> addict isn't helpless, because he can reduce his suffering by just taking drugs.
Yes. Being an addict has nothing to do with learned helplessness.
> you experienced ways of handling your boredom to suffer less,
No. I didn't do anything. Just my suffering turned into apathy and I didn't suffer as much.
> Not being able to handle your emotions, to soften them and to have some degree of control over your actions, is IMHO a kind of learned helplessness.
Then update your definition of learned helplesness to match THE definition of learned helplessness. The thing you have in mind is called emotional dysregulation disorder , I think.
It's not my definition. It's THE definition. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
> addict isn't helpless, because he can reduce his suffering by just taking drugs.
Yes. Being an addict has nothing to do with learned helplessness.
> you experienced ways of handling your boredom to suffer less,
No. I didn't do anything. Just my suffering turned into apathy and I didn't suffer as much.
> Not being able to handle your emotions, to soften them and to have some degree of control over your actions, is IMHO a kind of learned helplessness.
Then update your definition of learned helplesness to match THE definition of learned helplessness. The thing you have in mind is called emotional dysregulation disorder , I think.