Why Am I Feeling Powerless? – Possible Situations Explained

There are moments in life when you feel so powerless but not sure what’s the reason. You’re also not sure how to stop it. How to take back your power and sense of control?

Nobody likes that feeling but the first thing you should know is that you shouldn’t feel like a weirdo because of that. Many people feel powerless in some periods of their lives. This feeling is normal just like any other feeling. You don’t have to be ashamed. Still, it’s not pleasant to live in your skin while feeling powerless. So, it’s good you came here searching for a solution.

First, we’ll see where that feeling comes from. Then, we’ll discuss what to do to stop it. Don’t worry, nothing’s endless – including powerlessness.

Why Do People Feel Powerless?

1. Lack Of Control

Feeling powerless can arise when you feel like you don’t have control over your life or the situations you find yourself in. This can be particularly true if you’re going through a difficult time, such as a breakup, a job loss, a health issue, or the loss of your lovely person. You feel like there’s nothing you can do to change the situation. It often happens in a relationship when you’re unsure about your feelings or decisions.

2. Overwhelmed

Feeling powerless can also come from feeling overwhelmed by the demands of life. This can happen when you have too many responsibilities to juggle or when you feel like you don’t have the resources or support you need to handle the challenges you’re facing.

3. Self-doubt

Feeling powerless can be the result of negative self-talk and self-doubt. When you constantly criticize yourself or doubt your abilities, it can erode your sense of confidence and make you feel powerless to achieve your goals.

4. External Factors

Feeling powerless can also be a result of external factors, such as systemic injustices, discrimination, or inequality. When you feel like the deck is stacked against you, it can be hard to feel like you have any power to make a change.

How To Stop Feeling Powerless?

The first step is to identify the root cause and then, start to act in order to fix it. There’s no sense in scratching the surface but you have to dive into the depth of your mind. If you start to practice fitness, jogging, creative work, or anything like that, you’ll only hide your problems. They won’t be solved completely.

Meaning, you have to analyze your situation and admit to yourself what are the triggers of your powerlessness.

Energy In Disbalance

In the continuation, we’ll see how to deal with every specific problem but first, I want to talk about something that happens regardless of the type of trigger.

Every time you pass through a hard period that makes you weaker than before, the energetic layers of your body get imbalanced. And then you have a feeling of powerlessness, a lack of motivation, and you deeply need support because you feel like you can’t do anything alone anymore.

The third, yellow chakra, called the solar plexus, is often responsible for our lack of power. When in balance, it gives us the energy and power to do anything that’s in our plan. It gives us self-confidence and a feeling of control.

Since you feel powerless, your first step should be to balance the solar plexus, as well as other chakras. You can do it with visualizations and the healing music you can find online.

Balanced Nutrition

Don’t forget to recover your body with the substances it needs. After a period of stress, the body lacks vitamin B, zinc, and iron. Check your blood count and consult with your doctor.

Breakup, Loss, Health Problems…

If you’re passing through some events you don’t have control over, you need to reorganize your mind. Before sleep or at any time you can lie down and relax completely, close your eyes and feel your powerlessness. Think about the happenings that made you feel like that.

Then imagine a wheel of fortune. It symbolizes our lives. The truth is nothing is under our full control. There will always be something that doesn’t depend on our actions. Remember and repeat: “I’m not responsible for what’s happening. I don’t have to do anything. I can not do anything.”

Imagine your feeling of powerlessness like a black stain on your body. Now when you realize the happening around you is not under your control, remove the stain. Visualize it disappearing and feel the relief.

Repeat the visualization every day. It will help you to accept the fact that you can’t do anything but it’s not your powerlessness. Everything is as it should be.

Too Busy, Too Little Support

When you’re full of responsibilities, it is normal for you to feel powerless. You can’t do your tasks properly or you make a big effort to do them all and finally get dog-tired, even before you’ve done with all of your tasks.

In that case, reorganize your day. See which tasks can you reschedule or how could you accomplish them faster. Think about if is there something you could delay right now and solve later. Consider also who could help you. We’re often too proud to ask for help. That’s maybe because we feel obliged to those who help us. But remember that you make people feel important when you ask them for help.

Lack Of Self-Esteem

That’s the problem of many people and it inhibits them to do many worthy things they have the capability to do. It’s a psychological issue that should be treated with professional help. A visit to a psychologist is not a bad idea.

If not, try to dive into your subconscious mind to see what caused you to feel less worthy. The easiest way to do it is to look at your dreams. Consider symbols in your dreams and search for their meaning. That may tell you about the triggers of your powerlessness caused by a lack of self-confidence.

Discrimination, Mobbing…

If the trigger is not inside you, sometimes it is outside, around you. When you’re experiencing something you constantly struggle with but with no success, you feel so powerless. And that’s an awful feeling. For example, bearing with mobbing at work can be really terrible. And then you’re trying and trying to come to the end of that but nothing helps. The circumstances work against you. You don’t have evidence against your bullies but you can’t find another job. Ah, so awful.

In that situation, simply give up. Let things happen and wait until something changes. It may seem it’s easier to tell but do, but it’s the only solution at the moment. Learn to keep cool regardless of happening around you. Remember again the situation is not under your control. Accept that you can’t do anything although you’d like you can.

Patience is the key now. It’s hard but that bad times will pass.