According to the World Health Organization, more than 700,000 people worldwide die by suicide every year due to mental illness.
Psychological depression has become the second largest human disease after heart disease. This disease not only plagues working adults, but also many students in colleges, middle and primary schools can not avoid the symptoms of psychological depression.
Children's depression may not be just because of "psychological fragility" and "rebelliousness", nor is it so-called "hypocritical", but a mental health problem that requires active attention from teachers, parents, and the society.
The Main Factors Affecting the Psychological Barriers of College Students
The family of origin has a huge impact on a person's mental health.
There is a saying that sums it up very aptly: "A good childhood can heal a lifetime, and a bad childhood takes a lifetime to heal".
The influence of the family of origin on a person's personality, three views and emotional intelligence may last a lifetime.
Just imagine, if a child grows up in a family where parents quarrel, disrespect each other, and cannot feel what love is, what will it be like when they grow up?
Interpersonal problems have increasingly become the trigger for college students' mental health problems.
It is mainly reflected in the immaturity and irrationality when dealing with family, love and friendship.
If the family of origin is not in good condition, it is easier for them to pin their emotions on other channels, such as indulging in love.
When they are hit by lovelorn, these students often have a strong sense of frustration and cannot get out of the shadow of lovelorn because they lack the corresponding emotional control and management ability, which leads to a series of psychological problems.
Some students, because of their own personalities and habits, are unable to devote themselves to normal interpersonal communication, often have friction with their classmates and roommates, and are prone to extreme psychological problems.
Academic and employment pressure.
After some students enter the university, they cannot adapt to the independent and self-disciplined learning method of the university. The professional courses in the university are set on the basis of the teacher's teaching, and more emphasis is placed on individual self-study.
If you can't get rid of the teacher's teaching-based learning method in high school, it is easy to have a relaxed mentality, and the emphasis on courses will decrease, which will eventually lead to academic failure. Only then will you realize the seriousness of the problem, which will cause greater psychological anxiety and pressure.
For graduating seniors, there are no more than two plans for the future: employment or further education.
No matter which one you choose, you are faced with fierce competition and elimination. In addition, parents' expectations are too high, and various pressures are gathered, which is also prone to anxiety and psychological problems.
Solutions to College Students' Psychological Obstacles
The use of positive psychology.
In addition to intervening, guiding and treating the negative psychology of college students in traditional education, and paying attention to individual students with mental health problems, now we are more advocating the application of "positive psychology": more emphasis is placed on stimulating the potential ability of college students, The cultivation and guidance of a positive attitude, cultivate its more positive psychological qualities, including positive thoughts, emotions, character, etc.
Through positive psychology health education, students are guided to use a more positive attitude in the process of dealing with practical difficulties, and use a positive way to solve them.
At the same time, by carrying out positive psychology education, it can enhance their sense of well-being, promote their realization of their own value, and implement self-psychological adjustment with more positive qualities to improve their psychological endurance.
This method greatly enriches the content of mental health education for college students, and has universal applicability.
Positive psychology is no longer the way to solve the psychological problems of individual students in the past "after the sheep", but to build a positive psychological foundation for the majority of students by "preparing for a rainy day" and "preventing problems before they happen".
Pay attention to physical exercise.
Physical exercise will prompt the body to secrete the element of happiness "dopamine".
Many studies have shown that physical exercise can effectively relieve and control the negative emotions of individuals by reducing the mechanism of depression.
A large number of empirical studies have shown that the intensity of physical exercise has a correlation effect with negative emotions. Regular physical exercise can greatly reduce the probability of negative emotions, inhibit individual emotional fluctuations, and alleviate the occurrence of mental diseases.
Physical exercise can not only improve the body's immunity, but also promote friendship between classmates, teachers and the outside world, and increase communication and understanding between them.
Through the continuous adaptation of the body to the stimulation brought by exercise, it can trigger a sense of achievement in which the physiological limit is broken again and again, a sense of control in the face of setbacks and difficulties, and comprehensively improve the physical and mental health of the individual. coping ability.
The mental health education work in colleges and universities can start from the perspective of physical exercise psychology, carry out team building, expansion, sports competitions, etc., and continuously enhance the self-regulation ability of college students in the face of interpersonal communication, cooperation, academic, employment pressure and other problems , and then create a sound personality, eliminate or curb negative emotions, and improve the overall mental health of college students.
Strengthen the online consultation and grooming function.
In the past, psychological counseling in universities was carried out in an offline face-to-face manner. This method has certain limitations: First, the reception time is relatively fixed, generally only the time when the psychological counseling teacher is at work. Face-to-face" is somewhat difficult.
Second, privacy is low.
Students will expose their personal information, which will discourage some students who wish to undergo psychotherapy, but lose the best opportunity for intervention guidance.
Now is the Internet era, and network information is very developed. Taking WeChat as an example, the new way of WeChat to educate college students on mental health not only broadens the channels for solving psychological problems, but also guides them in a way that college students like to hear. It is helpful for the effective development of mental health education and can provide more students with counseling opportunities.
Colleges and universities can also try to cultivate students who are interested in mental health education, and use WeChat to guide them, give full play to the advantages of peer mutual assistance, and let more students truly feel the positive energy brought by mental health education.
(Author: Xu Chi, assistant researcher at the School of Drama, Film and Television, Communication University of China)