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Learned Helplessness is “Just” a Way of Thinking

Simon Moesgaard — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:48:13 +0000

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” – Buddha Learned helplessness happens when people expect that bad events will happen and that there is nothing they can do to prevent them from happening (Holt et al., 2012). Learned helplessness has been demonstrated […]

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Were Our Ancestors Depressed?

Simon Moesgaard — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:17:00 +0000

In this article, I will try to sum up some evolutionary theories of depression. Have people always been depressed, or how is it? What is depression? Depression is the down-regulation of positive affects to put it simply. Everyone knows about it because depression and anxiety disorders are the most widespread psychological disorders. People are getting anti-depressants to make […]

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