> Learned helplessness is when you are suffering no matter what you do so you stop making any attempts to lessen your suffering because you learned nothing works.
I'm really confused by your reasoning, because you also said that you
experienced ways of handling your boredom to suffer less, and then you called it a learned helplessness, which is exactly the opposite.
By your definition an addict isn't helpless, because he can reduce his
suffering by just taking drugs.
Not being able to handle your emotions, to soften them and to have some
degree of control over your actions, is IMHO a kind of learned helplessness.
I think quite a few people learned to handle their emotions in non
constructive ways - I certainly have my own bad habits - by doing
something to feel better, watch TV, eat too much or whatever else.
