> it's instead about giving up and accepting a harmful situation that is perceived as unavoidable So we could clear up the confusion about what "learned helple

> it's instead about giving up and accepting a harmful situation that is perceived as unavoidable So we could clear up the confusion about what "learned helplessness" means by instead calling it, "hopelessness", or "despair"? Interestingly enough, the definitions of hopelessness and despair are circular references to each other: hopelessness | ˈhōpləsnəs | noun a feeling or state of despair; lack of hope despair | dəˈsper | noun the complete loss or absence of hope Huh, weird