Sentence examples for display of helplessness from inspiring English sources

Determining whether the goal of misbehavior is attention, power, revenge, or a display of helplessness is a critical component of treatment.

The Anxious-Ambivalent/Resistant strategy is a response to unpredictably responsive caregiving, and the displays of anger or helplessness towards the caregiver on reunion can be regarded as a conditional strategy for maintaining the availability of the caregiver by preemptively taking control of the interaction.

"It's the feeling of helplessness.

Not the sense of helplessness.

The sensation, in short, of helplessness.

A look of helplessness crossed his face.

They do it out of helplessness.

It was the look of helplessness.

I felt a sense of helplessness".

He makes a gesture of helplessness.

Law, too, struggled with feelings of helplessness.