Do you believe the saying “hurt people hurt people” has any truth to it?

[Anonymous]

It’s supposed to mean that it’s the people who are miserable themself intentionally try to make others feel miserable.

I believe it’s true.

I believe miserable people feel envious or jealous seeing other people living a happier life or seeing other people having a better emotional state than their own so they try and make others feel miserable in attempt to get rid of their feelings of envy and jealousy

[Taralallallaaaa]

Yea it is as you say although not all cases are like that, but all cases (including the one you speak of) is a direct conflict of interest, as in if I win you lose if you win I lose, or it can be opportunistic, if I had to wrap it up besides actually real mental and psychological problems, it'd always be people wanting to win which is fair, or more insidiously wanting to be better than that one other person and wanting to demean them... Sometimes that's also fair but usually not... in your example, that could be you doing better than me financially, and because I can't do so I look at you and say "You don't deserve it"/"you're just lucky"/"If I had it easy like you...", because I either need to hate on you or hate on myself, so I hate on you, it's easier for my ego...

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Oh yes, especially once you learn that all anger originates from a place of pain, that pretty much sums it all up.

[RageBabe]

Certainly.

[HusamRocks]

I don't because it's not true

[Dargil]

Some, not much.

[whereismyjohnny]

Yup.

[jahaims]

Duh.

[seeyounexttuesday]

of course.