There are solutions and steps we can take to change our circumstances and alleviate pain, but with a hopeless outlook and “learned helplessness,” we don’t seek or accept help and can sink into depression.
People with victim complexes have a tendency to victimize themselves in order to gain sympathy. They wallow in self-doubt and negative self-talk rather than taking matters into their hands and fixing them.
People who struggle with the victim mentality are convinced that life is not only beyond their control, but is out to deliberately hurt them.
