Deflated powerlessness

Resigned

Also known as fatalistic

Strength 2 of 4

Having stopped pushing against something you can’t change, and settling into it with a flat, sighing sense that this is just how it is.

In the body

  • Shoulders settling down
  • Hands going still in the lap

Needs behind it

When these needs aren’t met

ChoiceMourningHope

Softer and stronger

  1. Resigned
  2. Powerless

Often confused with

Defeated

Resigned is a quiet acceptance that something can’t be changed; defeated is the sense of having fought and lost, with no fight left.

Peaceful

Peaceful is a settled ease with how things are; resigned is giving up the struggle without that ease, with some loss still underneath.

See also

Disillusioned