However, if you are seriously planning to retaliate against someone, you should ask yourself if doing so will make you feel better. Dr. Karyn Hall, director and owner of the Center for Dialectical Behavior Therapy, said this is one of those impulses that we often feel but rarely debate.
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Locked My Cat In The Bathroom While I Made A Meal Because He Was Being Annoying. Revenge Was Had
Hall pointed out that revenge seems to be one of the deepest instincts we have, highlighting uncontrolled revenge, attacks and counterattacks that can deceive and destroy the lives of all participants.
“Maybe the purpose of revenge is in preventing certain hostile actions or the threat of revenge ensures people do not hurt you in the future,” Hall said. “But sometimes people act revengefully when no good can come of their actions, other than to inflict suffering on others. Those actions can go to unfathomable extremes. From lovers running over a beloved iPhone or destroying what their ex most values, to businessmen damaging the careers of those who have rejected them, to students opening fire in school hallways, revenge can be an act of anger, hurt and power.”
So, how to deal with the overwhelming urge to seek revenge? Well, try to get as long as possible. Eventually, it should subside. Hall analyzed the experiment of Kevin Carlsmith and his colleagues and pointed out that the reason why revenge increases anger rather than reduces it is because of contemplation. “When people don’t get revenge, they tend to trivialize the event by telling themselves that because they didn’t act on their vengeful feelings, it wasn’t a big deal. Then it’s easier to forget it and move on. But when people do get revenge, they can no longer trivialize the situation. Instead, they go over and over it and feel worse.”
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Half On Disabled Parking And A Half On The Passway To A Mall. Someone Got Really Pissed And Emptied A Jar Of Jam On It
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I Skied Back To The Pole Again… To Take This Photo For All Those Men Who Commented “Make Me A Sandwich” On My Tedx Talk
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My Neighbor Got His Reindeer Decorations Stolen So They Put Out Grinch Ones Instead
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When Your Drawing Teacher Assigns 3 Finals So You Secretly Write “You Got Me F****d Up” In Sign Language On Your Final Piece
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I’ve Carried Chalk In My Car For 10 Months Just So I Could Do This Once. Yesterday Was The Day
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Slashed Someone’s Tires Today Because He Parked Like A Jackass.. Was It Justified? I Think So
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My Neighbours Like To Throw Their Cigarette Butts Over The Wall And Onto The Sidewalk. I’m Tired Of Seeing Dogs Eat Them And Kids Play With Them, So I Picked Them Up For Them
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I’ve Asked My Neighbor To Please, Please Not Let His Dogs Bark All Night. Today I Received Several Packages In The Mail. Early Tomorrow Morning I’ll Have My Revenge
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The Punishment For Petty Theft In My Town Is Making Laps Around The Courthouse With A Sandwich Board Sign That States: “I Am A Thief”
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Wouldn’t Help With The Housework; Weeks Of Begging For Help (Because He Lives Here Too) And Picking Up After Him, I Had Put His Game In With My Snake Since I Knew He Was Afraid Of Her
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As Revenge For My Brother Wrapping My Christmas Present In Duct Tape Last Year, This Year I’ve Wrapped My Brother’s Present In Concrete! Revenge Best Served Stone-Cold
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My Neighbour Went On Vacation For A Week And I Decorated His House With Some Inspiring Lyrics From His Least Favourite Band
This was payback from the last time I went on vacation and he decorated my house with penises.
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This Guy Had Printed Checks Of Him And His New Wife So He Could Write Alimony Checks To His Ex
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My Boyfriend Asked Me What I Wanted To Eat & I Said I Don’t Know & This What He Brings Me
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I Mixed Carolina Reaper Powder Into Half A Tub Of Ice Cream As Revenge For Food Thief At My Community Freezer
So I transferred to this new university and lived in a beautiful dormitory. After I settled down, I bought a small bucket of ice cream. After I was full, I left the rest of the food in the ordinary refrigerator in the floor lounge. This dormitory is only suitable for sophomores and seniors, not a small hotel, so I think it is ok. A few days later, the entire bucket was gone. I am a little angry, but bad luck. Next week, I bought another ice cream. This time I made sure to write “Don’t eat” on the outside and write “Don’t be a d*ck” on the inside of the lid. However, only two days later, the ice cream disappeared. I was really angry this time. I seriously doubt anyone who can afford a private university and live in a dormitory during the sophomore/senior year is in need to steal someone else’s ice cream. So I came up with a way of revenge. The original idea was to mix in a laxative, but reading that it might poison someone. So my next idea was to mix and test the crushed habanero, but it was covered up by the ice cream because it was not hot enough. So I investigated the hottest pepper powder I could find and got the Carolina Reaper pepper powder.