Helplessness: Not Yours Alone ~
Published on December 8, 2014
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Preface ~ What is Learned Helplessness?
It might surprise you to discover that sentient beings actually learn to feel helpless. The Learned Helplessness definition--complex and cerebral--that arose from Dr. Martin Seligman's psychology experiments at the University of Pennsylvania (mid 1960's) can be effectively reworded for non-academics and regular folks like you and me to be understood this way:
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When we repeatedly experience painful or otherwise distressing, unpleasant situations/circumstances that we believe are out of our control, we become unable to avoid future pain and distress, even if there do exist ways to avoid the unpleasantness. We have "learned" from our past ineffectiveness that we are powerless over these types of situations, and so we subconsciously "give up" without even trying.
One of the Top Ten Tools we can keep within easy reach in our Life Toolkit is the tool called "How to Unlearn Helplessness." I hope this article gives you an idea of the power of this tool!
How to Unlearn Helplessness ~
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