What does whipped mean here?
As soon as you tell yourself, 'Tm beaten. There's no way to
conquer this problem," negative thoughts are attracted, and
each of these helps convince you that you are right, that you are
whipped.

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What does whipped mean here?
As soon as you tell yourself, 'Tm beaten. There's no way to 
conquer this problem," negative thoughts are attracted, and 
each of these helps convince you that you are right, that you are 
whipped.

Answer

Rick is correct.  It means beaten, in the sense of “defeated.”  Often, “whipped” implies “beaten badly” or “utterly defeated.”   For example, if a football team loses 2-1, it was beaten but not whipped; if it loses 5-0, it was whipped.

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It is another way to say beaten.

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