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What Causes People To Be Evil?

Greed, Sadness, Anger, and Jealousy

By Shreya KellyPublished 2 months ago Updated 2 months ago 3 min read

We all experience negative emotions like jealousy, greed, anger, and sadness in moderation. What happens when you are consumed by these emotions? You will unknowingly turn into an evil monster. I will explain each case with an example.

Jealousy:

My mom is a very horrible person. She found her happiness in hurting me. She used to badmouth me to others by making up stories about me that were not even true. I grew up receiving hate from her every single day. I was abrasive like her and hardly made friends. I was lonely in school and college. In my college, I met my first boyfriend. He was the opposite of mom. Nobody was nice with me till then. It was very new to me. So, I was madly in love with him. However, he couldn't stand me for long as I was abrasive and broke up with me. I was heartbroken and very jealous when he sarted dating another girl. I used to cry everyday. One day, I couldn't hold my jealousy anymore. So, I wrote bad things about him and mailed her. I didn't even know at that time that I was evil.

Greed:

My mom was obsessed with my academic performance. She wanted me to top the class in every exam. She couldn't even stand even if one child outperformed me. For example, she punished me when I got a 99% in math. She punished me because it was not a 100%. She was that greedy. Things took an ugly turn when my grades started dropping in my 11th grade. She imprisoned me in my room and watched me like a hawk. I wasn't allowed to leave the room. I wasn't even allowed to make a 5 minute phone call. She used to yell at me every single time I used the bathroom. She stopped behaving like a human being. Her brain lost its normal functioning. She was an evil moster.

Another example: One day, she couldn't find some money in my wallet. She automatically assumed that I watched a movie with it and wasted my time. She was so furious. She didn't belive me when I told that I spent the money on ice cream. She threatened me that she would go to the store and check on the cost of ice cream. She then went to the store to verify the cost of ice cream. Her greed caused her to behave so badly with me. Wouldn't a normal mother just trust her daughter?

Anger:

Once I told my friend Hema that her roommate Deevena was very stingy with money. When I gave a ride to Deevena the previous day, she paid the parking fee but asked me back for the money. She didn't even have the common sense that she travelled freely on my bike and that she shouldn't ask for the money. Hema blurted out to Deevena that I told her that she was very stingy. Although Deevena knew that I was right, she was very angry on me. That day, right from the time I walked into their room, Deevena was trying to pick a fight with me for everything I said or did. She was so evil. I made her look bad in Hema's eyes. So, she was trying very hard to make me look bad in Hema's eyes. She manipulatively changed the story I told her and narrated an entirely different story to Hema to make Hema mad at me. She was relentelessly trying to make me as bad as possible and yell at me as much as possible. She was an evil monster.

Sadness:

Towards the end of college, I dated another man. He relentlessly pursued me even though I told him that I still had feelings for my first boyfriend. However, he insulted me in front of others a couple times. After going to America, I broke up with him. He was very heartbroken and sad. He was consumed in sadness. He remembered my password and checked my emails for the last 5 years. He was desparate to prove to the world that I cheated on him. His plan was to ruin my life as he thought that I ruined his. One day, he called me and suddenly started yelling at me. He told that I used my ex boyfriend and him and that I would continue to use other men. He added that he would inform the media about me and that I deserved to die. His brain lost its normal functioning. An year later, he apologized to me after realizing that I told him the truth about my first boyfriend.

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Shreya Kelly

My mom is not just narcissistic but she has anxiety and is a helicopter parent. Because of her, I developed BPD, Complex PTSD, anxiety, depression and Peter Pan Syndrome. Growing out of these mental conditions is next to impossible.

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  • Ayesha Writes2 months ago

    Your voice is so authentic — I'm glad I found your work here.

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