Yes, and we now live in a victimhood culture where victimhood is a symbol of social power and people compete for victimhood status as a way to exploit others financially or otherwise.

I recently left a long time group because the entire group shifted into ‘victimhood’ mentality and the members would just complete at meetings about who was the most ‘oppressed’. It was a garden club… and people were like crying for sympathy about their plot getting slightly less sun than another plot.

“Vulnerable Narcissism” was a new distinction for me that made a ton of sense when reflecting on one of my very challenged relationships with someone who really struggles with a lot of behaviors that line up very specifically with it.

“I also want the average person to understand that our research is not political. What I mean by this is that our research is not demonstrating that certain groups have high levels of the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood and thus are narcissistic – to use this research against others of various political affiliations is irresponsible and inaccurate. It is likely that the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood occurs among various people, and it may manifest differently depending on the way the person is.”

While I would typically take such a statement suspiciously because often people deny the thing they’re doing, in this case I can say I’ve seen left leaning people who don’t want the spotlight and take on load to make things better for others, and right leaning people who want to be the center of attention and to be a victim who isn’t getting their due, and vice versa. A persons temperament can affect their ideology, but doesn’t necessarily have to.

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