stackyFACTSYou aren't inherently broken; you just forgot how to jump the fence. When psychologist Martin Seligman discovered 'learned helplessness' by repeatedly shocking trapped dogs, they eventually just lay down and accepted the pain. The only way to cure them was to physically move their legs to show them that escape was still possible.
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