It is true that victim complexes rub off on people. Anybody who’s ever been in a conservative city in a red state can attest to that, listening to them constantly whine and complain, blaming all of their problems and everything bad in society on anybody who doesn’t look like them. That kind of thinking doesn’t happen naturally, it’s learned from growing up around the negative outlook and victim mentality their parents had. Their parents got it from their parents, and now they’re passing it onto their kids and grandkids. I saw it first hand, I grew up in a house full of negative people in a neighborhood full of people who always felt like they were the victim. It took me a long time to overcome that kind of brainwashing.
And you’re absolutely right that victim complexes lead to suicide. If you look up suicide rates by state it’s crazy how many red states are at the top of the list and how many blue states are at the bottom. And it’s no coincidence that men have a higher suicide rate than women and white people have a higher suicide rate than black people, hispanic people, or Asian people. What demographic loves to play the victim more than anybody else? White men.
But being around LGBT people…negative outlooks? Leading to suicide? Lol. That’s the thing that saves people from suicide. Every single study that’s ever been done has shown that the single most important factor in preventing suicide is having a strong support system. For LGBT youth especially, even just have one single adult in their life that supports them is huge in preventing suicide.
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It is true that victim complexes rub off on people. Anybody who’s ever been in a conservative city in a red state can attest to that, listening to them constantly whine and complain, blaming all of their problems and everything bad in society on anybody who doesn’t look like them. That kind of thinking doesn’t happen naturally, it’s learned from growing up around the negative outlook and victim mentality their parents had. Their parents got it from their parents, and now they’re passing it onto their kids and grandkids. I saw it first hand, I grew up in a house full of negative people in a neighborhood full of people who always felt like they were the victim. It took me a long time to overcome that kind of brainwashing.
And you’re absolutely right that victim complexes lead to suicide. If you look up suicide rates by state it’s crazy how many red states are at the top of the list and how many blue states are at the bottom. And it’s no coincidence that men have a higher suicide rate than women and white people have a higher suicide rate than black people, hispanic people, or Asian people. What demographic loves to play the victim more than anybody else? White men.
But being around LGBT people…negative outlooks? Leading to suicide? Lol. That’s the thing that saves people from suicide. Every single study that’s ever been done has shown that the single most important factor in preventing suicide is having a strong support system. For LGBT youth especially, even just have one single adult in their life that supports them is huge in preventing suicide.