Learned helplessness occurs when an individual continuously faces a negative, uncontrollable situation and stops trying to change their circumstances, even when they have the ability to do so. For ...

There’s a scientific term for the feeling that nothing you do matters: learned helplessness. It is a state experienced by all humans (and most animals) in response to enduring negative stimuli. In ...

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