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[–] [email protected] 66 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fuck you, be kind to yourself, dipshit.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Yeah, asshole!

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Depression and learned helplessness are a hell of a drug.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Amphetamines.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What does learned helplessness mean?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If a being is in a situation where it's unable to escape or respond to things done to it, over time it'll often stop attempting to do so, even when the situation changes.

An example being an elephant not trying to rip out a chain from a wood post because it didn't work when it was a baby. It can easily escape now, but it still thinks it's trapped.

It's a similar thing with humans sometimes, it's hard to thrive and prosper when all your brain can think about is how to prevent past trauma from reoccurring, that they don't deserve a better life, or even that self improvement isn't possible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Thanks for explaining.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

I am in this picture and I don't like it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Does anyone actually have the tools to fix capitalism from stealing from the poor and making a few billionaires even richer?

I don't think I do...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Most people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I'm gonna go with /spins Rolodex/ choice is an illusion.