Rorschach Coping Case Study

Rorschach Coping
The Coping domain examines the extent to which individuals cope during stressful situations. Ms. M’s results indicated that she has a high tolerance for stressful situations. However, she is experiencing more stress than she can adequately tolerate, which caused her to experience some distress. Specifically, her need stated are not being adequately met and she is preoccupied on her perceived negative features. Her negative self-inspecting behaviors, then, have caused her to feel discomfort that manifests as shame and/or guilt.

Rorschach Situational Stress
The Situational Stress domain evaluates whether or not an individuals’ responses on the Rorschach are caused by situational factors. Ms. M’s results suggested that

Ms. M’s results suggested that she does not trust her environment. Her mistrust is also directed towards other people because she is uncertain how other people will react to her. Therefore, she exudes a lot of effort towards safeguarding her behavior when around other people. However, the amount of effort she puts forth negatively affects her self-perception, as she has a pessimistic view of herself. The pessimism and mistrust towards her environment also negatively affect her problem solving and decision making

The results suggested that Ms. M is vulnerable to emotional disruptions. Specifically, she is often confused by situations in which emotion is involved, experiences feelings more intensely than others, and struggles bringing closure to emotional situations. In addition, she is not very careful about modulating her emotional discharges, which is noticeable to others. Moreover, Ms. M may be experiencing some significant anger, which influences her overall view of her environment, and affects her decision making, problem solving, and coping. Her anger also hinders her from having close relationships with others. Ms. M’s emotional issues are causing her to experience some distress. Her distress may manifest as depression, anxiety, apprehension, or other various issues (i.e., lethargy and insomnia). Moreover, she is often confused by her feelings and inconsistently uses them to make decisions. In addition, Ms. M may deal with her feelings on an intellectual level, which creates a sense of denial where she is unable to comprehensively understand the impact of situations. Overall, Ms. M suffers from the presence of a very painful emotion, which has negatively impacted her psychological functioning. It will effect attention, concentration, thinking, and