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>>5809099
No, you are possibly a bit autistic though. I am not even using that word in its maymay context.

It is entirely plausible that someone can blame themselves for an accident or action put against them in order to gain extra sympathy for the accident.

By doing this you are effectively making someone else look worse. No one would blame Mary for what happened, but by blaming herself, she makes Bob look worse. A third person looking in on the scene might think poorly of Bob for not taking responsibility for what happened, when in reality, no one should take responsibility for what happened, it was an accident.

It turns an accident into a blame game, and if Mary is manipulative, then she is doing this, probably knowing she will be seen as the victim by any normal person.

If the above is incorrect, then she is being melodramatic. There is no reason for blame or responsibility, period. It is an accident, making yourself a responsible of an accident, especially a trivial one where no one will blame you for it, is being melodramatic.