How hate works

In my previous post I discussed smile: how it makes everything easy and makes us feel good. Today I will write about hate and how it works.

According to my podcast there are three type of hate. The first one they called “just hate”, when you hate something and do nothing about it. In my opinion it can be referred to as an “innocent hate”.  The next type of hate is called ''a real hate'', which is based on fear. And, finally, the third type of hate is the result of anger. According to the podcast some people think that hate and anger can be considered as the same things, but there are others, that are sure that there are certain differences between hate and anger. They say that hate is brought on by humiliation, ill-treatment or being devalued, while anger is brought up by frustration. But others argue, saying that when people hate, it may also be the result of frustration. Thus, it is not true to say that frustration brings only to hatred.  As for me, I think that they do differ from each other definitely. As one can be angry with somebody, but he doesn't have to hate him. I can bring some examples from our everyday life, e.g.  When the taxi is late, you get very angry with the driver, but that doesn't mean that you hate him. After you leave the car you forget the driver. This means that anger is a short-term psychological condition, while hate is a long-lasting

The podcast presents a study which was conducted in 2008, in London University.  They polled 70 people and 90% said that there is someone who they hate. Then they showed them the pictures of people they hated. They found out that the area of cortex in our brain, which is associated with judgment and critical thinking, started to activate. While when you see the picture of someone you love, this area of the cortex remains less active. When you see someone you hate, you tend to criticize them.

It is important to talk about group hate. In recent modern history there are some vivid examples of group hate, for example during the period of World War II fascists were making people to hate others. They were giving a lot of data by identifying the drawbacks of the others and making them hate and act like they hate them. It is called brain washing.

A question may arise in our mind. Is hate a mental illness? Our understanding of hate is incomplete because our understanding of the things that we do that we associate with hate is also incomplete. There was a study which showed the percentages of people who people hate most. Friends make up 23%, family members 12%, ex-boyfriends 12%, within the family fathers are hated 40%, mothers 20%, mothers in laws 30%, and, finally, siblings 3%.

I really hope that these percentages will decrease over time, as I believe, that the less there will be hate in our lives the happier we will live.