Undergraduate Psychology

[Leah]

Evangelist Joyce Meyers says that, "Hurt people hurt people."  I think that is just about the most profound four words I have ever heard.

Exactly, my point, and that is, I was hurt - and you were hurt.

Yet, did we "choose" to hurt ?

Which is why I consider the above statement to be a generalism, as not all "hurt people hurt people."

Also, I do know of people, who had no earthly reason to hurt people - yet they did.

So my considered opinion and concern, whenever I hear "hurt people hurt people" is that it gives licence and credence to .... hurting people!

Leah

[Brigid]

I do believe that in order to be a person who can hurt others, you most likely were hurt as a child--assuming you were mentally balanced at the beginning.  How you process that hurt as an adult, I believe, has to do with your personality type, if you had an adult in your life that was a positive influence (I had my grandmother), probably the degree of the abuse, and perhaps even your astrological sign--who knows.

I have never studied psychology aside from Psych 101 in college, but after nearly 3 years in therapy,  I determined that I could have been a pretty good therapist.  Aside from my own marital situation--which I read entirely wrong (but he was a very charming and deceitful n, who could sell ice cubes to Eskimos)--I am quite intuitive and can read people and situations well.  My T seemed to agree with that.

Brigid

[reallyME]

I just want to say that I've heard it said as "HURTING PEOPLE, HURT PEOPLE" not HURT People hurt people.

If someone was hurt, it doesn't necessarily mean they will hurt others...some abuse victims even go the opposite way and NEVER abuse another person because they were so turned off by it in their own lives, however, if they are currently hurt ING, it pretty much guarantees it, unless they know how to deal with their pain in constructive ways.

~Laura