Strongly external

You strongly experience your life as shaped by forces outside your control.

In depth

• What it looks likeeffort can feel beside the point, and outcomes feel like weather rather than consequence.
• Costthe belief becomes self-fulfilling — not trying does in fact reduce your control, which then confirms the belief.
• Worth sayingif this is where you are, it is worth asking whether it reflects your circumstances or a habit of reading them. Both are real, and only one of them is yours to move. A persistent sense that nothing you do matters is also worth mentioning to a GP or therapist.