Always the Victim

Think about how many people in your life you’ve met that are always victims. They blame everything that happens to them on someone else. It’s really annoying to be absolutely honest. It’s a mindset that should be considered an anxiety disorder in its own right in my opinion. Victims blame their parents, schooling, circumstances, bad luck and anyone they come into contact with as being the reason they are always anxious or upset. Victims tell themselves they never get a break, or they are so flawed no one wants to be around them. Victims make themselves victims.Overcoming the victim attitude is critical to overcoming anxiety. If you always see the world as out to get you, then you’ll always be worrying about what’s going to happen next. Instead of focusing on how you can improve your life, you’ll always be in defensive mode. When someone starts complaining they are in a hopeless situation, I try to point out the good things in their life. But the truth is that the person must want to get out of the state of being the victim and into the state of self-help.