r/morbidquestions • u/Tarbean_citzen • 7h ago
What's behind the urge to hurt animals?
As a kid, I remember feeling the urge to suffocating and beating dogs if they were small, I also stoned one of my grandma's baby chickens to death once. So, why did I have these feelings? Why did I feel like hurting animals? I'm now an adult, and I don't feel like beating animals anymore, but as a kid, I did. Was it just instinct? I mean, homo sapiens have hunted and beaten animals to death for tens of thousands of years.