In Jungian psychology it's called the shadow,

Well I have a huge strong shadow.

the Jungian ideal is to accept and integrate your shadow. Most people simply deny it.

iam, are you talking about aside from the ways bipolar changes us during swings?

Aside from bipolar, yes, I do have a darker side that sometimes wants to hurt people back who have hurt me or a loved one. But not in a terrible life altering way. Just wishing they could get a taste of the hurt they just caused. Sometimes wishing I could dish it out. I think that's a normal reaction.

When mixed episodes or highly irritable hypo manias or irritable depressions arrive, I sometimes want to cause some serious hurt in a few people's lives. I'm in an altered state--so not my normal self. Not to physically maim--that's still not me even in an altered state. But I want to cause some serious heartfelt and mental pain. I work hard to not carry it through.

I hate the thought of it. But there's the truth of it.

Ditto to that

no, I never, ever, ever, ever, think a bad thought. ever. about anyone or anything!!! the nuns would kill me and i would go straight to hell and i've heard that's terrible place what with all the fires and the screaming and the suffering and everything so out, out, out, with the dark side and and thought of bad thoughts!!!! lol

i'm sure there have been the one-in-a-billion statistical aberrations throughout our existence that have had no dark side, just like i believe some are wired and raised with complete absence of good, but generally, yeah....of course.

jung modified freud's method of elucidation

I am trying to embrace my shadow as of late. It seems to be working. I love myself more now than ever in my life.

Taking a non judgemental stance helps to see it as it is instead of colored in a scary or negative way. Therapy has helped me do this and curious nature.

Yes.

I'm like mojo I think there's one in a billion that don't have a dark side but believe most people do but at different levels of darkness. I have been around a few that all you can feel is their darkness and that freaks me out.

LOL-Irish it must be nice to be a saint!!lol!

I love scary movies... and they sometimes show people getting a dose of their own medicine.. But with my disorder and all this poses a big threat to my state of mental health.. I try to avoid them like the plague!!

Lol. Nester, you'd either run or be so drawn to me you'd be terrified of yourself. I often plot revenge in my head. Very detailed and vicious. I LOVE gory horror movies but any real life shit like that will drive me nuts. I usually think I'm equally dark and.. Good. Some days the dark side overpowers the good. Being good is very hard for me. Not hurting people, making them a priority. That's also on my list of reasons to not be a mum. I find people and feed on their 'good' side, bring out their demons, entice them and degrade them then leave them broken. The fucked up thing is, I really enjoy it. I get high off doing that and watching people do things they swore they'd never do. I let them trust me, let me in while I'm sucking them into the inky blackness of my life and after a while they can't escape. Sigh.

I think your right iam. I would run like a cartoon character from you!!lol! especially with those thought out details!!

I usually give fair warning but people- especially those sexually attracted to me, can't resist. I'm a fucking Venus fly trap. Lol.