I’m not the default parent. I’m the parent who schedules a student/counselor/parent meeting at the wrong time then can’t successfully reschedule it because I don’t have PowerSchool access. 🤷🏻♀️ #learnedhelplessness
November 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I’m not the default parent. I’m the parent who schedules a student/counselor/parent meeting at the wrong time then can’t successfully reschedule it because I don’t have PowerSchool access. 🤷🏻♀️ #learnedhelplessness
Yes vagus nerve fatigue can last for years at a time if the enviornemnt prevents recovery, triggers vary by individual. Some people can maintain partial functionality like holding a job despite it, others and neurodivergents in particular can become extremely dysfunctional. #learnedhelplessness
Is the reason I’m tired all day every day that every day the world seems to come apart a little more? Every day is Dorsal Vagal Shutdown?
Feels like I’ve been here since 2020.
Hard to do this for 6 years, you guys.
Feels like I’ve been here since 2020.
Hard to do this for 6 years, you guys.
November 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Yes vagus nerve fatigue can last for years at a time if the enviornemnt prevents recovery, triggers vary by individual. Some people can maintain partial functionality like holding a job despite it, others and neurodivergents in particular can become extremely dysfunctional. #learnedhelplessness
Learned helplessness got it backward: in rats, passivity is the brain's default under uncontrollable stress. What's learned is control, detected by the prefrontal cortex, which quiets a brainstem alarm. #learnedhelplessness #neuroscience
October 28, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Learned helplessness got it backward: in rats, passivity is the brain's default under uncontrollable stress. What's learned is control, detected by the prefrontal cortex, which quiets a brainstem alarm. #learnedhelplessness #neuroscience
I menu plan and cook every meal. This week Tues-Thurs says "I'm in the theatre, feed yourself"
Mr Nes doesn't eat dinner if he's not handed it, so I've provided him options for reheating
I'm going to have to send all caps messages that say "EAT THE COTTAGE PIE" "EAT THE PIZZA"
#LearnedHelplessness
Mr Nes doesn't eat dinner if he's not handed it, so I've provided him options for reheating
I'm going to have to send all caps messages that say "EAT THE COTTAGE PIE" "EAT THE PIZZA"
#LearnedHelplessness
October 26, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I menu plan and cook every meal. This week Tues-Thurs says "I'm in the theatre, feed yourself"
Mr Nes doesn't eat dinner if he's not handed it, so I've provided him options for reheating
I'm going to have to send all caps messages that say "EAT THE COTTAGE PIE" "EAT THE PIZZA"
#LearnedHelplessness
Mr Nes doesn't eat dinner if he's not handed it, so I've provided him options for reheating
I'm going to have to send all caps messages that say "EAT THE COTTAGE PIE" "EAT THE PIZZA"
#LearnedHelplessness
because we're still recovering from last year which started with 5 straight wins would be my guess.
1. The Jürgen Years
2. The Arne championship
3. whatever-the-fuck-that-was
#LearnedHelplessness
1. The Jürgen Years
2. The Arne championship
3. whatever-the-fuck-that-was
#LearnedHelplessness
October 22, 2026 at 3:04 PM
because we're still recovering from last year which started with 5 straight wins would be my guess.
1. The Jürgen Years
2. The Arne championship
3. whatever-the-fuck-that-was
#LearnedHelplessness
1. The Jürgen Years
2. The Arne championship
3. whatever-the-fuck-that-was
#LearnedHelplessness
Helplessness. #snakeandthebunny #comic #webcomic #comicstrip #singlepanelcomic #indiecomic #originalcomic #comicart #cartoon #dialogue #illustration #animalcomic #snake #bunny #rabbit #reflective #thoughtful #philosophical #observationalhumour #indiecomics
#learnedhelplessness
#learnedhelplessness
October 20, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Superb episode of Barry's economics. youtu.be/e87vZZBvwSI #complexity #psychology #learnedhelplessness #sociology
The Game Is Rigged. That’s the Best News You’ll Hear All Year
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
youtu.be
October 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Superb episode of Barry's economics. youtu.be/e87vZZBvwSI #complexity #psychology #learnedhelplessness #sociology
Hidden Brain
How to Make a Difference: Part 2, 49m 9s.
www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-... .
#agency | #psychology | #science | #HiddenBrain | #NPR | #MartinSeligman | #UPenn | #LearnedHelplessness | #optimism | #depression .
How to Make a Difference: Part 2, 49m 9s.
www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-... .
#agency | #psychology | #science | #HiddenBrain | #NPR | #MartinSeligman | #UPenn | #LearnedHelplessness | #optimism | #depression .
October 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Hidden Brain
How to Make a Difference: Part 2, 49m 9s.
www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-... .
