Do You Hate?

[Bobbisox1]

Sorry if I’ve asked this before but I find it hard to comprehend the use of the word hate, I may ‘dislike’ but hate is such a powerful word, I can’t name the poster for obvious reasons ,but his hatred of someone he’s not likely to meet ever in his lifetime is so deep seated , it’s crazy

[Mamyalynne]

Like others I have hatred of one person, it has not eaten me up or ruined me - it's in a locked box now where it can do no more harm.

[Bobbisox1]

It’s the hatred of those we have never met , or likely to meet that is an odd phenomenon here

[Mamyalynne]

Real hatred can be exhausting, far too much like hard work to do so for no good reason.

It's simply a misuse of the word in its true sense.

[Apc2604]

I have have hated two people with very good reason. One is now dead and the other is at large again. And I hate bananas!

[Bobbisox1]

Got to be BA there .....for the nanas :0)

[pixie374]

Nobody now. There are two people I have hated with good reason, and although I haven't forgiven them, I am just too lazy to waste the energy on them now.

[Apc2604]

:o)

[Bobbisox1]

Good reason Pix x

[jakep]

I have truly hated two people. One is now dead and the other far away.
I was consumed by it for a while but time and lots of therapy have helped me, and I now have a locked box, like mamya. It took too much of my past to let it continue.
I could be consumed with hatred over animal cruelty. The problem is so vast I just have to save one at a time.

[Barmaid]

I think "hate" is a very strong emotion. Despite someone sending me to hell and back, I don't feel hate. I feel nothing.

People say "I hate. Liars, cruelty to animals, etc etc" but in reality they don't "hate" they dislike.

Hate requires a level of feeling and passion. I can understand why some posters above have described hatred.

[MartinMillar]

Yes I hate 2 people they made my life living hell.
It doesn’t consume me but o wouldn’t spit on them if they were on fire.

[waterboatman]

Hatred is a very real entity. It can be all consuming. One will never forget the reason for it, and keeping the lid on it is not always easy.

[david small]

Thatcher and Blair. For the harm they’ve permanently inflicted upon so many. Yes, I do mean hate.

[emmie]

i have cause to hate the man who abused me, but hopefully he is long dead. And you can only hate for so long,

[rowanwitch]

For many years I hated the worthless ugly person in the mirror, tried to kill them, cried every time she looked back at me. I finally realised with a great deal of help that I was hating an image planted by others, so I learned to despise them instead. Then I learned it was their damage driving the words so I learned to forgive. Finally someone made me love the real person in the mirror and I don't feel hate any more. Anger, a sense of injustice, other strong emotions. But not hate.

[Bobbisox1]

Arh Rowan that’s so very sad, I’m so pleased you turned it around and realised it said more about them then it did about you

[Bobbisox1]

David small, that’s what I was trying to get across, the people here who say they hate people have given genuine reasons like abuse for doing so bu how can you ‘hate‘ someone( s) like Thatcher and Blair, ones dead, the other you’re not likely to encounter, I dislike the two of them yet admire the strength one showed, I dislike Blair but he has no impact on my life whatsoever