It was not my fault…. or so they would have you think. I’m talking about people who have a real problem with accepting any responsibility for their own role in their own personal situations or actions.
How many times have you been in a situation where you knew you were absolutely in the right? And despite even having solid proof to support your position, the emotional blamer refused to accept any responsibility for their role?
I feel as if it stems from childhood and these people have been conditioned since that time to believe this behavior is acceptable. They think it’s acceptable because it’s partly all they know and it also has to do with the fact that they are in a comfort zone and no one has stepped up to challenge them out of it.
By challenge them out of it, I mean just that. These people need someone to challenge them to get out of their comfort zone and to explore the true reality of responsible adult behavior.
This sounds easy enough but of course the number one obstacle you will encounter with emotional blamers is denial. When a person has any type of emotional issue, it always comes from an association of pain or trauma. The emotion is their escape. It’s how they deal with it. For many, it’s all they know. And these people think their behavior is normal.
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