helplessness

Example Sentences

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Mental health tip: Consider having a trove of cute dog and cat videos at the ready to chase down the feelings of anger or helplessness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

As a political activist living under severe repression Shirin suffers a feeling of helplessness.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Maybe it’s the overwhelming despair and helplessness about a problem that is still devouring our globe.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

It was more a feeling that, when I was fighting, I stopped feeling the sense of helplessness that seemed to be overtaking me.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers