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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amount of helplessness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the degree or level of feeling powerless or unable to act in a situation.
Example: "After the disaster, the community felt an overwhelming amount of helplessness as they watched their homes being destroyed."
Alternatives: "degree of helplessness" or "level of helplessness".
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"The issue here is the profound amount of helplessness at the moment of impact," said Elana Newman, a psychology professor at the University of Tulsa specializing in responses to traumatic life events.
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This supports the hypothesis that there is some amount of learned helplessness in Thai students.
Thus, the negative effects of being insecure or uncertain point to the same end-point: Disempowerment, which is a feeling of powerlessness or helplessness that reduces the amount of control that someone, has over a situation.
Not the sense of helplessness.
The sensation, in short, of helplessness.
"It's the feeling of helplessness.
A look of helplessness crossed his face.
They do it out of helplessness.
I felt a sense of helplessness".
He makes a gesture of helplessness.
Law, too, struggled with feelings of helplessness.
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