Have you ever met a mean-spirited person? Were they that way all of the time, sometime, or for a short time?
Have you ever been mean-spirited?
I created the word malthumia from malus, Latin for bad, and thumos, Greek for spirit. It refers to a condition of spirit characterized by one or more of the following:
Meanness
Hostility
Being ill
Irritability
Anger
Actively aggressive, violent thoughts, speech, and/or behavior
Passive aggressiveness
Paranoia
Suspicion of others
As a condition of spirit, it can be either acute or chronic. It might come on suddenly and last either a relatively short or long period of time. It might also come on gradually and either pass relatively quickly, last a relatively long time, or become a chronic, life-long condition.
It could be that some are malthumic from either conception or birth.
Since this is a newly named condition of spirit and research (thumology) has not yet begun, there is much unknown about malthumia and everything to learn. Therapeutic interventions are still in the exploratory phase.
