In my last column, I looked at what it means to develop a victim mentality – a mindset where someone tends to view themselves as being consistently wronged by life or by others, and feels powerless to change their circumstances. In this follow-up column, I look at how to help someone find a way out of the story they’ve become stuck in.
There is a difference between being a victim of something traumatic or tragic, and developing a mindset shaped by a more general sense of victimhood. My latest Southern Star column explores what it means to talk about a victim mentality.