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{{Top}}détresse]]''; [[German]]: ''[[Hilflosigkeit{{Bottom}}
The term '[[helplessness]]' ([[French]]: ''[[détresse]]''; [[German]]: ''[[Hilflosigkeit]]'') is used in [[psychoanalysis]] to denote the state of the newborn [[infant]] who is incapable of carrying out the specific [[action]]s required to [[satisfy]] its own [[need]]s, and so is completely dependent on other people (especially the [[mother]]).