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title: "13 Feelings Helplessness Quotes by 13 authors"
description: "Browse 13 Feelings Helplessness quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Feelings Helplessness sayings and thoughts."
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> [“..a new baby is not uninterrupted bliss. It's joy mixed with terror, fatigue, depression, intense feelings of helplessness, loneliness and inadequacy. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/a-new-baby-is-not-uninterrupted-bliss-it-s-joy-mixed-with-terror/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

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> [Your situation and prospects only seem hopeless because you have ideas of hope. Knock off that hope and the crippling feelings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/u-g-krishnamurti/your-situation-and-prospects-only-seem-hopeless-because-you-have/)

[U.G. Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/u-g-krishnamurti/)

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> [Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cheever/whenever-there-was-a-crisis-i-found-a-man-to-help-me-take-the-edge/)

[Susan Cheever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cheever/)

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> [I could definitely empathize with the character, with the feelings of helplessness - if only the desperation and the feeling of isolation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-harrison/i-could-definitely-empathize-with-the-character-with-the-feelings-of/)

[Randy Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-harrison/)

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> [“Feelings of helplessness, immobility, and freezing. If hyperarousal is the nervous system’s accelerator, a sense of overwhelming helplessness is its brake. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-a-levine/feelings-of-helplessness-immobility-and-freezing-if-hyperarousal-is/)

[Peter A. Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-a-levine/)

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> [Do the things you think you cannot do. Do all the good you can, by all the means available, in all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mia-farrow/do-the-things-you-think-you-cannot-do-do-all-the-good-you-can-by-all/)

[Mia Farrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mia-farrow/)

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> [“Witnessing a mother's slow physical decline can be the equivalent of of experiencing long-term trauma. The daughter's feelings of helplessness, anger, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-edelman/witnessing-a-mother-s-slow-physical-decline-can-be-the-equivalent-of/)

[Hope Edelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-edelman/)

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> [When discouraged some people will give up, give in or give out far too early. They blame their problems on difficult situations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-goodier/when-discouraged-some-people-will-give-up-give-in-or-give-out-far-too/)

[Steve Goodier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-goodier/)

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> [When I dabble in watching the news and reading about current events, I tend to get a future negative view, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bellamy/when-i-dabble-in-watching-the-news-and-reading-about-current-events-i/)

[Matt Bellamy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bellamy/)

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> [Go another step. Try to live one entire day without words at all. Do it not as a law, but as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/go-another-step-try-to-live-one-entire-day-without-words-at-all-do-it/)

[Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/)

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> [“...sometimes changes bring rivers of tears, feelings of helplessness and despair, but paradoxically, it is precisely in the transition that we build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/micaela-becattini/sometimes-changes-bring-rivers-of-tears-feelings-of-helplessness-and/)

[Micaela Becattini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/micaela-becattini/)

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> [If your mental attitude is positive, even when threats abound, you won’t lose your inner peace. On the other hand, if your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-your-mental-attitude-is-positive-even-when-threats-abound-you-won/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/the-more-i-think-about-the-human-suffering-in-our-world-and-my-desire/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

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