Helplessness and fear are symptoms that soldiers are trained to govern during combat.
"We are concerned about the helplessness in which the population is in, " he said.
Matthew Krier shared Ducheneaux's sense of helplessness about not being able to do more.
This all-or-nothing thinking creates a defeatist attitude which then leads to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.
Girls in particular seem to be a little bit more vulnerable to learned helplessness.
Or he can refuse to be passive, choosing instead to take direct action against his helplessness.
Learned helplessness was what my wife and I observed then, and still do today, in social-democratic Spain.
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This posture of weakness and helplessness will be sharply contrasted with the emboldened stance of America's enemies.
Paired with the helplessness average people feel, our national financial mess really put a damper on things.
He never forgot the sheer terror and helplessness that any parent feels when a child is badly sick.
So that really suggests there is pretty widespread confusion and helplessness out there.
Try to imagine yourself in that situation, and what would you do with the feelings of helplessness, anger and grief?
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Then, rumors of bin Laden's death, confirmed by an announcement from the president, lifted that burden of pain and helplessness.
For all her life, Ruth had known nothing but this world the world of apartheid, with its miasmic atmosphere of helplessness and hopelessness.
But, when they are not treated properly or they see deeds of injustice, it can lead to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness.
The trust admitted to a "lack of clear and visible leadership from the board" and said there was a "learned helplessness" among some managers.
His concern may be fueled by the helplessness he felt after his 13-year-old daughter, seated directly behind AbdulMutallab, leapt into his lap and grew hysterical.
When the Fleet Foxes' Helplessness Blues debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's charts in May, over 20% of the 44, 000 physical copies sold were vinyl.
The burden of poverty and this bitter taste of helplessness and isolation sort of branded on my heart forever the questions that still drive me.
Almost any parent will agree that the indescribable joys can be matched by equally intense feelings of worry, doubt, helplessness, anxiety, and, of course, depression.
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Nothing better illustrates the Bush administration's air of helplessness than this latest idea of involving Syria and Iran in efforts to bring some stability to Iraq.
Her lurches had an appalling helplessness: she pitched as if taking a header into a void, and seemed to find a wall to hit every time.
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And Quebeckers, awestruck by nature's power and their own helplessness before it, and suddenly appreciative of a service that till then they had taken for granted, responded.
There are all too many Americans that have taken the bait offered by our myriad of welfare programs, and have self-selected into learned helplessness and lifetime dependency.
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The kidnapping of the president of a leading football club and, later, his wife within the past two months has highlighted the authorities' seeming helplessness over organised crime.
People who report seeing representations of passivity or helplessness in the blots are thought to have a dependent personality, meaning they rely on others to satisfy their needs.
They said it seemed to lead to "learned helplessness syndrome".
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs defines PTSD as a type of anxiety that affects people who've experienced a particularly traumatic event that creates intense fear, helplessness or horror.
If you can buy into the premise that you should not be buying into the daily headlines-it might leave you with a feeling of helplessness and a lack of control.
The kidnapping of the president of a leading football club and then his wife, within the past two months, have highlighted Bulgaria's lawlessness and the apparent helplessness of the authorities.
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