Background: The number of college students suffering from mental diseases has gradually increased. Nowadays, the prevalence of psychological diseases such as anxiety and depression among college students is increasing year by year, which has greatly affected students' study, life, employment and career choice, resulting in an increase in the frequency of psychological diseases such as employment anxiety, learning anxiety and social anxiety. Therefore, finding a way to alleviate students' negative emotions has always been a research hotspot in the academic circles. From the perspective of positive psychology, the research puts forward the ways and strategies to realize the reform of Ideological and Political Education (IPE) in colleges and universities, so as to better educate college students and cultivate their good moral character. Subjects and methods: In a city, select a university as the research site. In this university, volunteers are recruited through campus network, official account and other channels to conduct experiments. After screening, 70 volunteer students were selected to conduct this experiment. 70 students were divided into two groups by drawing lots, which were recorded as the group A and the group B, group B A, the ways and strategies to realize the reform of IPE proposed by the research are used for teaching. For the group B, the traditional IPE was used. After using different teaching paths for the same period of time, the scale tool is used to investigate the students' mental health and psychological stress. Results: Before teaching, the anxiety level of the two groups was equal. After teaching, the anxiety symptoms of the students who use the path and strategy proposed by the research to realize the reform of IPE disappear completely. The anxiety symptoms of the group B were not significantly relieved. Conclusions: From high school to university, it indicates that students' life has entered a new stage. In recent years, the number of college students suffering from mental diseases has gradually increased. From the perspective of positive psychology, the research puts forward the ways and strategies to realize the reform of IPE, so as to better educate college students and cultivate their good moral character. The results showed that the two groups of students had the same level of anxiety before teaching. After teaching for a period of time, the anxiety symptoms of students who use the path and strategy proposed by the research to realize the reform of IPE disappear completely. It shows that the strategies proposed in the study can realize the teaching reform of ideological and political education.
