You’re only a victim when you let yourself be.
Everyone is a victim of something in the literal sense of the word, but yes, people choose to live life as a victim. I try to have sympathy in some cases though.
Definitely true. I think what I meant was more along the lines of “Don’t let having been a victim define you as a person.”
Exactly. This is something that I’m glad that I learned young. Sadly, a significant portion of my old friends never did learn this.