Learned helplessness is, in a way, a form of PTSD, yes? When you've been punished for trying so often that you just stop trying because there's no point? I believe that's the scientific definition anyway, unless we're talking about something else. I guess my reaction to somone saying that someone else is experiencing learned helplessness is not "OMG, how dare you say they choose to be this way!" because learned helplessness is not chosen.
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