Perpetual victim

[Tanya Shivari]

A person who is constantly facing some sort of [hardship] or traumatic experience whether true, self-inflicted or completely false. Typically a person is a perpetual victim for the sake of evoking sympathy from others or being the constant center of attention. These hardships are usually extreme and can be (but are not limited to) life-threatening [sicknesses], family sicknesses, deaths, natural disasters, financial loss, [IRS] auditing, relationship problems, etc.