Wanting Revenge is Healthy

“A thought-murder a day keeps the doctor away.” Theodore Reik, Listening with the Third Ear.

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Webster’s Dictionary defines revenge as: “to avenge (oneself or another) usually by retaliating in kind or degree.”

Revenge is as old as time. Ancient myths and literature abound with tales of villains and heroes and retribution. Some of our favorite movies are the ones where the hero exacts his own…