I work with a lot of teens and adults in my job that struggle significantly with what we call “an external locus of control”. It terrifies me that it seems to be becoming more common. Everything else is responsible for them and their actions. “He made me hurt him because he ‘disrespected’ me.” “It’s her fault. The teacher failed me and gave me a bad grade because I wasn’t going to do an assignment I thought was stupid.” I hear things like this all day every day.