[header] How to overcome learned helplessness [title] Look for the source of your learned helplessness. [step] Your learned helplessness may have taken root due to the circumstances of your development. Try to find the root of your learned helplessness. 
Think back on events in your early life that may have contributed to the way you think today. [substeps] For instance, in childhood, you may have been neglected or abused by your parents, and, therefore, learned that you could not expect adults to help.