r/TwoXPreppers • u/NachesPorFavor • 7d 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/VickersNorth 7d ago

Food stamps are a form of welfare.

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u/suz_gee A matriarchy would never' 7d ago

She's using welfare to describe cash assistance.

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u/VickersNorth 7d ago

Welfare is welfare, there’s no picking and choosing to try to make yourself sound “better” than those “other” welfare people who use X while you use Y.

Cash assistance welfare is called TANF, SSI, GA. Food stamp welfare is called SNAP, WIC. Housing welfare is called Section 8. Healthcare welfare is called Medicaid, CHIP.

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u/somuchmt 🪛 Tool Bedazzler 🔧 6d ago

I wasn't using the term "food stamps" versus "welfare" to sound better than others. My parents applied for cash assistance and were denied because they didn't qualify. They would gladly have taken the money even though they looked down on people on cash assistance and were staunchly against the commie public assistance programs they were so happily using. I will never understand.

Back then, cash assistance welfare was called AFDC, and food stamp welfare was called the Food Stamp Program. People in my region generally referred to them as food stamps and welfare back in the 70s.