Learn helplessness can affect us in so many weird ways without us really realizing it. Any extended period of negative emotions can lead to you giving in to despair and accepting your fate. You are not so smart, but you're smarter than these dogs and these rats. Don't miss out on Walmart Plus Week July 6 through the 13th. Visit Walmart Plus.com for more information.
Stuck in a bad situation, even when the prison doors are left wide open, we sometimes refuse to attempt escape. Why is that?
In this episode learn all about the strange phenomenon of learned helplessness and how it keeps people in bad jobs, poor health, terrible relationships, and awful circumstances despite how easy it might be to escape any one of those scenarios with just one more effort. In the episode, you'll learn how to defeat this psychological trap with advice from psychologists Jennifer Welbourne, who studies attributional styles in the workplace, and Kym Bennett who studies the effects of pessimism on health.
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