Host Raven Thorne explores the 1967 learned helplessness study by Seligman and Maier, where dogs subjected to inescapable shocks stopped trying to escape even when escape became possible. The episode examines how this discovery reshaped depression research, revealing that helplessness may be the brain's default state—and agency the learned achievement we must continually override.

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