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It is a myth that persistent feelings of helplessness and hopelessness are inevitable and permanent consequences of advanced life-threatening illness [ 33 ] . Most patients with a serious illness experience periods of intense situational sadness and anxiety accompanied by depressive symptoms.
In the New York Times Book Review , Susan Cheever says "the book brilliantly, heartbreakingly" lays out Harrison's helplessness.
Ricky might represent how Hannah and Annie could have turned out if they'd let go, if they hadn't overcome their bitterness or helplessness to scale the socioeconomic ladder.
The WP detects "a rising sense of helplessness" at the White House.
But I find any generalized public whining about the decline of the literary culture annoying, even when I essentially agree with the sentiment-in part, as you say, because of the helplessness it inspires.