Yes, indeed. And that’s the problem with clinging to the victim mindset, even when it is justifiable. It prevents one from doing the difficult work of excavating the emotional garbage pile where the unhealed emotional wounds lie buried. That’s a doubly tough task when one feels emotionally abused, though. I can attest that it is both necessary and liberating to dig up those emotional wounds and get them healed. Even in the midst of feeling lost and confused.