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Researchers have published research that suggests that seeing oneself as a victim may actually be a distinct and stable aspect of personality, what they term “Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood,” or TIV. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/women-who-stray/202012/the-victim-personality
They define TIV as an “enduring feeling that the self is a victim across different kinds of interpersonal relationships.”
The researchers identify several core components of TIV, including...
The researchers identify several core components of TIV, including...
Need for recognition – whereby individuals have a high level of need for their victimization to be seen and recognized by others.
Moral elitism – seeing oneself as morally pure or “immaculate,” and seeing those who oppose, criticize or “victimize” oneself as completely and totally immoral and unjust.
Lack of empathy – having little empathy or concern for the suffering of others, because your own victimhood is so much greater than the suffering of others. Also includes an entitlement to act selfishly or harmfully towards others, without recognizing their pain or experience.
Rumination – a strong tendency to brood and remain extremely fixated on times, ways and relationships where they experienced victimization and being taken advantage of.
