On: Helplessness is not learned (2022)

[hn_throwaway_99]

> People and animals clearly learn to stop doing actions that have harmful consequences.

But that's not at all what learned helplessness is. On the contrary, learned helplessness is defined by the absence of proactive action that could remove a painful stimulus.

[im3w1l → hn_throwaway_99]

Well during the "learning" phase, they have harmful consequences. Or at the very least they are ineffective. Thats why you learn not to do them.