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How to Avoid The Trap of Victim Culture & Build Resilience There's a beautiful balance that can be found between being honest and true about how you feel (being vulnerable) and building resilience.  But that's not necessarily what's being emphasized at the moment.  In fact, the focus, more and more, is on elevating victimhood.   Though we are in a transformative time, there's a danger of going too far into victimhood and we need to be mindful as we progress forward.    Because identifying with your victim story ultimately leads you to live from the outside in.  It's essentially a surrendering of power.  Giving your energy away to others to manage as they see fit.  Only they're not the ones that can create change for you.      Living this way sucks the life out of you.   When you get caught in the victim trap you are 100% reliant on other people and their perspectives.  It's hard to feel grounded or safe.  It feels like yo