I know almost every therapy eventually works towards turning a PTSD sufferer from a "victim" to a "survivor". This ties in heavily with my Buddhist reading, too.
It's also the thing I am having the hardest time with. So long as I am still convinced I am a victim, I act like a victim, and attract people who see that weakness, and then take advantage of me, making me (literally) more of a victim. The cycle continues, but it needs to be broken.
Mindfulness throughout the day helps, but for someone with my symptoms (see? I am about to present myself as a victim to my symptoms!), I have difficulty maintaining it.
What have you found are helpful ways in undoing "victim thinking"?
It's also the thing I am having the hardest time with. So long as I am still convinced I am a victim, I act like a victim, and attract people who see that weakness, and then take advantage of me, making me (literally) more of a victim. The cycle continues, but it needs to be broken.
Mindfulness throughout the day helps, but for someone with my symptoms (see? I am about to present myself as a victim to my symptoms!), I have difficulty maintaining it.
What have you found are helpful ways in undoing "victim thinking"?