Difference between revisions of "Persecution complex"
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According to Roger Gould, M.D., "Sometimes it is an exaggeration of a real situation and at other times it is totally ungrounded in reality, a product of the person's inner life projection onto the world . That is when it is called paranoia." <ref>http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Mental-Health/Persecution-Complex/show/266760</ref> | According to Roger Gould, M.D., "Sometimes it is an exaggeration of a real situation and at other times it is totally ungrounded in reality, a product of the person's inner life projection onto the world . That is when it is called paranoia." <ref>http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Mental-Health/Persecution-Complex/show/266760</ref> | ||
| − | + | Liberals are well known for claiming to be persecuted to avoid having to address conservative arguments on their merits, even in situations in which liberals have the power. For example, in 1998, [[Hillary Clinton]] blamed the troubles of President [[Bill Clinton]] on a "vast right-wing conspiracy." | |
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A persecution complex is a belief and psychological condition by which an individual or a group believes that, whenever that entity faces adversity, it must be because of symptoms beyond their control, or the hatred of their enemies. For example, someone suffering from a persecution complex will ascribe their individual failures to censorship rather than an individual problem.
According to Roger Gould, M.D., "Sometimes it is an exaggeration of a real situation and at other times it is totally ungrounded in reality, a product of the person's inner life projection onto the world . That is when it is called paranoia." [1]
Liberals are well known for claiming to be persecuted to avoid having to address conservative arguments on their merits, even in situations in which liberals have the power. For example, in 1998, Hillary Clinton blamed the troubles of President Bill Clinton on a "vast right-wing conspiracy."