I permanently injured a guy in my class for calling me a slut, should I feel bad?
When I confronted him in front of everyone, he called me "slut" and stated it was a fact, not a nickname. Later that day, I saw him leaving the locker room and I walked up to him. My emotions flooded me and I kicked him between the legs. It wasn't even a hard kick, but he cried like a girl and the teachers made a huge deal about it and called him an ambulance from the nurse's office. Ever the drama queen, I thought.
It sickened me to the stomach, I heard that he lost a testicle, and when he came back he became a shadow of his former self and wouldn't talk to anyone and quit all of his sports clubs. My counsellor told me not to feel bad for it because I didn't mean to hurt him so badly, and that it was a bold and empowering move for me to teach him a lesson, although I should not have hurt him physically.
No one calls me "slut" anymore, but I think I've a new nickname, none of them dares call me it in my face. Did he deserve it? Am I a horrible person? I want to blame myself and make it up to him, but my counsellor has told me not to because it would undo the act of standing up for myself.
Did I just make things worse for myself?
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