Prudence, obedience to authority, detachment from things and strict etiquette have cultivated people's authority consciousness and conservative dependence psychology tangibly and invisibly. China people's closed mentality is also obvious in character. China people appreciate mature and steady characters, such as contentment, patience and no impulsiveness. China people can feel their defensive and closed psychology in books such as Sanzi Jing and Zengguang Xianwen. When encountering problems, they lack the positive mentality of actively exploring and seeking solutions, and hold the negative thoughts of resignation.
2. Increased work intensity and responsibilities.
In the past, the phenomenon of "a cup of tea, a cigarette, a newspaper for a long time" no longer exists. With the rapid development of economy and society, the society and people have higher and higher requirements for the management level of the government, and the responsibilities and challenges of the government are also increasing. This kind of responsibility and requirement naturally shifts to civil servants, requiring them to keep pace with the times and constantly enhance their ability to cope with pressures and challenges. Civil servants may be eliminated at any time if they lack a sense of urgency and do not make progress. Especially in recent years, the measures implemented in the civil service reform, such as competitive appointment system, accountability system and open selection system, have brought great pressure to civil servants.
3. Organ interpersonal relationship
Many newspapers and magazines have made a big fuss about the interpersonal relationship of institutions, or humorous, or gagged, or severely criticized. The hidden rules that are popular in institutions are a threshold that most people cannot cross. Not only individual leaders have paternalistic style, but also are in charge of the development of civil servants. More often, there are taboo words between departments and colleagues, fearing that a word will carry an immature and unsophisticated "reputation" and ruin their career prospects. You can't say what you want, do what you want, say what you don't want, and do what you don't want. Lack of unique personality will inevitably increase great psychological pressure.
4. Economic pressure
Civil servants advocate the purpose of dedication and service, and establish the public image of people's public servants, which is quite different from the official standard treatment in traditional thought. Because China is a developing country with economic construction as the center, the treatment of civil servants cannot be divorced from the commercial society. We can easily find from the salary list of civil servants that their salaries are usually more shy than those of other upper-middle income industries. Many leading cadres are trapped in prison because they can't refuse luxury enjoyment. Necessary material constraints are the first threshold for the healthy life of civil servants.
5. Family pressure
Due to the particularity of civil servants, family members generally have high expectations for civil servants. In real life, it is easy for relatives and friends to come to the door for help. Many civil servants are unbearable and have a great psychological gap. When encountering special jobs and certain special periods, it is even more difficult to communicate with family members, and family imbalance is common.
6. Professional role pressure
Because civil servants must abide by policies, disciplines and procedures when performing official duties, rational requirements hinder the development of civil servants' personality, and public responsibility challenges civil servants' limited personal ability. The service group they face is the general public, and the cultural quality of the social population is uneven. The society and the general public are increasingly demanding the role of civil servants, which easily causes some obstacles in their work communication. Every move of civil servants represents the image of the party and the country, and plays a guiding and exemplary role for the masses, which requires civil servants to have stronger endurance and more understanding of the people, which is undoubtedly an important aspect that brings psychological pressure to civil servants.
7. Career achievement pressure
The need theory put forward by Maslow, a famous American psychologist, in 1968 has been widely accepted and paid attention to. This theory divides human needs into five levels: physiological needs, security needs, love and belonging needs, respect needs and self-realization needs. In the civil service, the physiological and safety needs are guaranteed, but because the average educational level of civil servants is relatively high, the demand for the latter three needs is stronger. I hope to establish a good emotional connection with others in my own life circle, get high praise and respect from others, experience my own strength and value, enhance my self-confidence, maximize my potential, constantly improve myself, accomplish things commensurate with my abilities, and realize my ideal needs. These good wishes are the tireless motivation and source of civil servants. The particularity of the competition between the party and government system leads to the natural psychological closure of civil servants, and fierce group competition increases the psychological pressure of civil servants. How can we do our job well and excel in the same industry and department at the same level? In the mental health survey, a government official pointedly pointed out: "How should we behave? What kind of person are you? Do you want to be secular How to deal with the relationship between superiors and subordinates? These problems are tormenting us at any time. It is inappropriate to talk about the way of the world at work, and it is inevitable to be accused behind the scenes if you don't talk about the way of the world, and even cause more serious consequences. At present, the work of cadres needs public comment, and the selection of cadres needs public opinion evaluation or recommendation. Usually, people's emotions and interpersonal relationships are not considered, and they may be scored low at key times. There is also a general problem. If you are not close to your superiors, you are likely to get a cold shoulder and have fewer opportunities for promotion than others. " The most important thing is that due to the restriction of the civil service mechanism and fierce competition, they try their best to enter the office, but they are not necessarily interested in their own industry. It is easy to fall into the dilemma of "abandoning it and eating it tasteless" in his career, which is also a reason for bringing great psychological hidden dangers to civil servants.
8. The social support mechanism is not perfect, and civil servants themselves lack self-care awareness.
In recent years, social psychology, sales psychology and other knowledge have been widely used in our employees, and various performance trainings for employees are also in full swing. However, the development of China's psychological counseling industry lags far behind that of western developed countries, especially the psychological counseling of civil servants, which is a blank. Hong Kong has set up auxiliary institutions for civil servants' public welfare psychological counseling, and foreign civil servants' psychological counseling is more diverse. It takes a long time for new things to be widely accepted in government agencies, especially for the government to destroy the old ideas inherent in the previous leaders and re-import new ideas. Organizations have always attached importance to the publicity and education of ideological and political work, but they have also despised or even ignored the psychological health care of civil servants. As the exercisers of public power, civil servants bear huge public responsibilities, and their psychological plight has not been paid due attention. In addition, the special working nature and working environment have caused a serious lack of channels to vent and channel their psychological difficulties. The government and society are duty-bound to help civil servants get out of their psychological predicament and protect their mental health.
Influenced by traditional ideas and social factors, civil servants themselves are even more afraid of illness and medical treatment. Most people artificially package themselves and try their best to maintain their good image. Although many people have the desire to talk about their troubles, they can't find someone to talk to. At ordinary times, friends on the wine table and poker table are busy socializing, and no one is seen at critical times; Don't be too transparent in front of subordinates and superiors, for fear of bad influence; Parents don't want to talk, because they don't understand, there is a generation gap; You can't say it in front of your lover and children, lest they worry. An authoritative survey found that only 30.77% of civil servants would talk to their families when they were particularly depressed. 7.69% talked to colleagues; 20.5 1% chatting with friends; 43.59% take other ways to get rid of it (some people directly say that they will be annoyed at ordinary times), and most people choose their own adjustment methods to eliminate troubles and pressures. However, psychology has not reached the basic level of popularization in China, so many people simply don't understand the methods of self-psychological counseling and emotional adjustment, and it is easy to accumulate old things and become new ones, which becomes another important factor of mental illness.
9. Cognitive bias caused by irrational cognitive methods
The official career, work and life of civil servants cannot be smooth sailing. They often encounter all kinds of unsatisfactory things, and even encounter some setbacks and difficulties, such as unfair assessment and rewards and punishments, long-term failure to be promoted, incomprehension of superiors and colleagues, and difficulty in adapting to existing positions. The rational cognitive method of frustration is to face it squarely and actively find ways to solve it. On the contrary, irrational cognitive style will often make civil servants fall into some misunderstandings, leading to negative pessimism.