Codependency and The Victim Mentality. When you operate in the patterns of codependency you are also operating in a victim mentality. When you rescue, enable, and save others from natural consequence you make yourself a victim. The characteristics of codependency and the victim mentality are interrelated in many ways. God calls you to be an overcomer. Identify you to be an overcomer. Identify and walk in the promises of God by tearing down these patterns.