Identity, Truth, And Delusion
A Difficult Question Of Understanding In Today's World Of Deception, Shaping Narrative, Misunderstandings, And Psychology
Identity, Truth, And Delusion
A Difficult Question Of Understanding In Today’s World Of Deception, Shaping Narrative, Misunderstandings, And Psychology
Written by a human, for humans, always.
What is true?
It is a really difficult question to ask in today’s world...
For a variety of reasons.
Let me give you an example based on an article I was reading...
With details purposefully left scarce to help you understand the challenge and not pre-judge the situation.
The author of the article claimed they were a victim of grooming.
Grooming is a terrible crime.
Based on the author’s profile...
They have taken on that event as a significant part of their identity.
They were writing about another person, whom we will call Person A, who the author claimed was also a victim of grooming.
Person A, however, publicly claims they are not a victim of grooming...
That it is not true.
Person A also went on to say other terrible things in their life, but the author justified those remarks because Person A was a victim.
The author went on to compare this to another individual, Person B, whom the author also claimed was a victim of grooming.
Person B went on to do terrible things around grooming, but the author did not justify those things, despite Person B also being a victim.
So, what is true?
All of it is formed around really troubling and terrible things.
Grooming is psychologically destructive and horrible.
Simultaneously...
We live in a world where things are not always what we think.
Was the author truly a victim, or had they used victimhood as an identity because they knew it would give them attention?
As absolutely horrible as that sounds, people do it.
I’ve met victims who were accused of terrible things they never did by people who wanted something.
I’ve also met people who played the victim card often and frequently because they believed it was the only way for them to get attention and sympathy in their lives.
Their dedication to their identity as a victim became so encompassing that it made them absolutely delusional about what actually happened in the world around them.
Could the author be like that?
Or perhaps the author really was a victim, and they have this identity they have taken because it is truly something that has become a center of their life...
As horrible as it is to make “victim” your primary identity.
It sadly happens far more often than we like to admit, and certainly more than we know.
But what about Person A?
Is the author correct about Person A’s denial being a trademark of a victim who cannot handle the fact that they were a victim...
Therefore, Person A had to shape their narrative in such a way that they were not a victim?
Or is Person A telling the truth that they were not a victim?
That others are simply misunderstanding a situation and seeing signs that are not truly there.
Perhaps, because the author’s identity has become so enveloped in being a victim, all they see is “other victims”...
Much like how a conspiracy theorist will always find clues to support their conspiracies...
Even if it is clear that the conspiracy is not true.
Except...
Sometimes the person we thought was a conspiracy theorist turned out to be right all along...
Everyone else just missed the signs or was not ready to see the possibilities.
Is Person A shaping their narrative to avoid the reality that they are a victim...
Or is the author shaping the narrative in such a way as to create another victim?
Then we can look at the comparison of Person A and Person B.
If they were both Victims...
Why are they not both treated as justified for what they do wrong?
Is it because the author has a preference for one victim over the other?
Is it because what Person B did was dramatically worse?
Is it because the author may share some similarities with Person A and therefore is shaping the story, so that they justify themselves in the process...
Saying that, at least neither the author nor Person A is as bad as Person B...
Even if Person A and the author have not always been blameless as victims.
Which of these stories is true?
Which of these are deceptions?
Which of these are delusions?
Which of these are misunderstandings?
Which of these are shaping narratives?
Or have “I” gotten everything wrong in asking these types of questions?
I left the details vague in this article so that you would not prejudge any person or perspective.
Perhaps you know more than I do about any of the individuals...
Perhaps you also have a skewed perception around these topics...
Plus, I know myself, and I am certainly not perfect in my knowledge.
The state of our world today...
And understanding psychology at higher levels...
Forces us to confront questions like these...
Or immediately pick “sides” based on our own psychology...
Even if we are completely wrong or make ourselves blind to flags because of the story we “want” to hear.
What makes it all the worse...
Is that it often feels like simply “asking” these questions is wrong...
That having doubts makes us bad people...
Even if there have been plenty of examples and reasons to “give” us doubts.
But if you “vocalize” those doubts...
Suddenly you become “part of the problem”...
Even if it was absolutely innocent.
There is no way to get it right.
The person whose identity is tied to being a victim...
Whether truly, delusionally, or necessitated by their deceptions...
Turns anyone who goes “against” that identity of victim as an “enemy”...
Even if there are no enemies that exist.
It then becomes a system that actually will reward those who abuse the system purposefully.
It allows them to shape the narrative in a way that favors them...
Even when they do not deserve it...
So that they cannot be questioned...
And it then ends up hurting the real victims even further.
Where does this leave us at the end of it all?
The answer...
Is that it is not easy.
It is not straight forward.
Sadly...
As long as people are willing to use and abuse people and systems for their gain...
These are the types of challenges we will always face...
And the types of challenges we will always need to attempt to account for.
Sometimes we will be successful.
Other times, we will not.
When it comes to situations like these...
I hope...
And believe...
That over time, the truth will come to light.
That the true victims will get the help and solace they deserve.
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So, how do we navigate these types of things?
That is what we will look at next.
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