The origin of inappropriate destructive impulses has to be anchored to pain somewhere in the mix. Without it, why would there be fear, and why would rage be so compelling a feeling as to override reason so roundly, as it does? When people slip into violent mindsets they act as though they are in a life-or-death battle, emotionally, when they are not. Maybe the "past trauma" school of aberrant psychology has something going for it.

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