why do people get angry when..

[Lanae]

why do people get angry when someone threatens or hit on one of their close friends or family members?

Every time they find out that someone threaten or hit on one of their close friend or family member, they would tell the person not to talk to them ever again.

Hitting on and threatening their close friends and family members has nothing to do with them talking to people

 

[JAM2b]

I think they do that because the person who has made a threat or has physically harmed them is not a safe person to be around. To continue to have a relationship with someone who is unsafe would put a them at risk for getting hurt.

Violence and abusive behaviors can escalate. Sometimes it starts out small and "not that bad" or very rarely, but it can become worse. It can start happening more frequently and become more severe, and an abusive person might start abusing in other ways than they had before.

It is always right to forgive someone for hurting you or others, but that does not mean that the person should be trusted.

If someone has hit or threatened, then they need to show proof that they are not going to do it again but making amends, and getting help for controlling their actions. It also takes time. There needs to be a long time of consistently not harming or threatening someone before they should be trusted again.

 

[Tigger45]

Many times those too close to a situation can’t see the whole picture. Sometimes we have to trust those with a better view to assess things more accurately.