Narcissism Glossary

the feeling that nothing you do matters

🪫 Learned helplessness is the psychological state, after continual exposure to uncontrollable negative experience, of abandoning even the attempt to improve things.

Not weak will — a reaction that repeated experience can produce in anyone.

Often seen in situations like these

After the ignored pleas for help, you simply stop saying anything at all.

When this happens, try this

💡 Make one low-stakes choice yourself — today's drink, say. Perfect outcome or not, briefly noting the fact that you chose and acted is worth something.

Type explanatory concept · Topic Body & mind responses · Term Learned Helplessness · Also known as Learned Helplessness

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