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Learned Helplessness Can Create A Cycle Of Negative Thinking—Here's How To Overcome It, Experts Say
This psychological phenomenon is called learned helplessness: It’s the belief that you have limited control over what happens to you and nothing you do will improve your circumstances ...
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Therapist Reveals 4 Signs You Were Raised By A ‘Misattuned Helicopter Parent’ And It's Affecting You Now
Helicopter parenting gets a lot of criticism as overly intrusive and responsible for a sense of learned helplessness among ...
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Trapped by Money Fears? How to Escape Financial Learned Helplessness
Feeling powerless over your finances? Break free from learned helplessness and take control of your financial future with ...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute10y
Janelia scientists are learning how the brain switches between random and strategic modes.
Because the behavior of animals stuck in this random mode bears some resemblance to that of patients affected by a psychological condition called learned helplessness, the findings may help explain ...
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Reigniting the Hope Circuit and Finding Meaning This Season
As we slow down and reflect this holiday season, it is important to gift yourself compassion and connection rather than ...
Times of Malta26d
Pessimism is so easy
Researchers and analysts often refer to this state of mind and its associated behaviours as learned helplessness. This sense of helplessness is often temporary and contingent on circumstance but ...