Victimization

Victimization is the ongoing identification with harm as identity.
It begins in truth — an event of power imbalance — but persists as illusion when one remains bound to the story rather than the self.

Victimization replaces the original wound with a role.
It grants moral innocence at the cost of freedom, demanding others stay cast as villain or saviour to maintain the narrative of helplessness.

Healing begins when awareness replaces the story — when power is reclaimed as the ability to respond, not react.

See Philosophy of Integration
See also Shame, Guilt, and Integration for how awareness transforms pain into sovereignty.