#agency | #psychology | #science | #HiddenBrain | #NPR | #MartinSeligman | #UPenn | #LearnedHelplessness | #optimism | #depression .
How to Make a Difference: Part 2, 49m 9s.
www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-... .
#agency | #psychology | #science | #HiddenBrain | #NPR | #MartinSeligman | #UPenn | #LearnedHelplessness | #optimism | #depression .
How to Make a Difference: Part 1, 48m 10s.
www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-... .
#agency | #psychology | #science | #HiddenBrain | #NPR | #MartinSeligman | #UPenn | #LearnedHelplessness | #optimism | #depression .
www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-... .
#agency | #psychology | #science | #HiddenBrain | #NPR | #MartinSeligman | #UPenn | #LearnedHelplessness | #optimism | #depression .
September 27, 2026 at 11:04 AM
How to Make a Difference: Part 1, 48m 10s.
www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-... .
#agency | #psychology | #science | #HiddenBrain | #NPR | #MartinSeligman | #UPenn | #LearnedHelplessness | #optimism | #depression .
www.hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-... .
#agency | #psychology | #science | #HiddenBrain | #NPR | #MartinSeligman | #UPenn | #LearnedHelplessness | #optimism | #depression .
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
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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
As always, if you have a #MutualAid💸💕 request, i invite you to post it here every Friday
The sociopolitical landscape is teaching us something psychology calls #LearnedHelplessness - a sense that no matter how we try, we can’t make a difference
#DirectAid counters that sense. Please consider it 🫶
The sociopolitical landscape is teaching us something psychology calls #LearnedHelplessness - a sense that no matter how we try, we can’t make a difference
#DirectAid counters that sense. Please consider it 🫶
It’s Fund Me Friday!
If you have a #MutualAid 💸request, especially if we’re mutuals, post it here for a boost!
If you have a personal business or product to promote, do the same!
If you don’t want to send any more money to political parties this election year, i SO recommend using it to help folx
If you have a #MutualAid 💸request, especially if we’re mutuals, post it here for a boost!
If you have a personal business or product to promote, do the same!
If you don’t want to send any more money to political parties this election year, i SO recommend using it to help folx
June 21, 2024 at 5:49 PM
As always, if you have a #MutualAid💸💕 request, i invite you to post it here every Friday
The sociopolitical landscape is teaching us something psychology calls #LearnedHelplessness - a sense that no matter how we try, we can’t make a difference
#DirectAid counters that sense. Please consider it 🫶
The sociopolitical landscape is teaching us something psychology calls #LearnedHelplessness - a sense that no matter how we try, we can’t make a difference
#DirectAid counters that sense. Please consider it 🫶
Yes. I believe we all are. I believe this is deliberate. I believe it’s class warfare utilizing every -ism in the book to further goal of teaching the populace #LearnedHelplessness (training ppl to believe they can never improve their situation) and keeping creatives too burned out to problem solve.
November 1, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Yes. I believe we all are. I believe this is deliberate. I believe it’s class warfare utilizing every -ism in the book to further goal of teaching the populace #LearnedHelplessness (training ppl to believe they can never improve their situation) and keeping creatives too burned out to problem solve.
Ashley Embers: "This goes so much deeper than Gen Alpha can't read..." | #VideoEssay #iPadKids #LiteracyCrisis #CriticalThinking #CognitiveOffloading #ProblemSolving #EmotionalRegulation #PoorBehavior #AttentionSpan #LearnedHelplessness #LLMs #GenAI #NoComputerSkills
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtO-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtO-...
This goes so much deeper than Gen Alpha can’t read...
YouTube video by Ashley Embers
www.youtube.com
June 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Ashley Embers: "This goes so much deeper than Gen Alpha can't read..." | #VideoEssay #iPadKids #LiteracyCrisis #CriticalThinking #CognitiveOffloading #ProblemSolving #EmotionalRegulation #PoorBehavior #AttentionSpan #LearnedHelplessness #LLMs #GenAI #NoComputerSkills
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtO-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtO-...
@parkroseperma.bsky.social | Parkrose Permaculture: "It's an epidemic: 2nd-hand thinking is a big problem. It's getting worse." | #IndustrialSchoolModel #KillsCreativity #CriticalThinking #GenAI #ChatGPT #LLMs #AIslop #CognitiveOffloading #LearnedHelplessness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnb...
It’s an epidemic: 2nd-hand thinking is a big problem. It’s getting worse.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
@parkroseperma.bsky.social | Parkrose Permaculture: "It's an epidemic: 2nd-hand thinking is a big problem. It's getting worse." | #IndustrialSchoolModel #KillsCreativity #CriticalThinking #GenAI #ChatGPT #LLMs #AIslop #CognitiveOffloading #LearnedHelplessness
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnb...
