Is it normal to want to hurt somebody who has wronged your loved ones?

My best friend, and the love of my life, grew up abused verbally and physically. I honestly want to track him down and hurt him. I know I won't, I don't have the skills to do so without getting caught. Still, I wish I could. I have even contemplated killing the man. I know I wouldn't, but I still almost want to. I don't even know if he's still alive. Is this wrong of me? Scratch that, I know it is. But I've always cared deeply, more than most would, for my friends. I guess I don't need you to tell me whether it's normal. I know it's not. I just need to know, have you ever felt this way, even just once? Is it at all justifiable?

Is It Normal?
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  • The knee-jerk reaction of the apes that pose as human beings today.

    Did you ever consider that people hurt others because THEY were hurt? Or that revenge accomplishes NOTHING WHATSOEVER?! If I was capable of hatred, I'd hate you for being such a predictable moron.

    OK, you can all flame me for not condoning the simple-minded human tenancies that have been plaguing our species for thousands of years now. Go on.

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  • Go all Dexter on his ass. Seriously I think it's normal to wana get revenge.

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  • Thought of revenge are very human. But don't act on it or the lawman will have your ass.

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  • Yes it is normal.Once you get to know someone as closely as you seem to know your love, then there past and personality becomes a part of you, and anyone who has wronged them has wronged you. But it is not a good idea to harm them. The small period of happiness is not worth the much longer time of punishment.

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  • Whenever someone has wronged my mom, I get extremely angry and feel like hurting them. That's because my mom is the kindest, gentlest person I have ever known, and it takes a special breed of super-asshole to be cruel to someone like her.

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  • It's human nature to kill those that threaten us or a loved one. It's an animal instinct that hasn't left us yet and probably won't for another few thousand years. Totally normal dude :-)

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  • Yes it is normal to feel vengeful when someone you care about suffers at the hands of evilness, BUT if you believe in God know that vengeance is HIS and jail is NOT worth it.

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  • Of course. Whenever someone does something bad to someone close to you, you always want to hurt them. Just don't act on this though, it could get you in trouble and leave the bad guy laughing at you.

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  • Jesus prayed for those who persecuted him. He is one of a handful of human beings that have ever lived. The rest are impostors; just shaven, talking apes.

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    • mr gunman, something tells me you need a really big hug

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      • Keep away from me you scoundrel!

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  • Normal yesss. In case you get the bastard and still decide to harm him: you won't get any further. Cheers!

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  • I have to admit, this very good looking guy once played my sister for a fool and then moved on to the next guy's sister as soon as he got what he wanted. She was heartbroken and I wanted to apply a claw hammer to his skull with the force of a couple of hundred million tons of TNT. I kind of still do. Although she and I aren't as close any more, I'm not having anyone treat my little sister like that.

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    • He's a winner! He gets what he wants, and doesn't allow silly things like respect or morals to get in the way. He is the cunning cat, the brazen badger... he is the Ubermensch. He lives in a paradise where pleasure is the only reality! An example for all men indeed.

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  • It's very normal.

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  • murders are committed each day for far less provocation than what yrs is. sometimes they do it for fun. normal for you to feel this , you care

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  • It would be abnormal to not want to harm those who have harmed those you love.

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    • Unfortunately, you are right. "Normal" humans are pitiful and simple. They don't deserve to walk upright. They don't deserve to speak.

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  • Easy for me to type bc I didn't go through whatever it is that the love of your life went through, but causing pain to the one who inflicted the pain will not undo what has already been done.

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  • Of course, this feeling is very normal and most people will feel it quite often. There have been times before where I wanted to mash someone's face into a bloody pulp or have imagined murdering them just so they feel the same pain they caused my loved one.

    End the end, it's wrong to do so and I chastise myself for having such terrible thoughts. Two wrongs do not make a right and I would probably feel much worse if I actually carried out any of those actions - the guilt would eat me alive. Because if our situations were reversed, I'd want the person to give me a second chance to prove myself, to show I can change even after all the terrible things I did.

    Plus, I don't have it in me to hurt another human being - intentionally of course. So yes, this murderous emotion you're feeling is very common, so don't feel to bad. Just be sure you're never to do something you'll regret.

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