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Learned Helplessness - a play

Author: Womynofletters01
Contemporary Romance
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Learned helplessness, is defined as a condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed. It is thought to be one of the underlying causes of depression. What happens when 5 strangers with shared experiences meet in prospect park on a Brooklyn summer day?

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