Is it normal to be attracted to violence?

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Is it normal that there's something about violence that attracts me?
I'm a 20 year old male if that matters.
I like to watch video's of people fighting, people getting beat up or shot, riots, animals fighting humans or other animals.
A while back there were two strangers fighting at a mall, I walked up to the "winner" and told him: well done, and gave him a thumbs up.
It was fun to watch them fight.
I am not a violent person, I am calm and think before I act and wouldn't hurt anyone unless they deserved it.
If anything about history interests me, it's mostly the military history of the world, the wars and its battles.
I'd like someone to break into my home, so I can stand before him with a weapon.
Is it normal to be interested in violence, not peace?

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  • hemper
    11 years ago | pl

    I think you have a fascination with violence, like i do with people who hurt themselves, commit suicide, and kill masses of people in the name of god. i would never commit suicide (not knowingly anyhow) and im a pretty calm and collected guy as well around the same age actually. i use my fascination to study psychology and religions, isn't it just kinda funny and kinda sad that religion is one thing thatcreates the most violence yet whenever there's a crisis like an earthquake or sumthing the first people to try to help are religious. haha its like a bad joke.

    you sound like a lesser version of 'DEXTER', i hope you don't become like him one day. find ways to cope with your fascination, studying history of wars like you do is a good way to do so. watch some documentories on WW2, on hitler, napoleon, stalin, mao, read ender's shadow (one of my favs), or better yet find why people succumb to violence, perhaps you would make a great psychologist because you understand what those people are going through.

    there is so much you can do with your interest, use it well cuz not everyone is blessed with such an interest. :)

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago | pl

      Good to know there's more people like me out there, who are interested in it only, but are not violent at all.
      I agree with the religious part. If it's one thing religious people are good at, it's trying to place their will upon others, with violence if necessary.
      And they still would with violenc in large parts of the world if we didn't grow out of the middle ages :D
      I do watch a lot of documentaries and read much about violence and the history of violence, and I will certainly look up "ender's shadow".
      Psychology wouldn't be it for me I'm afraid, there's barely any violence in the country I live in and I already have something else going on, which will take my years to finish already.
      Thank you for your honest reply :))

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    • hemper
      11 years ago | pl

      but on the other hand if you do succumb to violence in the future, please see a shrink, meditate, do yoga, or just do something... there are enough killers in the world already, not implying you are one or will ever become one ;)

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  • finchandfriends
    11 years ago | pl

    its just the human nature

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago | pl

    I'm not a violent person either, but I find myself being attracted to it as well.

    Maybe, you're attracted to more dominant people?

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  • PiggaNlease
    11 years ago | pl

    It would be funny if you were A skinny white guy

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  • zchristian
    11 years ago | pl

    Now just invent a time machine back to the old times with gladiators...

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