Wasn't familiar with the concept of learned helplessness and found this interesting study looking it up [0]
> The mechanism of learned helplessness is now very well-charted biologically, and the original theory got it backward. Passivity in response to shock is not learned. It is the default, unlearned response to prolonged aversive events and it is mediated by the serotonergic activity of the dorsal raphe nucleus, which in turn inhibits escape.
Learning how to help yourself isn't as easy as it seems especially when you barely or don't have the means to do so.
> The mechanism of learned helplessness is now very well-charted biologically, and the original theory got it backward. Passivity in response to shock is not learned. It is the default, unlearned response to prolonged aversive events and it is mediated by the serotonergic activity of the dorsal raphe nucleus, which in turn inhibits escape.
Learning how to help yourself isn't as easy as it seems especially when you barely or don't have the means to do so.
[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27337390