Term
Learned helplessness
A state in which a person or an animal, after an experience of powerlessness, stops trying to change the situation, even when it has become possible.
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Greg McKeown
Explained in
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Greg McKeown
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, J.D. Vance
A concept from psychology: the belief that your actions change nothing, so there is no point in trying.