What Are Things I Am Powerless Over? What am I powerless over: Things: Dogs barking and “dog DO”, birds chirping loudly at 4 in the morning and bird droppings, computers and technological gadgets, appliances, cars, stereos, radios, TVs, hot water heaters, clothes to buy and iron and keep up. What does powerless feel like? Rather
What Causes Powerlessness? What causes powerlessness? Powerlessness derives from a lack of decision-making power, the inability to enact choices and exposure to the disrespectful treatment that results from occupying a marginal status (Young 1990). What causes powerlessness feeling? Sometimes, people feel powerless and helpless because they’ve been regularly invalidated or treated as incompetent—and “it can