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Adiaphron

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27. There is another important term to consider.
Thu May 31, 2018, 07:10 AM
May 2018

After reading numerous threads about this general topic, many generated by you, and also the comments, I decided to sign up and suggest something that may help. There are many professionals who can treat the condition that seems to be presenting itself here.

Some of the more relevant details of what psychologists and psychiatrists identify as “injustice collecting” (the individuals are known as “injustice collectors”:

Injustice collecting allows us to avoid responsibility for our circumstances. Self-pity garners attention and sympathy from others.

The injustice collector attempts to regain perceived loss of all power by using the attention and sympathy to manipulate others into conceding to the injustice collector, in an effort to accommodate the alleged victim.

The tendency to itemize every unfair knock we've ever suffered is known as injustice collecting. Sometimes the injustices are personal, as in, "My boss unfairly promoted Rick over me." This kind of self-talk leads to anger. At other times, the catalogued outrages lead to overwrought generalizations, such as, "Nothing ever goes well; this is too unfair." This type of thinking leads to hopelessness and rage.

Enough grudge holding and soon you'll see more iniquity than actually exists. The injustice collector becomes a trigger-happy perceiver.

This article offers more about the condition: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/20061/injustice-collecting

Thank you and have a nice day.

Perfect analogy! mcar May 2018 #1
I don't know this word tazkcmo May 2018 #2
I don't know Effie. I understand your analogy as much as I understand Blue_true May 2018 #3
how did he break his leg? mokawanis May 2018 #4
ha ha ha DonCoquixote May 2018 #7
That's pretty funny EffieBlack May 2018 #8
It was there so I took it mokawanis May 2018 #12
wypipo is a term people used DonCoquixote May 2018 #5
Whenever I see a wypipo thread or read a wypipo column, this always pops into my head... LuvLoogie May 2018 #6
I made it to 1 minute irisblue May 2018 #21
You're made out of stronger stuff than I am. Dave Starsky May 2018 #37
Geez bornfree17 May 2018 #29
Best vid ever! ProudLib72 May 2018 #52
If that means the "Wypipo drama" is bunch of junk, I'm with you. Jeez, white folks have called Hoyt May 2018 #9
Agree bornfree17 May 2018 #30
Well I never took anyone's crutches, and I don't have anything to say about wypipo marylandblue May 2018 #10
Awww ... EffieBlack May 2018 #11
Best response here! n/t pnwmom May 2018 #13
Precisely! Some in this world want to just beat "Wypipo" to death. Sad. George II May 2018 #14
Kick EffieBlack May 2018 #15
Pointless name calling and slurs is a crutch certain people need mythology May 2018 #16
Whoosh! EffieBlack May 2018 #17
Perhaps someday, those people will grow out of that ck4829 May 2018 #25
Actually, sheshe2 May 2018 #18
. NCTraveler May 2018 #22
K&R betsuni May 2018 #19
No, Sherman A1 May 2018 #20
Yeah, I get the analogy and what's being said Blue_Adept May 2018 #26
I got the analogy as well and frankly Sherman A1 May 2018 #32
And bornfree17 May 2018 #31
Agreed Sherman A1 May 2018 #33
What's a Wypipo? Dorian Gray May 2018 #23
A good example of a wypipo mercuryblues May 2018 #41
Another example gollygee May 2018 #42
A racial pejorative for people primarily of Caucasian decent Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #51
I'm so white that having pre-cancerous lesions burned or sliced off my skin is a regular occurrence. hunter Jun 2018 #55
K&R ck4829 May 2018 #24
There is another important term to consider. Adiaphron May 2018 #27
And another important term to consider ck4829 May 2018 #28
+1 (Thanks for the memory jog) nt WePurrsevere May 2018 #34
+1 EffieBlack May 2018 #36
Interesting EffieBlack May 2018 #35
K&R BumRushDaShow May 2018 #39
Funny thing, that EffieBlack May 2018 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author Maeve May 2018 #38
That article requires more than a causal reading.... marble falls May 2018 #43
Racism is not an imagined injustice gollygee May 2018 #44
Interesting though ismnotwasm May 2018 #47
Not relavent ismnotwasm May 2018 #46
Are you saying noticing and calling out racism is bad because once you notice racism, you'll see it? uppityperson May 2018 #48
The next time someone needs an explanation Codeine May 2018 #49
This...that post is some classic "whitesplaining" Docreed2003 May 2018 #53
Kids breaking legs mercuryblues May 2018 #40
What about broken arms?! Codeine May 2018 #50
Nope. Do not remember that happening. Tipperary Jun 2018 #54
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