AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It’s possible they have a victim mentality, sometimes called victim syndrome or a victim complex. The victim mentality rests on three key beliefs: Bad things happen and will keep happening. Other people or circumstances are to blame. Any efforts to create change will fail, so there’s no point in trying.

Detailed explanation-2: -People who have a victim mentality have often suffered through trauma or hard times, but haven’t developed a healthier way to cope. As a result, they develop a negative view of life, where they feel that they don’t have any control over what happens to them.

Detailed explanation-3: -A victim of circumstance is an individual who suffers ill consequences because of factors that were out of his control. Someone can be said to be such a victim if, during the course of her everyday life, she encounters a situation without seeking it out that causes her harm.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is a victim mentality? A victim mentality is when someone feels that bad things keep happening to them no matter what. at the root of this mentality is that none of these circumstances or situations are their fault.