Is this truly realistic or I do just need to experience this in real life to get an accurate assessment of this?
I can give you an accurate assessment. When I was regularly harrassed and/or beaten up, I grew to loathe my tormentors with a burning passion. Other people I knew who were harrassed and/or beaten up also grew to loathe their tormentors with a burning passion. If you're routinely beaten up, you grow to loathe your tormentor with a burning passion.
Unless you're some kinda masochist. To which I say to each their own...