Unlearning Learned Helplessness
One can overcome learned helplessness by changing the attribution style, or the way one looks at the causes of events in one’s life.
- We tend to blame ourselves for the unpleasant situation and need to look towards external causes, instead of focusing on our perceived bad traits.
- We seem to assume that things are permanent and the bad situation will always remain so, which is not the case.
- We assume that the problem will be consistent in all environments, and need to localize the bad experience, instead of making it a pervasive one in our minds.
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