Psychologists use the term martyr complex to refer to someone who chooses to feel and act like a victim. Like a people-pleaser, a person with a martyr complex will sacrifice his or her own needs to ...

The term martyr complex describes the actions of an individual who consistently engages in self-sacrificial behaviours beyond that which is considered normal or healthy. This often entails regularly ...

Everyone has encountered someone with a victim mentally. We refer to these people as having a martyr complex and playing the victim. These people feel that everything bad always happens to them, and ...