Frustration is defined as the blocking of a desire or need, often stemming from internal or external conditions that inhibit individuals from meeting their basic needs. Common sources include personal challenges, conflicts with others, economic constraints, social customs, and personal deficiencies. While frustration can lead to negative outcomes if perceived as externally controlled, it also serves as a catalyst for problem-solving, productivity, and creativity.

1. Frustation
Sumity

2. Definition
• Blocking of a desire or need
• Failure to satisfy a basic need because of
conditions.
• Frustration occur when the individuals are
not able to get rid himself of his tension.
• Continuous frustation
maladjustment, mental ill- health

3. Causes
• internal or
• external.

4. Internal frustration
• may arise from
– challenges in fulfilling personal goals and
desires,
– lack of confidence or
– fear of social situations.

5. External causes
– conditions outside an individual,
• such as a blocked road or
• a difficult task.

6. Sources of frustration
• Minor obstacles in our environment
– e.g late for an interview and not finding any
conveyance
– Nurse working with too many demands of
patients.
• Conflict with other people
– E.g people with similar motives
– With same power
• Economic deprivation
– E.g not able to fulfil the desire

7. Sources of frustration
• Social customs, tradition, restriction and
taboos
– Laws for students living in hostel
• Personal deficiencies
– E.g limited intelligence
– Sensory deficit
– Physical weakness or illness
• Conflict of motives within the individual.
– E.g desire to study and to watch movie
simultaneously

8. Symptoms
• Positive
• Negative

9. Symptoms
• In positive cases,
– produce action directed at solving the
problem.

10. Symptoms
• In negative cases,
– the individual may perceive the source
of frustration to be outside of their
control,
– thus the frustration will continue to
build,
– leading to further problematic
behavior (e.g. violent reaction).

11. Is frustration desirable?
• It is a necessary addition.
• Learning take place at the instigation
of frustration.
• Responsible for act of productivity
and creativity.

12. Overcoming frustration
• Review the situation again
• Change our goals or modify our
desires
• Substitute our goals by others which
are equally satisfying
• Defense mechanisms

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