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Is Learned Helplessness Preventing You from Overcoming Trauma? A Therapist Explains

Learned helplessness. I’d heard the term before, but conflated it with weaponized incompetence, a phenomenon where someone (usually the male partner in a hetero relationship) exerts little or no ...
Psychology Today

How Optimism Combats Learned Helplessness in Relationships

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." – Thomas Edison Imagine facing a series of unfortunate events where no matter what you ...
Salon

Feel like nothing you do matters? It may be “learned helplessness”

In the modern world, we can become overwhelmed with news of the collapse of our ecosystem, the chances of another pandemic, and global warfare, plus the latest political crisis — all within 15 minutes ...
AOL

Learned Helplessness Is Holding You Back. Here's How To Overcome It.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." **CONTENT WARNING** This story mentions the topic of abusive relationships. Sometimes, it’s hard to keep ...
Women's Health

Learned Helplessness Can Create A Cycle Of Negative Thinking—Here's How To Overcome It, Experts Say

**CONTENT WARNING** This story mentions the topic of abusive relationships. Sometimes, it’s hard to keep pushing yourself to accomplish something when it feels like you’ve struck out so many ...
Psychology Today

Learned Helplessness, Brain Injury, and the Pandemic

Learned helplessness fascinated me as a psychology student at the University of Toronto. Seligman and Maier in 1967 came up with the term to describe a passive state in the face of shock. They ...