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[–] Maalus 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's learned helplessness. Once they get rejected 15 times in a row for being a weirdo or something similar, they start to think in that instead of either reflecting back on the experience and trying to be better, or looking elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Simply going from zero self improvement to nonzero may not be enough. That’s why we call a situation like this a hole. A person in a hole needs to climb to get to ground level.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

well yeah i get how you can start doubting yourself after that. sad as fuck.