Personality is defined as the characteristic set of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors.

The need to develop one's potential fully

• Sometimes anxiety and tension are associated with obsessions—persistent unwanted thoughts, impulses or ideas or compulsions—seemingly irrational behaviours repeatedly carried out in a fixed, repetitive way.

• People with obsessive-compulsive disorders find their obsessions or compulsions distressing and debilitating but feel unable to stop them.
• The compulsive actions are usually carried on to alleviate the anxiety caused by obsessions. A person provoked with anxious thoughts may try to block them out by compulsively counting steps while walking. Another person obsessed with the idea that he is guilty or dirty, may wash his hands every few minutes, sometimes till the bleed.
• The symptoms of OCD include a contamination - an obsession of contamination followed by washing or compulsive avoidance of the object. Shame and disgust and the feeling of being easily contaminated are common. Patients usually believe that the contamination is spread from object to object or person to person by the slightest contact.

Gardener is a person who tends and cultivates a garden as a pastime or for a living.

The situationist perspective views human behaviour as resulting from interaction of external and internal factors. It is product of traits and environmental factors.

This approach believes that external factors play more important role to determine individual differences.

1837, The first organised programme for the retarded was started in 1837 by a French psychiatrist named Seguin.

Cognitive aspect of stress: Stress is usually a mental pressure exerted due to fatigue or excessive work. Constant stress will effect the mind and body. It can lead to physical and mental problems. Whenever you are stressed beyond a certain point, it can start damaging your well-being. We call it as cognitive aspect of stress.

1. Inability to concentrate
2. Poor judgement
3. Seeing only negative
4. Anxiety or racing thoughts or constant worrying.
   i. Inability to concentrate: When the mind is having some stress it leads to mental distraction which reduces the ability to concentrate.
   ii.Seeing only negative: It is rightly said that the way we think we become the same. When our brain focusses on negative things the cognitive development will be full of criticism.

Three techniques to overcomes stress are:

1. Avoid people who stress you: Limit the amount of time you spend with' that person or slowly end the relationship entirely.
2. Manage your time better: Plan the things well in advance and do not overload yourself. Do not occupy yourself with work as per schedule.
3. Focus on positive: Negative thinking always creates stress and tension. 'Letting go' attitude is much better and focus on things that can bring positivity. Positive thinking brings the stress level down.
4. Get enough sleep: Adequate amount of rest and sleep fuels your mind as well as your body. Feeling tired will increase your risk of stress.
5. Keep your goal within your reach: Sometimes we set so higher aim which is very difficult to achieve. We must know about our capabilities and then set realistic goal otherwise it may Iead to chronic stress.
6. Learn to forgive: We all human beings make mistakes so one must learn to forgive to free yourself from negative energy and move on ahead in life.
7. Go for recreation: It is the best way to engage yourself in sports and remove any kind of tension and stress in your life. It recharges your batteries.

Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour in a given context.

According to Richard Lazarus, stress is a two-way process; it involves the production of stressors by the environment, and the response of an individual subjected to these stressors. His conception regarding stress led to the theory of cognitive appraisal.

by Lazarus and Folkman

The model "Theory of Cognitive Appraisal" was proposed by Lazarus and Folkman in 1984 and it explained the mental process which influence of the stressors.

According to Richard Lazarus, stress is a two-way process; it involves the production of stressors by the environment, and the response of an individual subjected to these stressors. His conception regarding stress led to the theory of cognitive appraisal.

What is Cognitive Appraisal?

Lazarus stated that cognitive appraisal occurs when a person considers two major factors that majorly contribute in his response to stress. These two factors include:

1. The threatening tendency of the stress to the individual, and
2. The assessment of resources required to minimize, tolerate or eradicate the stressor and the stress it produces.

In general, cognitive appraisal is divided into two types or stages: primary and secondary appraisal.