The 10 Warning Signs of Having a Victim Mentality

When you feel like a victim, you’ll end up stuck.
It can be depressing to be around someone who is always negative and constantly complains about everything.
Someone with a victim mentality and negativity bias usually finds things wrong with their life or feel that they do not deserve the good things in life. Thus, their life goes nowhere.
In order to detect if someone is playing the victim, they usually look at the glass half empty as a reflection for what is really going on deep down inside, within themselves.
Sometimes, even when you offer them some hope, they can make you feel like you do not understand them, so they will complain more to show you how miserable they are. If you offer a solution, they will give you another problem to that solution to make excuses for why nothing will work out.
How to Let Go of Your Victim Mentality and Rewrite Your Life Story
Nothing you say will help someone with a self-defeating attitude that makes them feel like the victim, which sabotages their life. Somehow, there is some pleasure in seeking sympathy while being in crisis because a person gets love and support in that way.
It’s not our job to rescue negative people who do not want to save themselves. All we can do is be there, and ensure the negativity doesn’t rub off on us. If we get caught up in trying to make them feel better, we can get caught in the chaotic negativity and go down with them.
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Source: World of Psychology - April 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Publishers Self-Help YourTango Co Dependency coping behavior Making Excuses Negativity Negativity Bias playing the victim Responsibility Self Love self-confidence Self-Defeating self-destructive self-punish self-sabotaging Source Type: blogs