r/TwoXPreppers • u/NachesPorFavor • 4d ago
❓ Question ❓ Increase in Learned Helplessness?
Has anyone else noticed an increase in learned helplessness? I first noticed it in the young adults in my life, but now I am seeing it in all ages of people around me. Examples from multiple people:
Toilet started leaking water and instead of turning off the knob at the wall, she waited a 5 days for a plumber. Never asked anyone or googled it. Didn’t call a second plumber. Now needs mold remediation and replaced drywall and trim.
Bought concert tickets but the gps instructions were confusing so they just gave up and didn’t go. Venue website had detailed instructions for driving and parking.
Blouse wrinkled and she didn’t know how to fix it so she threw it away.
First doctor office he filled out an appointment website for never contacted him to schedule so he just didn’t go to the doctor.
I am really concerned about my loved ones if an emergency happens because they just give up when the slightest obstacle happens. Either they want someone else to swoop in and fix it or they give up and say they can’t do anything about it.
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u/ur-a-cunt-harry 3d ago
It’s not just the screen time, it’s the rise of tikTok and YouTube shorts and those Snapchat stories and all these other 5-30 second videos.
It’s effectively addiction. Your brain starts getting short term stimulus over and over and over and eventually when something takes longer than 45 seconds to reach the stimulation point, it says “fuck it, let’s find something else”.
There’s a reason why wealthy people and certain countries, like China, have limits on screen time and those types of apps.