"helpless mood" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a state of feeling overwhelmed and unable to control a situation. For example: I was in a helpless mood, not knowing how to respond to her outburst.
In this helpless, hapless mood, President Obama has been tin-eared and tone-deaf to our frustration.
I can only assume that I was "bringing them down" and that they felt helpless to influence my mood.
1. Depressed mood 0-4 -Sadnesss, hopeless, helpless, worthless, along with the person's inability to hide these feelings.
Based on research that alleges milk can help reduce the symptoms of PMS, the ads are directed at the poor, unfortunate, oh-so-helpless men subject to the monthly hormonal mood swings of their wives and girlfriends.
Knowing that my "moods" (and we all have our moods) contribute to my husband feeling isolated and helpless encourage me to work even harder to really express myself well in the midst of conflict.
Eloquent staging and color intensify a mood at once of chilled detachment and of helpless horror.
The Depressed Mood scale includes eight items describing current mood (down, helpless, sad, lonely, unhappy, unworthy, melancholic, desperate), which could be rated on a five-point scale (1 = not at all, 2 = a little, 3 = partly, 4 = kind of, 5 = very much).
Perlstein quotes the famous Harvard sociologist David Riesman, who said at the time, "The national mood is poisonous and dangerous and this is one symptom striking out at helpless refugees whose number is infinitesimal".
Perlstein quotes the famous Harvard sociologist David Riesman, who said at the time, "The national mood is poisonous and dangerous and this is one symptom — striking out at helpless refugees whose number is infinitesimal".
