Self-victimisation

Self-victimisation has various connotations, depending on different contexts (psychological, religious, social, etc.). It can be connected with numerous terms, such as masochismSexual masochism and sexual sadism have a great deal in common besides the experience of pain during the sex act. Both conditions begin in childhood; both are usually chronic ..., martyrToday, it is an expression most commonly used to describe someone who has been killed for his/her religious beliefs ..., victim roleThis tactic involves portraying oneself as an innocent victim of circumstances or someone else's behavior in order to gain sympathy, evoke compassion and thereby get something from another ..., etc.

(T.J.)

• Dependence projective identificationThe aim of dependence projective identification is to force "the other" to help ...
• MartyrToday, it is an expression most commonly used to describe someone who has been killed for his/her religious beliefs ...
• MasochismSexual masochism and sexual sadism have a great deal in common besides the experience of pain during the sex act. Both conditions begin in childhood; both are usually chronic ...
• Victim roleThis tactic involves portraying oneself as an innocent victim of circumstances or someone else's behavior in order to gain sympathy, evoke compassion and thereby get something from another ...

Texts:

• VICTIMS’ SYMPTOM: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Culture by Ana Peraica
• Niemand zeugt für den Zeugen (“Levi’s paradox”, cultural and political representation of the victims, and the secondary witness problem, from Auschwitz to Srebrenica) by Stevan Vuković