@imurgency.bsky.social | imuRgency: "Gen Z Won't Grow Up & It's Getting Dangerous" | #ArrestedDevelopment #SelfInfantilization #LearnedHelplessness #PseudoChildhood #Pandemic #COVID #Trauma #MovedGoalPosts #SocialMedia #Compliant #TeenCulture #HaleyBeck #Pedophile
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQL2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQL2...
Gen Z Needs to Grow Up
YouTube video by imuRgency
www.youtube.com
May 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
@imurgency.bsky.social | imuRgency: "Gen Z Won't Grow Up & It's Getting Dangerous" | #ArrestedDevelopment #SelfInfantilization #LearnedHelplessness #PseudoChildhood #Pandemic #COVID #Trauma #MovedGoalPosts #SocialMedia #Compliant #TeenCulture #HaleyBeck #Pedophile
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQL2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQL2...
@imurgency.bsky.social | imuRgency: "Gen Z Doesn't 'Lack Initiative', You’re Just Asking For A Lot" | #Employment #JobMarket #Boomers #CommonSense #LearnedHelplessness #COVID #ThatDamnPhone #ChatGBT #Technology #SocialAnxiety #ExecutiveFunctioning #Relationships
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXBg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXBg...
Gen Z Doesn’t ‘Lack Initiative’, You’re Just Asking For A Lot
YouTube video by imuRgency
www.youtube.com
March 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
@imurgency.bsky.social | imuRgency: "Gen Z Doesn't 'Lack Initiative', You’re Just Asking For A Lot" | #Employment #JobMarket #Boomers #CommonSense #LearnedHelplessness #COVID #ThatDamnPhone #ChatGBT #Technology #SocialAnxiety #ExecutiveFunctioning #Relationships
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXBg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXBg...
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
#control #traumaresponse #learnedhelplessness #powerless #relationships #relationshipadvice #selfawareness
June 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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
#control #traumaresponse #learnedhelplessness #powerless #relationships #relationshipadvice #selfawareness
whenever someone asks me what movies ive seen recently i have to check letterboxd to remember bcuz having that available as my second brain means i no longer spend the effort to do it myself #learnedhelplessness #tedchiang
February 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
whenever someone asks me what movies ive seen recently i have to check letterboxd to remember bcuz having that available as my second brain means i no longer spend the effort to do it myself #learnedhelplessness #tedchiang
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 #
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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 #
Trapped in a cycle of #LearnedHelplessness? Discover the psychology behind giving up and how to reclaim your power and #Hope. Start breaking the cycle today!
#Psychology #MindsetShift #SelfImprovement
#Psychology #MindsetShift #SelfImprovement
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Trapped in a cycle of #LearnedHelplessness? Discover the psychology behind giving up and how to reclaim your power and #Hope. Start breaking the cycle today!
#Psychology #MindsetShift #SelfImprovement
#Psychology #MindsetShift #SelfImprovement
“…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
#cptsdhelp #cptsd #cptsdrecovery #narcissisticabuse #healingresources #learnedhelplessness #magicalthinking #mentalhealth #traumabond #emotionalabuse #ptsd
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.
open.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“…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
#cptsdhelp #cptsd #cptsdrecovery #narcissisticabuse #healingresources #learnedhelplessness #magicalthinking #mentalhealth #traumabond #emotionalabuse #ptsd
YOUR FAVORITE SONG CAN TELL YOU SO MUCH
#toxiccycles #learnedhelplessness #deconstructing #retrainingyourbrain #healingjourney #spiritualguidance #norsepagan #lokean #thekentuckyvölva #thekentuckyvolva #theironwoodhomestead
#toxiccycles #learnedhelplessness #deconstructing #retrainingyourbrain #healingjourney #spiritualguidance #norsepagan #lokean #thekentuckyvölva #thekentuckyvolva #theironwoodhomestead
April 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
YOUR FAVORITE SONG CAN TELL YOU SO MUCH
#toxiccycles #learnedhelplessness #deconstructing #retrainingyourbrain #healingjourney #spiritualguidance #norsepagan #lokean #thekentuckyvölva #thekentuckyvolva #theironwoodhomestead
#toxiccycles #learnedhelplessness #deconstructing #retrainingyourbrain #healingjourney #spiritualguidance #norsepagan #lokean #thekentuckyvölva #thekentuckyvolva #theironwoodhomestead
Yeah, enjoy that #HurtMeLess #LearnedHelplessness experience 🤦♀️🙄
June 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yeah, enjoy that #HurtMeLess #LearnedHelplessness experience 🤦♀️🙄