Atlas complex

plural Atlas complexes

1. human sciencesThe belief that one needs to single-handedly take responsibility for problems beyond of one's ability to solve.

   "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."

   2003 November 13, “Pink's Juicy Fruit”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025

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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])

   2021 December 27, @ClamamareasTide, X, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025