Passive Mindset
A passive mindset translates into the attitude or the assumption that life just happens to you accidentally and you are not responsible for it in any way.
People with a passive mindset use language that shifts the blame on other people, events and circumstances. They also do self-pity by asking why bad things always happen to them.
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