They can get stuck in a trap called " learned helplessness" .

他们可能会陷入一个叫做“习得性无助”的陷阱。

Although it could easily rip the small flimsy stake out of the ground to be free, it has developed this learned helplessness.

虽然它可以很轻松地把小而脆弱的木桩从地面上扯下来，获得自由，但它已经形成了这种习得性无助感。

That negative thinking, learned helplessness, self-blame, and over-thinking can feed off itself and basically smother the joy out of the brain, eventually creating a vicious self-fulfilling cycle of negative thinking.

消极思维、 习得性无助、自责和过度思考会自行滋生， 基本上扼杀大脑的快乐， 最终形成消极思维的自我实现的恶性循环。

And this develops a kind of state of mind that is a kind of … it's a form of learned helplessness – because I'm consuming something that's upsetting me but I cannot do anything about it.

这就发展为一种心理状态，它是习得性无助的一种形式，因为我在消费让我心烦的东西，但我却对它无能为力。