Atlas complex
Noun
The belief that one needs to single-handedly take responsibility for problems beyond of one's ability to solve.
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"I definitely have the Atlas complex," she [Pink] says. "I'm conscious of other people's pain, as well as my own, and I take responsibility for it."
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As a person that had Atlas complex on my life before, this is extremly important. ¶ You are Just a person, you cannot change every problem that is going on the World, but if you can take care of yourself, thats good enough^([sic])
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Atlas complexes