Dear Ishita:

I know the story of the baby elephant- if fact, I mentioned it to a few members in these forums over the years. I can relate to it myself because it forms the basic understanding of the learned helplessness I suffered from for many years. Learned helplessness is basically the emotional experience and behavior around the core belief that I CAN’T. There is much anxiety around this belief because when I can’t- I am powerless and stuck in unfavorable/ bad situations.

Coming to think about it, looking at the title of your new thread: “Trying to find oneself again”- it about trying to find your I CAN again, isn’t it?

anita