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by cliffy 2381 days ago
You seem to be exhibiting signs of learned helplessness. You can absolutely learn how to automate something, if you try.

If you want normal, boring work to do why are you complaining about having nothing to do? The most normal, boring work of all.
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TurkishPoptart 2381 days ago
Yes I am. I feel as though I have little to no control over my condition. I'm sure I could learn to automate something. I just have no direction as where to begin.

I am complaining about having nothing to do because I want work to do, to contribute to a team, to work with other people and befriend them, but it's hard when I feel so arbitrary.

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cliffy 2381 days ago
Apparently the original experimenters who identified learned helplessness seem to now think they got it backwards: Learned helplessness is actually the default behavior of mammals, and we need to learn how to overcome the default state.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4920136/

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