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06-07-2009, 08:54 PM
https://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:NowVJv6GrZBxvM:https://mountcope.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/revenge-one.jpg For whatever reason, perhaps my self-programmed psychological tendencies, I've at times had the temptation to take revenge, for slights or injuries done to me, or those close to me. I've dealt with my revenge issues, and have come to the conclusion that revenge is a waste of time and energy. This article seems to confirm my conclusion...mostly.
This article, from the American Psychology Association (https://www.apa.org/) blog, Monitor On Psychology (https://www.apa.org/monitor/) presents results the APA has acquired on the study of revenge.
Revenge and the people who seek it (https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/06/revenge.html)
by Michael Price
Excerpt:
"Historically, there are two schools of thought on revenge. The Bible, in Exodus 21:23, instructs us to "give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" to punish an offender. But more than 2,000 years later, Martin Luther King Jr., responded, "The old law of 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind."
Who's right? As psychologists explore the mental machinery behind revenge, it turns out both can be, depending on who and where you are. If you're a power-seeker, revenge can serve to remind others you're not to be trifled with. If you live in a society where the rule of law is weak, revenge provides a way to keep order.
But revenge comes at a price. Instead of helping you move on with your life, it can leave you dwelling on the situation and remaining unhappy, psychologists' research finds.
Considering revenge is a very human response to feeling slighted, humans are atrocious at predicting its effects."
This article, from the American Psychology Association (https://www.apa.org/) blog, Monitor On Psychology (https://www.apa.org/monitor/) presents results the APA has acquired on the study of revenge.
Revenge and the people who seek it (https://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/06/revenge.html)
by Michael Price
Excerpt:
"Historically, there are two schools of thought on revenge. The Bible, in Exodus 21:23, instructs us to "give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" to punish an offender. But more than 2,000 years later, Martin Luther King Jr., responded, "The old law of 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind."
Who's right? As psychologists explore the mental machinery behind revenge, it turns out both can be, depending on who and where you are. If you're a power-seeker, revenge can serve to remind others you're not to be trifled with. If you live in a society where the rule of law is weak, revenge provides a way to keep order.
But revenge comes at a price. Instead of helping you move on with your life, it can leave you dwelling on the situation and remaining unhappy, psychologists' research finds.
Considering revenge is a very human response to feeling slighted, humans are atrocious at predicting its effects."