According to Osho, helplessness is existential; when you truly experience it, you see your utter aloneness and the futility of all crutches—gods, prayers, crowds, ideologies, even relationships, alcohol or drugs. No one “up there” hears you. The only truthful response is to stop escaping and accept this aloneness and helplessness, dropping consolations and living without fictions.
Feeling helpless means noticing you’re truly on your own—and instead of grabbing make-believe helpers, you just face it honestly.