Helplessness

Introduction The sense of helplessness is the result of Dr. Wookes explanation of why the battered woman cannot take the initiative to terminate the violent marriage. The word helplessness was originally derived from psychologist Martin, Shaligwens experiment in the 1960s. The expectation that "the future results are not controllable" and the "uncontrollable results" make people feel that they are powerless or uncomfortable with external events, their own reactions are ineffective, and the prospects are hopeless. Even if they try hard, they will not achieve results. : "The result is uncontrollable" Cognition and expectation make people feel helpless.

Cause

Individuals attribute the lack of control to:

(1) Permanent rather than temporary.

(2) Self-inherent personality factors rather than situational factors.

(3) Infiltrate into many aspects of life. Easy to lead to learned helplessness.

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Patients develop self-incompetent strategies that ultimately lead to their efforts to avoid failure. They strive for unachievable goals, they delay work, or just complete tasks that are effortless. They are depressed and manifest themselves in the form of anger. Patients develop self-incompetent strategies that ultimately lead to their efforts to avoid failure. They strive for unachievable goals, they delay work, or just complete tasks that are effortless. They are depressed and manifest themselves in the form of anger.

Differential diagnosis

Uselessness: Common in retired elderly and endogenous depression patients. The retirement syndrome of the elderly is a complex psychological abnormal reaction, mainly in terms of emotions and behaviors. Patients with endogenous depression are often accompanied by strong self-blame, guilt, and uselessness, and look at their past, present and future in a negative attitude. The patient's mood is low, and it is not commensurate with the situation. It can be from sullen and unhappy to grief, and even a stupor state. In severe cases, psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions can occur.

Incompetence: It is common in adaptation disorders. The incidence of the disease is more than 1 to 3 months after the onset of stress events. The clinical symptoms of the patients vary greatly, mainly due to emotional and behavioral abnormalities. Adaptation disorder is caused by long-term stress or difficult situation, plus the patient's personality defects, causing emotional disorders such as troubles and depression, as well as maladaptive behaviors (such as withdrawal, inattention to hygiene, irregular life, etc.) and physiological dysfunction ( Chronic psychogenic disorders such as poor sleep, loss of appetite, etc., and impaired social function.

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