When someone is vicious toward you, 

they are giving you a glimpse of the pain they carry in themselves.

"I'm always sad."

"Are there certain thoughts associated with sadness?"

"No, the sadness is under the thoughts. It's like when you're on a camping trip, and it's really cold, and you put on extra socks, and an extra sweater, but you still can't get warm, because the coldness is in your bones".

"Do you hope to get away from it?"

"Not anymore. I just hope to come to peace with it."