Learned Helplessness

This is a social-cognitive skill that relates to the ability to think about your own mental state and the mental states of other people.
It's called a theory because what we believe is going on with other people is just that - a theory.

One can overcome learned helplessness by changing the attribution style, or the way one looks at the causes of events in one’s life.

1. We tend to blame ourselves for the unpleasant situation and need to look towards external causes, instead of focusing on our perceived...

Learn that you don’t need to change your mental state to do what you’re committed to doing.

If you need the perfect mental state and a perfect set of circumstances to do your commitments, this is a fragile system. Anything that keeps you from doing the actions you need to do to get i...