How Violent Are You?

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'How Violent Are You?' - Full Documentary

What makes ordinary people commit extreme acts of violence?

In a thought-provoking and disturbing journey, Michael Portillo investigates one of the darker sides of human nature. He discovers what it is like to inflict pain and is driven to the edge of violence himself in an extreme sleep deprivation study.

He meets men for whom violence has become an addiction and ultimately discovers that each of us could be inherently more violent than we think.



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[Krepta3000]

Oh yah, I know that's true. I have often thought that the only thing keeping me from being extremely violent is my disabilities. I've actually been Thankful for my incredibly bad knees keeping me from getting into violent fights with people. I get so mad that I hurt myself. I pound my fists on the table till they hurt really bad. I yell till my throat feels like it's been torn up. I hit myself in the head, I hit my head against walls, and other things. I am Extremely Violent sometimes, and yet all of that violence is never directed at, or upon, other people. Just myself, and perfectly innocent inanimate objects. I once broke a mirror with a lego brick. Oh yah, back when I was in the private school S.H.A.R.P. I lost it so bad that I threw a chair at a teacher. I don't think it hurt her, but I did throw it at her with the intention of causing serious injury. I certainly would have been sorry for it, and probably would have wound up in prison or something, but that was what happened.

[DarkoMarco]

I'm pretty violent, but it's a known quantity as far as my shadow self is concerned, and I've done an acceptable job I think of incorporating that shadow self into my conscious self.