Romeo And Gretel: Coping Mechanisms

CASE NO. 1

HANSEL & GRETEL

Coping Mechanisms

Petitioner

Gretel used emotional coping mechanisms such as; let her feelings out somehow, try to look at the brighter side of things, thinking positive so she will not get depressed and try to forget the whole thing to cope up in that stressful situations after annulment. “minsan kailangan talaga nating kalimutan na ung past tsaka the impotant is yung present kung paano mo itatama lahat, always pray nalang sa lord”.

Respondent

Hansel used physical coping mechanisms such as; sleep to rest his body and mind, try to make himself better by eating, moderate drinking and smoking to cope up in that stressful situations that he was experienced after their annulment. “Ang ginagawa ko is natutulog ako

He also makes himself feel better by eating, moderate drinking and smoking. “Naglalaan ako ng time para mag exercise at matulog, ng marelax ung katawan ko at utak ko ng sa ganun makapag isip ako ng tama. Umiinom pa din ako para makalimot pero hindi na ganun ka extreme.” Most of the petitioner often used the emotional coping mechanism particularly repression to survive such as; cry a lot, shout at the top of their voice, let their feelings out somehow, try to look at the brighter side of things, think positive to avoid depression, try to keep feelings to their selves, and to refuse to think about it too much. Repression is the act of not allowing a memory, feelings, or desire to be expressed. It involves placing uncomfortable thoughts in relatively inaccessible areas of the subconscious mind. Thus, when things occur that we are unable to cope with now, we push them away, either planning to deal with them at another time or hoping that they will fade away on their own accord. The most basic defense mechanism, because it is involved in each of the others, is repression. Whenever the ego is threatened by undesirable id impulses, it protects itself by repressing those impulses; that is, it forces threatening feelings into the unconscious (Freud,

Sigmund Freud (1894, 1896) stated that “Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies that are unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings”. We use defense mechanisms to protect ourselves from feelings of anxiety or guilt, which arise because we feel threatened, or because our id or superego becomes too demanding. They are not under our conscious control, and are non-voluntarist. Karen Horney (1940s) "developed her mature theory in which individuals cope with the anxiety produced by feeling unsafe, unloved, and undervalued by disowning their spontaneous feelings and developing elaborate strategies of defense. “Coping mechanisms are used to manage an external situation that is creating problems for an