Notice the finger pointing in this image below and the way Cinderella puts her hand to her heart in a 'what me?' pose?
Here we have what Stephen Karpman calls the 'Persecutor' and 'Victim' roles. The 'victim' is a role we choose to adopt when we feel helpless and hopeless, we have no power at this time and in this situation. The person or situation we h…
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