~Supriya~ on Instagram: "Learned helplessness doesn’t start with giving up. It starts with believing that your actions no longer matter. When effort stops leading to change, the brain does what it’s designed to do—it protects you. It saves you from disappointment by lowering expectation. From hope. From trying. From asking. From the outside, it looks like apathy. Inside, it’s exhaustion. This is why advice like “just try again” or “be positive” can feel cruel. Because the problem was never motiv

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