I found four ways hate could effect someone- they could hate someone or something resulting in positive feedback, as well as hating someone or something with negative feedback. The same goes for being hated.
First: I feel like many people dont understand that hate is not a negitave feeling. Hatred is almost as primal as lust or fear. It keeps animals, including humans, aware.
Just like fear, hatred is an emotion that tells the body and brain "this is a bad person/place/thing".
I would actually categorize fear under hatred. (I personally have cnidophobia, the fear of being stung. I've only ever been stung once, but it was painful, and I hated the experience. This hate resulted in fear.) They both tell you if you should be cautious, and one usually results from the other.
Back to the four effects of hatred-
Positive feedback resulting from hating-
I'm going to use my phobia as an example here. Ever since I became afraid of being stung, I have been very cautious to be introverted during the hot seasons, and extroverted during the colder seasons. This is really good for me, because I no longer get stung by mosquitoes (i know they dont sting, they bite, but its pretty much the same to me), hornets, bees, or wasps. During the winter, i only have the risk of being bitten by spiders, which has never bothered me. My introvert extrovert schedule doesnt cause problems, either, because of where I live and how the school year is set up.
Negative feedback resulting from hating-
Through my fear, I've actually lost 80% of my closer friends. Most of them can't afford electronics, and those who can are extroverts. Because of my fear, I refused to meet outside during school breaks. When school started up again, we had drivted to far to reconnect.
Positive feedback from being hated-
I could keep using my phobia as an example, saying how less bees have died from my hand, giving the bees a good outcome of being hated.
Instead, I'll still use an example from my life, just a different one.
During middle school, I was called bug girl for my obsession with moths and crickets. (They should've met my sister. She pets bees.)
Instead of being offended, I enjoyed being the object of people's disgust. I felt special. When my friends saw bugs they were scared of like lady bugs, stinkbugs or spiders, it was my job to keep them away. I often had insects on my arms during class, just sitting while i wrote essays or equations. It made the disgust spread- teachers were disgusted that i would hold a spider in my hands, or frustrated when I would rescue a cricket from the floor under their feet. Maybe it was weird to enjoy being hated like that, but I don't exactly care.
The next and last effect from being hated is the most common, negative feedback resulting from being hated. It can be as simple as crying or as complex as suicide.
So how does hate shape a character? I think both negative and positive feedback strengthens a character. Whether it keeps the character from harm, or it teaches them to change, it makes them a better person. At least in society's eyes.
I have twenty five more words to use, which I will use to conclude my point regarding hatered:
Hate will always strengthen a character.
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