Victim Mentality

"If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim."

- Richard Bach -

Themes

Victimhood
Lack Of Agency
Blaming Others

Learned Helplessness
The Drama Triangle
The TED Process

Thinkers

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Robin Sharma
Deepak Chopra
Jordan Peterson

Tony Robbins
Tripp Ranier
David Emerald

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IDEAS ABOUT...

Helplessness: The Stories We Tell Ourselves, By Martin Seligman

Coursera
Why It Matters How We Explain Bad Events

Coursera
We Can be Taught How To Beat
catastrophic thinking

IDEAS ABOUT...

Breaking Through The Pain, By Integral Zen

Integral Zen
Break The Culture of Victimhood

integral Zen
Taking Radical Responsibility

IDEAS ABOUT...

Learned Helplessness: The Precursor To Victimhood

This Awesome Life
What Is Learned Helplessness?

Curiosity List
How We Learned To Be Helpless

Veritasium
Learned Helplessness & The Antidote

Practical Psych
The Pain Of Learned Helplessness

IDEAS ABOUT...

Stepping Out Of Victim-Like Thinking, By Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson

Philosophy In Life
Grappling With Something You Object To

Students Of Liberty
Learning How To Be Assertive

Essential Truth
Pinnochio & The victim mentality

IDEAS ABOUT...

Power Trips & Drama, By Tripp Lanier

Tripp Lanier
The False Sense Of Power We Get

Tripp Lanier
How To Drop The Drama

IDEAS ABOUT...

Unlocking Control Dramas, By Teal Swan

Teal Swan
The Triangle From Hell

Teal Swan
The Victim Control Dynamic

IDEAS ABOUT...

The Drama Triangle: Breaking The Cycle Of Victmhood

CLG
The Drama Triangle vs. Presence

The new Man Podcast
The Power of TED: Stuck In A Drama Triangle?

Optimize
The Drama TRiangle: The Power of TED*

IDEAS ABOUT...

Getting Out Of Victim-Mode, By Robin Sharma

Robin Sharma
The Victim Detox

Victim Mentality
The Victim To Hero Leap

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Robin Sharma
The Victim To Leader Leap

FILMS & TRAILERS

Thomas Reissman
Adversity & the Art of Happiness

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Nomad Cinema
At Home in the Dark: #14 - THE DRAMA TRIANGLE

CLIPS & INTERVIEWS

Tom Bilyeu
Abandoning The Victim mentality

Matthew Hussey
Smash That Victim Mentality in 2 Steps

Michael Beckwith
Being the Victim: Here’s What You Don’t Get

FILM CLIPS

Thomas Reissmann
Overcoming the victim mentality

Finding JOe
Being A Victim Vs Finding Happiness

Joe Vitale
IThink: Give Up The Victim Mentality!

QUOTES

“The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.”

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- Carl Rogers

EXTRACTS

Constraints
VICTIM,
NEUTRALIZER, &
TRANSFORMER

Taken from A Beautiful Constraint, by Adam Morgan and Mark Barden.

Martin Seligman
Introduction

Taken from Learned Helplessness, by Christopher Peterson, Steven F. Maier, Martin E. P. Seligman

Lynne Forrest
My Personal healing

Taken from Guiding Principles for Life Beyond Victim Consciousness, by Lynne Forrest.

David Emerald
A Fateful Meeting

Taken from The Power of TED, by David Emerald.

Weinholds
Introduction

Taken from How to Break Free, by Barry K. Weinhold, Ph.D. and Janae B. Weinhold, Ph.D.

INSIGHT

Truth Theory
23 Signs You’re Suffering From A Victim Mentality

CNBC
The 2 mental shifts highly successful people make

Lifehacker
How to Ditch the Victim Mentality and Become More Empowered

VeryWell Mind
What Is Learned Helplessness and Why Does it Happen?

Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness: Seligman’s Theory of Depression (+ Cure)

Psychology Compass
3 methods to overcome learned helplessness and boost optimism

Psych Central
Breaking out of the Drama Triangle

Heal Your Life
do you have a victim mentality?

Brightside
If You Want to Have a Happy Family, You Should Know About the Karpman Drama Triangle

PsychCentral
The 10 Warning Signs of Having a Victim Mentality

Healthline
How to Identify and Deal with a Victim Mentality

Forbes
How To Escape The Dreaded Drama Triangle

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TALKS

Dr. Lance Luria
Learned Helplessness vs. Learned Optimism

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PODCASTS

Martin Seligman
From Learned Helplessness To Hopefulness

Peter Sage
#TBT - Peter Sage - Get Out Of Victim Mode

The Adult Chair
Take Responsibility & End the Victim Mentality

Personality Hacker
Drama Triangle vs Empowerment Dynamic

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CLIPS

All of Life
Learned Hopelessness

Judy Marie Trimbur
The Addiction of Victim-Hood

Dr. Joann Peterson
Freedom from Victimhood

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TIPS

BeardBrand
How to Overcome Being a Victim

Louix Dor Dempriey
Understanding Victim Mindset & Projection

Shaboom
How to Go from Victim to Creator

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