Offense in a sensitive world?
Do you get offended when you are constantly called a victim, with a victim mentality when you are trying so hard to thrive? And if not, how do you combat it?
46-50, F
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Abstraction · 61-69, M
Objectively assess whether you have a victim mentality, then once you know that, it doesn't matter what anyone else says.
It's ok to have emotions and to struggle. That doesn't make anyone a victim. It makes you human. It's learned helplessness you have to avoid.
[i]The belief systems of the person with a victim identity fall along these lines:
Life is really, really hard.
Don't get up, you'll just get kicked back down again.
Beware, always beware of trickery; it's around every corner.
You can't trust anyone.
I can't.
You just don't understand how hard it is for me.
Everyone is always picking on me.
"They" are always bigger, badder and smarter than me.[/i]
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/traversing-the-inner-terrain/201102/the-victim-identity
It's ok to have emotions and to struggle. That doesn't make anyone a victim. It makes you human. It's learned helplessness you have to avoid.
[i]The belief systems of the person with a victim identity fall along these lines:
Life is really, really hard.
Don't get up, you'll just get kicked back down again.
Beware, always beware of trickery; it's around every corner.
You can't trust anyone.
I can't.
You just don't understand how hard it is for me.
Everyone is always picking on me.
"They" are always bigger, badder and smarter than me.[/i]
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/traversing-the-inner-terrain/201102/the-victim-identity
