Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Learned Helplessness

Still want to talk about the 'learned helplessness". The more I think about it the more I realize it is a dreadful disease affecting many of us, kids and adults. The symposium I attended, Dr Chiang has demonstrated a way to consciously attack learned helplessness so that one could maintain relatively positive view in life. This is how he did it.

A(Adversity)= think about an adverse situation that you feel either rejected or something that made you upset
B(Belief)= interpretation or belief that you assign to that situation has made you disappointed and you become helpless.
C(Commitment)= commit for a change of view that thing could be interpreted differently
D(Disputation)= dispute the situation or the intention behind that caused feeling of being rejected or dejected
E(Energize)= energize your new-found interpretation that could provide a more positive emotion in relation to the fact.

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