[LukeB42]

Everything in an organism is learned.

If you think it isn't then you're not observing the right timescale.

[kayodelycaon]

Read the article. They got the mechanism of “learned helplessness” wrong. It’s actually a “learned lack of control”.

This makes every difference in how to treat people who have this problem. All you have to do is teach people how to feel they have control again.