Is it normal to feel happy at the sight of people afraid of you?

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The thought of someone cowering in fear of me, acknowledging that I'm powerful, being rightfully afraid of me is something I relish the thought of. It makes my head buzz and tingle, and gives me an overwhelmingly happy sensation in my gut. But, thing is, I'm not a particularly scary person. I've only ever been in one fight, I'm kind and good at socializing, I can turn my charm and kindness on like a faucet - this makes me wonder if it's a front. I hate talking to people and being around people normally. Social interactions feel boring and hollow and empty, no matter how much the other party seems to get out of it. I lead a normal life otherwise. I've buried these feelings deep within me and I feel like recently that they're trying to burst out. Is this some sort of mental condition? What's wrong with me? Is this normal?

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  • sheilarae1987
    3 years ago

    Sounds not only abnormal, but sociopathic. You say you've only been in one fight, but relish the fear in the eyes of anyone in front of you, so...I'm guessing since you consider yourself not a particularly scary person, either you've been in more than one fight/altercation and/or are an animal abuser.

    There was a VERY similar post just last year from someone, not sure if it was you, or someone with an identical standpoint, but when asked how they had the opportunity to see fear in the eyes of someone on a semi-regular basis, or at least multiple times, without being in even any fights/confrontations, the user replied "well, I get that look from animals all the time right before I kill them, and that's why people always refer to what I do "as torturing" and then went on this big long rant about how he/she didn't see it as torture, just that since they enjoyed the "fear" in their eyes, they prolonged the experience (aka by torturing) because it was "no fun"/"not enough time" occurring from the beginning to the time of death.

    Which i was like 1. Wtf
    2. How can you say torturing something, just so you can "get off" or get that "high/euphoric" feeling isn't torture? I mean, that's what torture is, you're not ready for the victim to be dead and "no longer fun" so you stretch out the violent interaction by, Survey Says? Torturing!

    If you're not an animal abuser (hopefully) than No, I would still consider that to be abnormal, also, no offense, but "kind" people don't relish the fear exuded by others, that's why they're "kind" you don't have to refrain from only actions, but still enjoy it visually, emotionally & mentally for it to "cast you out" of the 'group of kind people', true, kind people don't do stuff like, but they also don't find those things appealing/attractive/positively stimulating.
    That's a more mammalian (and some reptilian)/predatory brain mechanism

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    • Fear-
      3 years ago

      And when I say I relish seeing people in fear, it's mostly those videos of people going through scary houses and such. You know the ones. Imagining them running in fear from me? Yes pleeease

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    • Fear-
      3 years ago

      Jesus no, I couldn't hurt an animal, my poor heart! You're confusing my desire to see people afraid with my desire to hurt people. It's a very weird disconnected feeling. I couldn't bring myself to hurt anything/anyone unless they were hurting someone I care about. I would protect my friends and the people around me with my life. But I just get a weird, twisted enjoyment from seeing people scared and in fear, especially of me. Not hurt or genuinely in pain. Just scared.

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  • Tommythecaty
    3 years ago

    But even after admitting this, there is no catharsis, this confession has meant nothing.

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    • Fear-
      3 years ago

      I know. Just wanted to get it off my chest and see what people think.

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      • Tommythecaty
        3 years ago

        But inside doesn’t matter

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  • RoseIsabella
    3 years ago

    Do you feel weak, and helpless in your life? Maybe seeing people act afraid, or intimidated by you makes you feel powerful, because deep down inside of you you feel powerless?

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    • Fear-
      3 years ago

      I'm not sure. I have a good amount of control over my life and it's direction now, but I never had that when I was younger. My parents were very controlling and I was a very small kid with only a couple of friends who preferred each other to me. So that's probably it.

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  • Shackleford96
    3 years ago

    Maybe you could work in a scare house or something.

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    • Fear-
      3 years ago

      DREAM JOB! Honestly. This is the reason I adore cosplaying as scary characters too ahaha

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  • [Old Memory]
    3 years ago

    Yea very normal.

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  • my_life_my_way
    3 years ago

    You grew up feeling powerless, potentially because you’re ‘not a particularly scary person’ as you said and now you want others to feel afraid of you. Perfectly normal.

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    • Fear-
      3 years ago

      That's a relief to hear. Thank you.

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  • ellnell
    3 years ago

    Yeah it's somewhat normal to be a psychopath/sociopath I guess.

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