The Price Of Being A Victim

There is a human cost for being the perpetual victim. Find out the passageway out of victimhood in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Transcript

The Price Of Being A Victim

How much is your life worth? Tough question, right? It’s almost impossible to put a number on something so valuable, unless, of course, you’re a life insurance agent.

But here’s the sad truth—we undervalue ourselves every time we buy into being a victim.

And let me tell you from personal experience, it's one of the fastest ways to drain your energy, your spark, your life force—staying stuck in that role.

Now, let’s be frank, Frank—we’ve all been there. Every one of us has played the victim at some point. We may not have called it that, but in the moment, it felt real. Oscar-worthy, even.

It’s an easy role to slip into. And if we’re not careful, it becomes comfortable. Too comfortable. Soon, it’s not a role anymore—it’s who we think we are.

That’s the real danger. We get trapped in character. We confuse the part we’re playing with real life. And before we know it, years go by . . . and we wonder where life went.

So how do we step off that stage?

It starts with a simple shift—from what happened to what’s happening.

See, if your focus is always on what happened to you, you’ll stay stuck in that victim loop. Reliving the pain. Replaying the story. But when you notice that what happened . . . isn’t happening now—you crack open a window to freedom.

And here’s the rub: We live in a culture that loves keeping the past alive. “We must never forget,” we’re told. And yes—deep wounds leave scars. You’ll never forget the deepest pain.

But constantly re-living it? Re-telling it? That’s how victimhood stays alive.

Justification is the sidekick of victimhood. We justify our helplessness. We rehearse our story. And pretty soon, that story starts living us—instead of the other way around.

So here’s the choice: Do you want to live your life . . . or live your story?

One keeps you anchored to the past. The other opens the door to your future.

Here’s a metaphor that worked for me: Life took a turn, I fell out of the car—and it kept going.

Yeah, it hurt. I’m not pretending it didn’t happen and didn’t feel awful. But the longer I asked, “Why did this happen to me?” the deeper I sank.

It wasn’t until I pivoted to, “What am I going to do now?” that things started to shift.

The future doesn't begin in the rearview mirror. You shape it by focusing on what’s in front of you. Right here. Right now.

So if you’re ready to stop being a victim, remember this: You can’t move forward by going backward.

Drop the weight. Life gets lighter. And a whole lot brighter.

It all begins when you stop clinging to what happened—And start living in real time—in the land of what’s happening now.

All the best,

John