((( Growlithing )))

I, too, have struggled with learned helplessness - and still do, to a certain degree. It's quite eye-opening when we're able to become aware of it and see how much damage was caused. Unlearning old behaviors and learning new behaviors are scary. - but it's also empowering.

One thing that I did to help empower me is to make a list of things that I didn't know how to do...and then I would choose one to tackle. The feeling you get from taking control of your own life can be amazing (and scary, strangely enough).

Unfortunately, many (including myself) tend to fall back into the trap of re-running old tapes that tell us that we can't do it, or we convince ourselves that there's just no way. Challenging those thoughts are - well - challenging!

The first step is becoming self-aware....what you do with it is the next.