Learned helplessness occurs when a person who has experienced repeated challenges comes to believe they have no control over their situation. They then give up trying to make changes and accept their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lesley Broff is a licensed social worker who graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with her Master’s degree in Social Work.

**CONTENT WARNING** This story mentions the topic of abusive relationships. Sometimes, it’s hard to keep pushing yourself to accomplish something when it feels like you’ve struck out so many ...

“What is the difference between true acceptance and learned helplessness?” a reader asks, In January 2022 in my post Learned Helplessness, Brain Injury, and the Pandemic, I wrote that Maier and ...

As someone who teaches death and dying—and as a person who has experienced loss (who hasn’t?)—I’m intimately familiar with the concept of acceptance. In these models, acceptance is the goal, I tell my ...

A few years ago some friends got a new Golden Retriever puppy named Sugar. When I first met Sugar, she was a ball of fur and energy. Picture this: a golden streak dashing across the yard, eyes ...

Somewhere along the way, working hard became a thing of the past for some. Effort? Cringe. Optimism? Please. In some workplaces, skepticism trumps enthusiasm, sarcasm wins more respect than passion, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes, it’s hard to keep pushing yourself to accomplish something when it feels like you’ve struck out so many ...