The problem with obsessive thoughts is that we get caught up in them, right? We start to think that our mind is correct. The question is, do you want to act in accordance with the thoughts that your mind produces? Yes or no. It's fine for your mind to produce these thoughts. And so what happens with people with learned helplessness is that they learn to give up very, very easily. So if i accept something, how does that help? Isn't that the same as not doing anything about it? In my experience, quite the opposite.

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