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Cho Seung-Hui Delivers His Message

The Virginia Tech Massacre

By SUSAN ROSENTHAL, M.D.

Why did Cho Seung-Hui go berserk and kill 33 people including himself?

We know that Cho was a shy Asian immigrant who was severely bullied as a youngster and suffered racist discrimination. We know that he was a man, and men are not supposed to show their pain. We know that he was full of rage and that he did not get the help he needed. While media pundits dismiss him as an inhuman monster, Cho was very human and not unlike many of my patients.

Last week, one of my patients confessed, "I want to hurt him. I want him to know how badly I feel." She was referring to her husband, who refused to acknowledge the pain he was causing her. Most of us have felt like that at one time or another.

Human beings are social creatures; being alone with our pain is intolerable. We need others to know how we feel. That is why "the hurt hurt" " meaning that those who are hurting often lash out at others. In a desperate bid for connection, they force others to feel their pain....

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That was a powerful and well written article. She is the first to address the real criminal here - the way things are in our world.