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MIND emotion

Despair

The point at which hope has been exhausted — the belief that nothing will change.

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AbsenceMindBodyHeartPresence

Classical Definition

The complete loss or absence of hope.

Same Wavelength

Grief grief can deepen into despair when hope is added to what is lost → Depression depression is despair sustained over time → Defeat defeat is a specific despair; despair is its general form → Hopelessness same state — different words for the same exhaustion → Helplessness despair is helplessness accepted as permanent → Pessimism despair is pessimism that has stopped fighting → Dread despair is what remains after dread has been lived through → Apathy apathy is often dried-out despair — what remains when the pain stops →

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