Sentence examples for helplessness caused from inspiring English sources

Wishes for control have been greatly intensified after the terrifying feelings of helplessness caused by the terror attacks.

At the same time, he explores the uncontrollability of that very grief, Maureen's utter dependence on signs from the dead, the tethering of an employee to the sudden orders of a capricious employer, the sense of vulnerable helplessness caused by the arrival of unexpected digital communications.

In 2010, the staff of IGN ranked Sniper Wolf as the 92nd top video game villain of all time, stating that she "probably deserves to be higher on our list" and emphasizing the feeling of helplessness caused by her tactics in "an epic boss battle".

The state of information security has been so dire for so long that learned helplessness has caused many people to conclude, nihilistically and wrongly, that it's not even possible.

The echo, here, is of Freud, who writes, in his great essay on the uncanny, about "the sense of helplessness" that is caused by such unsettling repetitions.

Steven Wolin, a professor of clinical psychiatry at George Washington University and author of the 1992 book "The Resilient Self," said the sniper's eight shootings in the last week, and their random nature, had compounded a sense of helplessness and trauma caused by the Sept. 11 attacks and the subsequent wave of anthrax letters.

The significant association of witnessing and psychological distress among females may relate to feelings of helplessness and guilt caused by the witnessing may be more traumatic than experiencing the violence themselves.

It will promote feelings of helplessness and insecurity, causing them to question their own abilities.

It will promote feelings of helplessness and insecurity, causing them to question their own strengths and abilities.

The participants reported that racial discrimination within school settings caused feelings of helplessness and hopelessness and experiences of shock and/or frustration (98).

For me, anger was a release — for a lot longer than it should have been — and that anger was caused by feelings of helplessness.