How to Break Learned Helplessness.

Have you ever felt stuck? 

Sometimes we do have a pretty good idea of what we should be pursuing or doing but we just can't move forward. It's as if we are frozen. 

This happens a lot with victims of abuse. 

Any type. Emotional, physical, sexual.

This behavior is a psychological phenomenon called learned helplessness that was discovered by Martin Seligman in 1972 when he was conducting a series of experiments with dogs.

This reaction to an incoherent and adverse environment is ONE of the many things that makes it so hard for victims of abuse to move on. 

If you want to learn more about this and how to overcome it you can do so by following THIS link to the video.