Sentences with phrase «feeling of powerlessness»

It either drives me into a posture of defensiveness, or immobilizes, or evokes feelings of powerlessness which do not in fact square with my real situation.

The ability to make a positive difference in their lives and the lives of their family and community members through Child - to - Child programs helps children overcome feelings of powerlessness in the present and gain skills towards building resilience for the future.

From this perspective, teacher involvement is a means of avoiding feelings of powerlessness and workplace alienation, both of which can lead to stress and burnout.

«Our real problem is not a heating planet or rampant malnutrition... We only have one real problem: our own feelings of powerlessness to manifest the solutions right in front of our noses.»

The Labour voters apparently inspired by feelings of powerlessness?

Struggling with feelings of powerlessness, anger or loss?

Some people are «programmed» with tragic scripts, which cause them to live as losers with overwhelming feelings of powerlessness and joylessness.

Once children feel disconnected, any small task can bring up jumbo - size feelings of powerlessness.

As you become more comfortable with the NICU environment and have experience touching and interacting with your baby, feelings of confidence will begin to replace your initial feelings of powerlessness.

Zombies may well be popular today because they speak to a similar feeling of powerlessness shared by many members of our society.»

Commenting on her party's boycott of William Hague's committee, she said that a «convention, driven by the people — indeed, for the people — with views and voices from communities across our country, would mean that change could be part of addressing feelings of powerlessness in the face of globalisation and its impacts.»

And there are populists now poised to exploit the widespread feeling of powerlessness in this summer's European elections.

Delaying a reward, as in the marshmallow test, stirs a frustrating feeling of powerlessness, her team proposes.

The realities Ngounou saw for teachers, administrators, families, and students working in education painted a bleak picture of the future, one in which despite all the hard work a certain feeling of powerlessness about policies and practices remained.

For example, the overwhelming and possibly hopeless struggle portrayed by the media and many campaigners provokes feelings of powerlessness.

Finally, services could compound feelings of powerlessness especially when practical resources (such as housing) were not addressed.

During my visit, I was told by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders feelings of powerlessness, loss of culture and lack of control over their lives.

Siblings commonly expressed feelings of powerlessness, and saw themselves as unworthy of attention, love and care from their parents.

The courtroom environment creates feelings of powerlessness and animosity.

Thus, examining perceived control within a diathesis - stress framework becomes increasingly necessary amongst adolescents as such individuals are more likely to exhibit feelings of powerlessness in response to stressful life events which then leads to the onset of depressive symptoms.

Freud viewed addictive and compulsive behavior as a defensive strategy used by an individual to avoid feelings of powerlessness.

They bully to feel competent, successful, to control someone else, to get some relief from their own feelings of powerlessness.

What's worse, such rules take control away from the employee, leading to feelings of powerlessness and disengagement, says Stew Friedman, author of Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life.

From this perspective, there is much we can learn from the household codes about confronting our own privilege, keeping whatever power we may have in check, responding to our feelings of powerlessness, practicing mutual submission in our marriages, and imitating Christ in all of our interpersonal relationships.

Thus the unemployed person develops a feeling of powerlessness that becomes a fiercer foe as time wears on.

Furthermore, one discovers that the feeling of powerlessness is compounded when one has to conform to the demands and schedules of possible employers.

That feeling of powerlessness when you're not sure what you've got wrong this time.

They try to overcome and defend themselves against this feeling of powerlessness through a massive increase in nuclear arms, and they try to conquer their fear and reassure themselves by asserting that we can prevail if we do indeed multiply our nuclear arsenal.

This feeling of powerlessness on the part of those identified with Christian values is, of course, at variance with Christian doctrine that asserts that the individual can be a tremendous force for good in this world, by personal example and by active involvement.

I sometimes drove around weeping and cursing at God about my feelings of powerlessness.

Salma details the threats and verbal abuse she was subjected to, as well as the feeling of powerlessness she experienced.

Feelings of powerlessness and helplessness are common among victims of bullying and can carry over into adulthood.

These feelings of powerlessness are common in the NICU.

Premature deliveries, NICU stays, an unplanned C - section, cord prolapse, postpartum hemorrhage, feelings of powerlessness, and the use of forceps or vacuum extractors are other potential causes, noted Postpartum Support International.

«Across many parts of Britain there's a feeling of powerlessness, communities that have been abandoned, the Labour leader said.

The interviewees seemed to compensate for lifes disappointments and feelings of powerlessness by subscribing to a perturbed reality that was starkly defined by friends and enemies.

Then you can get to constructive dialogue, which allows you to avoid the feeling of powerlessness that can cause anxiety and depression.

Hypothyroidism by definition will lead to low energy, low mood, unnecessary weight gain, and a feeling of powerlessness.

TCA 2017: «The show tries to investigate our feelings of powerlessness,» said executive producer Andrew Sodroski

And this movie was written as a way to capture that feeling of powerlessness.

With a fixed mindset, there are feelings of powerlessness and learned helplessness.

There's no question that dissatisfaction and upheaval are all around us — and if zombies represent a metaphor for the feelings of powerlessness that accompany tough times — it makes sense that they're everywhere.

When those parents complain to the teachers, and when the teachers say it's because of Common Core and that the Common Core was mandated by some far - away state official (or even the feds, or Bill Gates, or Pearson...), the result is frustration, a feeling of powerlessness, and eventually anger.

I understand my character's desire to find her talent as well as her feelings of powerlessness.