Comment on What are the advantages of victimhood? What are the disadvantages of victimhood?
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months agoBeing a victim isn’t a choice. “Victimhood” or “vicim mentality” can be a choice.
Comment on What are the advantages of victimhood? What are the disadvantages of victimhood?
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months agoBeing a victim isn’t a choice. “Victimhood” or “vicim mentality” can be a choice.
GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That is a very problematic take, though.
Who gets to decide that a person has a “victim mentality?” If it’s not the person you’re labeling, then it’s not so much a choice they have made as it is a judgement you’ve made.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
I’m neither a scientist nor a psychologist, so you’ll have to take ot up with that community. I’m just saying, there’s va distinction in the terms and concepts.