>>226630I never hated anyone who didn't hurt or bother me enough. In elementary school, I was pretty much ignored, but I didn't hate my classmates. In middle school, everyone hung out with their own groups of friends, and I was friends with a boy with autism. I did get bullied in my last year, but the rest of the kids knew those kids were jerks and were nice to me because they were also being bullied. Here at university, everyone does their own thing, but they always try to be nice to all and dont act like assholes.
One day in middle school, I got so angry and filled with so much hatred that I ended up with acid reflux and horrible stomach pains. That's when I realized that strong emotions can cause psychosomatic effects on the body, and I started trying to control myself and try to build my tolerance to assholes by ignoring them without attachment.
>>226632I don't know much about Buddhism but i know some about their philosophy and meditations and techniques of them AKA Metta, Anapasanti, Kasina, etc, and I don't plan on becoming a Buddhist, but I'm starting to believe that Buddha had a realistic perspective on the human experience, even with the fantastical elements.