Learned Helplessness seems relevant. I always try to remember the poor dogs in the shuttlebox experiment before giving up. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipe

Learned Helplessness seems relevant. I always try to remember the poor dogs in the shuttlebox experiment before giving up. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Learned_helplessness#Seligman_and_Maier https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Learned_helpl...