How to Unlearn Helplessness, Regain Control, Mastery

What doesn’t make you stronger, sometimes kills you (or at the very least, weakens you). Every dead end (cul de sac) is an opportunity to explore a bypass. Hope and hopelessness are both counterfactual fantasies (Pollyannaish vs. dystopian despair). Responses to trauma all involve helplessness and regression to an impotent infantile state. coping potential Hostile world Catastrophizing No agency Compromised sense of self-efficacy (repetition compulsion) Perennial pessimism (hopelessness) emotion-focused coping reframing problem-focused coping coping learned helplessness coping strategy coping behavior coping mechanism Find and Buy MOST of my BOOKS and eBOOKS in my Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/60F8EC8A-5812-4007-9F2C-DFA02EA713B3