Learned helplessness: “a condition in which a person has a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed. It is thought to be one of the underlying causes of depression.” It makes a lot of sense that autistic and adhders might experience learned helplessness in various contexts, given that society often pushes a neurotypically constructed “right” way of doing things, that doesn’t work for many ND people. As a result, we often experience “persistent failu