"Usually, after going through prolonged abuse, even if things get better, a person is unable to adapt and continues to wallow in self-pity."
Maybe it's just something getting lost in translation, but I'm not sure
I'd call people working through prolonged trauma as 'wallowing in self pity'. Not to mention, the FL mentioned earlier that if it weren't for the Monarch's Sight to show her the outside world and her past life she probably would have turned out as mad as the rumors say she is. I know the aide was expressing his admiration for the FL, but the wording makes him come off as somewhat dismissive of long term abuse and it's effect on people