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What Is Learned Helplessness?

Martin Seligman’s Experiments On Depression and Motivation

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Joe Gibson
Oct 24, 2023
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Martin Seligman’s Experiments On Depression and Motivation

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Over the past year, I’ve come to realize I have a tendency to want to fall asleep when my stress levels increase. It’s as if my mind looks at the potential stressor and decides I’m better off taking a nap and temporarily forgetting the woe of the day.

Whilst I do …

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