Victimhood Mentality

[Old Things]

There is just something about it that makes me sneer. It makes me feel disgusted. The whole, "Woe is me. Everyone feel bad for me," thing is so cowardly and childish. It's literally like a child who goes and complains to their parents that they didn't get a car for their sweet 16 or something.

Now, this is a plague that affects all of the US. You have successful people doing it, even. And when they don't get their way, because it is obvious that they are trying to manipulate people for gain, they will put their account on X on private or whatever so they can hide. It's like, you made the post. Own up to it or change your mind or something. Don't hide. I guess I just can't stand cowards. I've been on the receiving end of this, actually. I made a post on Twitter, and I said that an honest person should not be afraid to use their real name on social media. I got lambasted immediately and had people from all over giving their reasons why they don't want to use their real name. In fact, one of the reasons given was that they did not want to be honest with what they were saying. I just have no category for something like that. This post I made ended up getting like 3M views and thousands of comments and quote tweets most of which were telling me I was wrong. But I did not back down to peer pressure. People who cave to peer pressure are weak. And caving to peer pressure is the epitome of victimhood mentality. Why? Because "It's all about me" to these people. If other people don't like what they are doing, they will change. It literally fits the stereotype for social gain. It's like half of America are spoiled brats who got everything they ever wanted growing up, and now they are taking it out on society for not bowing to their every whim. This is what I think of a high percentage of trans people.

Honestly, when I first saw this video by Jordan Peterson, I was like, "Hell yes. This is me."

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[Hadoblado]

People who cave to peer pressure value harmony, personal inclusion, and not being harassed over the outcome they would achieve by advocating their beliefs honestly.

I don't think it's overly related to victim mentality.

 

[Old Things]

People who cave to peer pressure value harmony, personal inclusion, and not being harassed over the outcome they would achieve by advocating their beliefs honestly.

Some of them might. Others are just cowards and don't have any courage.

 

[fractalwalrus]

If this is about locus of control (internal vs. external) then it is easy to get locked into one vs the other. Bear in mind that victims of childhood abuse can suffer consequences that stay with them throughout their lives (complex PTSD). Also keep in mind that writing off everyone who complains about victimization allows the victimizers to get off the hook for their anti-social behaviors in cases where legitimate acts of harm have been committed.

 

[Old Things]

If this is about locus of control (internal vs. external) then it is easy to get locked into one vs the other. Bear in mind that victims of childhood abuse can suffer consequences that stay with them throughout their lives (complex PTSD). Also keep in mind that writing off everyone who complains about victimization allows the victimizers to get off the hook for their anti-social behaviors in cases where legitimate acts of harm have been committed.

Where did you get that from the examples I gave? I am talking about people who were spoiled as children, and they think they can get whatever they want. I am not talking about people with a history of horrible abuse. That is a completely different conversation.

 

[fractalwalrus]

If this is about locus of control (internal vs. external) then it is easy to get locked into one vs the other. Bear in mind that victims of childhood abuse can suffer consequences that stay with them throughout their lives (complex PTSD). Also keep in mind that writing off everyone who complains about victimization allows the victimizers to get off the hook for their anti-social behaviors in cases where legitimate acts of harm have been committed.

Where did you get that from the examples I gave? I am talking about people who were spoiled as children, and they think they can get whatever they want. I am not talking about people with a history of horrible abuse. That is a completely different conversation.

Yes, but how do you determine who is who when working with very little evidence. I would assume that you may not know the individual backgrounds of the people you refer to here.

 

[Old Things]

If this is about locus of control (internal vs. external) then it is easy to get locked into one vs the other. Bear in mind that victims of childhood abuse can suffer consequences that stay with them throughout their lives (complex PTSD). Also keep in mind that writing off everyone who complains about victimization allows the victimizers to get off the hook for their anti-social behaviors in cases where legitimate acts of harm have been committed.

Where did you get that from the examples I gave? I am talking about people who were spoiled as children, and they think they can get whatever they want. I am not talking about people with a history of horrible abuse. That is a completely different conversation.

Yes, but how do you determine who is who when working with very little evidence. I would assume that you may not know the individual backgrounds of the people you refer to here.

I'm not talking about individuals. I am talking about things in general.