Why The Epstein Economy Needs You To Feel Hopeless - Barry's Economics YouTube video by Barry's Economics

You can have #control.

#Community is key. Showing up works. #Persist.

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There is no such thing as #LearnedHelplessness. There is such a thing as #LearnedControl.

#Neuroscience

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Called to #paint a #portrait of a champion #racehorse. He was being bad, kicking his stall door.
120 lb. elderly groom yelled at him & this 1200 lb. of muscle huddled in a corner. #LearnedHelplessness.
He could have killed groom him with 1 well-placed hoof.

We are not helpless. #Resist #DoYourPart

Achieving the latter may some day achieve the former.
#Texas #votersuppression #learnedhelplessness #Mexico #flood #bluestate

#LearnedHelplessness

#SERE #Torture

Testimony in the pretrial phase has shown that C.I.A. staff and contractors subjected him to waterboarding, rectal abuse and sleep deprivation, among other “enhanced interrogation techniques” to make sure he would cooperate with his interrogators.

Feeling stuck? 🤯 work on Learned Helplessness shows us the path to recovery: Resilience. Learn how to break free from limiting beliefs and cultivate lasting hope. Click the link to start building your resilience toolkit today! #LearnedHelplessness #Resilience #

This is how fascism takes hold. This reply is infuriating.

#trump #fascism #fascismtakeshold #boilingfrogs #whereistherevolt #complacent #excuses #justifications #learnedhelplessness

#LearnedHelplessness

It's a thing.

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Didn't knew dogs had Linkedin too
#Linkedin #Learnedhelplessness

I got my 25 year badge and walked. More than 2 decades of watching the branches (and unions!) reduced to cheap election day rent a crowd was enough. #learnedhelplessness

#anhedonia #conflictrepair #emotionalavoidance #fourhorsemenantidotes #happybeingunhappy #intimacyskills #learnedhelplessness #limitingbeliefs #mentalhealthbasics #microhabitsforgrowth #negativitybias #nervoussystemsafety #personalgrowthplan #relationshiprepair
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Nope. No more. 20 years ago, yes.
This has been a paradigm for 40 years.
Dems were once victims, but are now volunteers.
This paradigm only exists because Dems enable it.
It will only stop when Dems fight it.

MSM is fire. It can be a tool or a weapon.

#LearnedHelplessness

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What is #LearnedHelplessness mentality?
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Martin E. P. Seligman, b. 8/12/1942, a positive Ψ known for his theory of #LearnedHelplessness. #Seligman earned his PhD and is a currently a professor @upenn.edu. #Seligman is a researcher of and outspoken proponent for a stronger focus on individual #WellBeing. #ColorfulPsychologists

Neuroscience has a name for the way so many Jews are feeling today: learned helplessness - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Fortunately, there's something we can do to help.

#learnedhelplessness Really? Get over it. Now. 🇮🇱✡️🥊💪🏼
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Mini: Learned Helplessness Some people use this term incorretly, some don't know it at all. To help get everyone on the same page, we are going to review the history of research that first described this phenomenon. Then, we will give examples of what this might look like in real-life scenarios.  Get ad-free and bonus content: www.patreon.com/wwdwwdpodcast Links and References:  - Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied Behavior Analysis, 3rd Ed. Pearson. - Seligman, M. E., & Maier, S. F. (1967). Failure to escape traumatic shock. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(1), 1–9. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0024514 - Maier, S.F., Seligman, M.E.P., & Solomon, R.L. (1969). Pavlovian fear conditioning and learned helplessness: Effects on escape and avoidance behavior of (a) the CS-US contingency, and (b) the independence of the US and voluntary responding. In: Campbell BA, Church RM, editors. Punishment. New York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts; pp. 299–342

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#ADHD, #Depression and #LearnedHelplessness and trouble disconnect you from who you are, blind you to your assets, and veil paths to achievements.
Several moves later, things get misplaced.

During today's repairs I found: a spare car key, a loose keychain, a dead lost Tile and a battery! SCORE!

“We end up with this #learnedhelplessness in the sense that #Congress chooses to stop trying, because what’s the point?” said Hathaway. “The president has learned that [he] can use #militaryforce without seeking authorities from Congress without consequence.” l.smartnews.com/p-m6PMqUm/6j...

Rethinking Fiscal Power for a Prosperous Future - Scotonomics Rethinking Fiscal Power for a Prosperous Future connects MMT and the Climate Movement to highlight that governments have more space to act.

Discussion Paper launched today. "Rethinking Fiscal Power for a Prosperous Future" Using the #MMT lens to support climate action. Includes a list of MMT climate literature. #LearnedHelplessness scotonomics.scot/policy/rethi...

You’re not unmotivated.
Your nervous system just doesn’t trust that effort will lead to anything different.

That’s not laziness; it’s learned helplessness.

And it can be unlearned.

#learnedhelplessness #nervoussystemhealing #mentalhealth #traumarecovery #selfdiscovery #relationalintelligence

Yeah, enjoy that #HurtMeLess #LearnedHelplessness experience 🤦‍♀️🙄

Control isn’t your true nature, it’s your nervous system on high alert. You weren’t trying to dominate. You were trying to feel safe. But power without safety just keeps the wound open.

#control #traumaresponse #learnedhelplessness #powerless #relationships #relationshipadvice #selfawareness

While many stakeholders in the commercial wildlife industry believe that animals respond to their environments based on instincts alone, science has demonstrated that animals can experience depression-like behaviours. bloodlions.org/theyfeeltoo5/ #learnedhelplessness

#LearnedHelplessness seems to have become exactly our thing.

How U.S. Torture Left a Legacy of Damaged Minds (Published 2016) Beatings, sleep deprivation, menacing and other brutal tactics have led to persistent mental health problems among detainees held in secret C.I.A. prisons and at Guantánamo.

*They based their strategies on the theory of #LearnedHelplessness a phrase coined by the American psychologist Martin E. P. Seligman in the 1960s.
He gave electric shocks to dogs and discovered they stopped resisting once they learned they could not stop the shocks"
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YOUR FAVORITE SONG CAN TELL YOU SO MUCH
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The Epistemic Costs of Erratic Empire When reality loses meaning, the system stalls by design.

“You learn not to plan, not to trust, not to act without checking the wind. The aim is #learnedhelplessness.”

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The Waiting Game: 4 Invisible Things Making Victims Stay Are You Waiting for a Miracle? Why Trauma Keeps You Stuck in Limbo, and 6 Things That Can Help.

“…You may feel unable to make long-term plans…focusing on surviving each day…silently wishing that someone…will step in to resolve everything…”
#cptsdhelp #cptsd #cptsdrecovery #narcissisticabuse #healingresources #learnedhelplessness #magicalthinking #mentalhealth #traumabond #emotionalabuse #ptsd

Some never learn. #LearnedHelplessness? #StockholmSyndrome?

#LearnedHelplessness