playing the victim

If you are playing a victim to life, then you are deeply unconscious. You’ve already given up on life, and have declared that life, another person, or some other force beyond yourself has somehow conquered you. In a way, you’ve sacrificed your soul to a phantom “other” that doesn’t even exist. In truth, victimization is the ego’s way of attracting the spotlight to itself. It is unconsciously played out by the ego for the sole purpose of extracting attention and sympathy from people around you.