Comments on: Doom and Gloom Special (Part 1) http://pegasusnlpblog.com/doom-and-gloom-special-part-1 NLP for people who like to think for themselves! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Reg http://pegasusnlpblog.com/doom-and-gloom-special-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-152 Reg Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:43:45 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=91#comment-152 Yes, I agree about the 'learned helplessness' thing. And maybe it's part of a bigger thing - in which we are encouraged by the media, the judiciary and by public attitudes to be helpless and not responsible for the consequences of our actions. If I fail - I can blame someone such as my parents or teachers. If I have an accident - I can sue someone. If I eat too much and don't exercise I can blame my genes for my size. And so on... Yes, I agree about the ‘learned helplessness’ thing. And maybe it’s part of a bigger thing – in which we are encouraged by the media, the judiciary and by public attitudes to be helpless and not responsible for the consequences of our actions.

If I fail – I can blame someone such as my parents or teachers. If I have an accident – I can sue someone. If I eat too much and don’t exercise I can blame my genes for my size. And so on…

]]> By: Graham http://pegasusnlpblog.com/doom-and-gloom-special-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-151 Graham Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:03:59 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=91#comment-151 'Learned helplessness' - that has come up quite a lot recently, and there seems to be a lot of it around. It seems to me it is very difficult to unlearn. Wouldn't it be great if schools taught resourcefulness as a core subject. ‘Learned helplessness’ – that has come up quite a lot recently, and there seems to be a lot of it around. It seems to me it is very difficult to unlearn. Wouldn’t it be great if schools taught resourcefulness as a core subject.

]]> By: Reg http://pegasusnlpblog.com/doom-and-gloom-special-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-138 Reg Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:50:47 +0000 http://pegasusnlpblog.com/?p=91#comment-138 Interesting coincidence... Dr Aric Sigman will today be giving a talk to the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development on the effects of news watching and coverage on one's health. According to an article in the Daily Telegraph online he suggests that watching new stories about the currrent economic situation can create 'learned helplessness' and could even increase some people's chances of suffering a stroke'. The article is here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3526213/Economic-climate-can-increase-the-risk-of-a-stroke.html Interesting coincidence… Dr Aric Sigman will today be giving a talk to the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development on the effects of news watching and coverage on one’s health.

According to an article in the Daily Telegraph online he suggests that watching new stories about the currrent economic situation can create ‘learned helplessness’ and could even increase some people’s chances of suffering a stroke’.

The article is here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3526213/Economic-climate-can-increase-the-risk-of-a-stroke.html

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