Is it normal to have tortured crabs, insects, frogs, etc as a kid?

[AndrewJordon99]

I keep hearing that torturing animals is a sign of psychopathy in kids, but for some reason there's some line to be drawn between killing a frog vs something larger yet still not human. I don't get it.

[Kaneki05]

If your actually 24 and haven't thought about doing it to humans your probably good lol.
You say there is a line, which shows a rationale to it rather than a impulse. So I wouldn't dwell on it. People can kill other people but not have psychopathy so it's obvious that killing animals does not mean so, and we eat kill, eat animals all the time.

Why it's seen to be a warning sign is when it's based on impulse and the kid not understanding any difference between that and a human.

[RebelinSteel]

No it’s not normal, it might take a sadist who was a kid a bit of time to develop as an adult, however that satisfaction they felt as a child psychopath is still there and will need release at some point. It might be little acts of cruelty, often emotional rather than physical, saying hurtful things because they can, this then comes out later as physical. It might not re-emerge for 20-30 years but it’s there, chip chipping inside their head. It’s not normal.

[electromagnetic]

I think we all messed around with a few ants. That’s as far as I’ve gone though. Crabs, we used to catch them on the island. I have taken a few claws off. Not on purpose though.

[whereismyjohnny]

It's definitely not normal. It's a red flag and sign of conduct disorder that eventually can lead to psychopathy.

[V_Injector]

Yeah that's a bad sign. If you enjoy hurting things in general... there is an easy crossover to you hurting people and just not feeling bad about it.

[AndrewJordon99]

It was a childhood habit. Other than that, I definitely don't fit the profile of psychopaths or relate to any of their characteristics.

[V_Injector]

Interesting. I think the reputation was gained by so many psychopaths admitting they hurt small animals to be real. There has got to be some crossover to normal humans somewhere. You were just a kid though... and I bet you didn't gain a reputation for doing it like a psychopath does.

They do it and they think it's the greatest thing ever... like me when I used to mix the food of my school lunch to gross everyone out. I shot a lizard once and I still feel bad about that. We are not psychopathic because we have the ability to feel bad about it.

[Nikki1989]

I went to school with a kid that killed a friend's pet tortoise. That same kind ended up murdering someone.

[leahzrc]

I used to kill toads and I am either a psycho or sociopath... But I repent

[Cutegirl06]

No that's not normal, it's cruel 😢

[Astarlessnightsky]

No, not normal.