Peter Ludwig. Beat procrastination! How to stop delay things for tomorrow (№ 400708)

Research by Martin Seligman revealed that several of the negative impulses can convince us that everything is bad and there's nothing you can do about it. Because of this belief we possessed a sense of helplessness, which can lead to depression and life resignatio. In one of these studies in the box put a rodent (imagine, for example, hamster) and then closed it with a transparent cover. The hamster tried to get out of the box. The first day he was jumped, but hit his head on the transparent cover. The next day, his activity is markedly decreased.
After a couple of days the hamster was abandoned any attempts to escape. The researchers then lifted the lid, but the hamster did not even try to escape. A few setbacks convinced him that the chances of success there. This confidence remained with him and after conditions change. The state faced a hamster, called learned helplessness, he can meet us.