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Demotivation and Learned Helplessness: Do You Give Up When Stressed?

I wrote this article this past Saturday during a bout of low mood & demotivation, hence the present-tence*.

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Joe Gibson
Oct 02, 2024
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I wrote this article this past Saturday during a bout of low mood & demotivation, hence the present-tence*.

Despite having written over 400 articles here on Medium, you’d think I’d have an experience of handling demotivation figured out.

And yet I’ve barely been able to get out of bed today – and it’s a Saturday, a day of re…

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