.
• Long term physical condition and mental health Long term physical Kasat
condition such as diabetes arthritis as asthma can have a significant impact on
your mental health Long term physical condition are those which can’t currently
be cured but can be managed with medication ar other treatment they are also
known as chronic condition for the example -asthma ,arthritis,epilepsy,chronic
fatigue syndrome and high blood pressure You many find having a long term
physical condition affects many areas of your life including your Relationship your
ability to work your finances and your mental healthJob loss and unemployment
stressWhile the stress of losing a job can seem overthinking,there are many
things you can do to take control of the situation,maintain your spirits ,and find a
renewed sense of purposeThe stress of losing a jobOur jobs are often more than
just the way we many a living they influence how we see our selves ,as well as the
way other see us .even if you a social outlet and gave a structure,purpose,and
meaning to your life .suddenly finding yourself out of work can leave you feeling
hurt ,angry,ar depressed you might be questioning your identity,grieving all that
you’ve lost or feding anxious about what the future hold .
Methods to prevent mental
distress
BY-TANYA,MANYA
Find a balance
It is better to be comfortably busy than being overwhelmed with
the tasks you have at hand. It is always better to proceed at your
own pace.

Work with a professional

Mental health professional or a therapist can help you find various
ways through which you can cope with mental distress.

Be kind to yourself
It is important to understand that you are not weak just because you
are mentally distressed. There are various stressors in our lives and
also people who are ready to help us get through them.
Lean on the people you trust Reach
out to the people you trust, such as a family member, friend or co-worker before
you reach an end point. Sharing your feelings or concerns may help you.

Eat and drink to optimize your health

Some people try to cope by drinking alcohol or eating too much. These actions
may seem to help in the moment, but actually may worsen their situation in the
long run, due to their dependance. Caffeine in excess can be harmful as well.
Consuming a healthy, balanced diet can help.

Examine your values and live by them

The more your actions reflect your beliefs, the better you will feel, no matter how
busy your life is. Use your values when choosing your activities.
● Exercise regularly
● In addition to having physical health benefits, exercise has been shown to be a powerful stress
reliever. Consider non-competitive aerobic exercise, strengthening with weights, or movement
activities like yoga or Tai Chi, and set reasonable goals for yourself. Aerobic exercise has been
shown to release endorphins--natural substances(hormones) that help you feel better and
maintain a positive attitude.

● Support and Counselling, Support Groups

● In counselling, people talk about their problems with a health professional. Counselling
relationships are respectful, caring and accepting. Supportive counselling or person-centered
therapy is one type of counselling. Supportive counsellors will support you, listen to you and
help you talk about your problems.
● Support groups bring together people who are going through or have gone through similar
experiences. A support group will provide you with an opportunity to connect with people with
whom you can share personal experiences and feelings, learn about mental distress and coping
strategies, and support each other. 
MENTAL STRESS IN MODERN WORLD
REGARDING COVID 19 SITUATION
-KHYATI,PRABLE
At the time of  the pandemic people were guided to wash their hands regularly (when you
come from outside or you are at home you should have to wash your hands for at least 2
min)
•(Things starts becoming more worst when the recovery rate were lower than the death rate.)
•People started getting panic from Covid 19, which effected their mental health in a different
way.
•According to the research some people were diagnosed with the OCD(obsessive-
compulsive disorder) and  DEPRESSION because of the fear of COVID as they were in a
habit of washing their hands in every  5/10 min and in some cases, we have found they have
even tried to clean their mouth with the sanitizer  which made the things more difficult.
Washing the hands again and again may cause them a serious disease beside knowing this
they were afraid of covid and kept on repeating these things.
•COVID 19 had become a fear among these people, According to them they can’t even
breath properly  every time they are having irrational thoughts like we would get covid and
eventually would die. They even ask their families to wash their hand regularly, isolate
themselves, sanitization of the house and washing the things which they bought from the
market and these thing not only impacting their life as well as their families life and there
mental health.
• According to the study When the pandemic transmitted to India 43% of the Indians were
suffering from the depression in which 26% were suffering from mild depression, 11%
were suffering from moderately  depression, and 6% were facing severe symptoms of
depression. 
• To monitor the severity of depression in the respondents, the study relied on self-
administered Patient Health Questionnaire or PHQ-9 (a form of primary care evaluation
of mental disorders).It took into account nine aspects of an individual’s daily routine,
including interest levels in activities, appetite, sleep cycles, ability to concentrate, and
energy levels. Researcher's study indicates that an increasing number of people across
the country are dealing with mental health issues triggered by the spread of the corona
virus
• Those feeling depressed complained of having little interest or pleasure in doing things,
feeling hopeless, dealing with erratic sleep cycles, poor eating habits, low levels of
energy, low self esteem, having trouble concentrating, being restless, and having
thoughts of self harm. “More than 59% of the population said they had little pleasure in
doing things these days, out of which 38% have this feeling on a few days and 9% feel
so more than half of the days. Nearly 12% felt this way almost every day in these times,”
the study said.
• Research from previous epidemics/pandemics (such as the SARS outbreak from
2003, the MERS epidemic from 2012 or Ebola outbreaks in West Africa) shows that
healthcare professionals can experience a broad range of psychological morbidities,
including trauma, which might endure for many months after the outbreak. The
relationship between traumatic life events and suicide is well documented and
trauma from disaster events can increase suicidal ideation in emergency workers.
Fears over risk to health and social isolation contribute to psychological distress, as
do perceptions of ‘infection stigma’ from the community. However, the negative
effects on mental health can be found in doctors irrespective of whether or not they
worked directly with infected patients. Although the strains of front-line healthcare
during an infectious outbreak can lead to sickness absence and higher staff turn-over,
most evidence suggests that doctors and nurses feel a strong professional obligation
to continue working in spite of the danger. However, given the pressures of needing
to maintain high-quality healthcare provision during a pandemic, combined with
doctors’ reluctance to seek help or disclose their difficulties, it is possible that this
kind of professional commitment might relate strongly to presenteeism. Indeed, a
recent review reported that physicians were at the highest risk of ‘infectious illness
presenteeism’ when compared with a range of other occupational groups.
• Physical isolation, compounded by the stress of the health crisis and its disruption to daily life, is having a
psychological impact. The Lancet, a leading medical journal, published a review of previous studies that
found a high incidence of irritability, depression, and emotional exhaustion among people in quarantine.
Another recent study that focused on China in early 2020 found that anxiety increased during
quarantines, especially among the elderly, who are more likely to live alone.

• Coping
• Stay connected and maintain your social networks. Try as much as possible to keep your personal daily
routines or create new routines if circumstances change. If health authorities have recommended limiting
your physical social contact to contain the outbreak, you can stay connected via telephone, e-mail, social
media or  video conference. 29. During times of stress, pay attention to your own needs and feelings.
Engage in healthy activities that you enjoy and find relaxing. Exercise regularly, keep regular sleep
routines and eat healthy food. Keep things in perspective. Public health agencies and experts in all
countries are working on the outbreak to ensure the availability of the best care to those affected 
THANK YOU