Overcoming Learned Helplessness
4 min readMay 11, 2024
As children, we were helpless to change our fate. We were abused and neglected so severely that our minds did a marvelous thing; it splintered into alters to share our burden. As adults, we often find ourselves in positions where the abuse continues, and we do not leave or seek a better life for ourselves.
This article will take a hard look at learned helplessness.