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If you've ever met a psychopath and seen their true colors, you will undoubtedly be convinced it's a real phenomenon. I have had the unfortunate experience of d
by farts_mckensy 2y ago
If you've ever met a psychopath and seen their true colors, you will undoubtedly be convinced it's a real phenomenon. I have had the unfortunate experience of dealing with one myself. He showed all the hallmark signs. He urinated the bed frequently. He harmed animals when he was young. Specifically, he swung his pet gerbil around by the tail until the tail was severed. He threw a baby rabbit against a stop sign and killed it while his poor younger brother watched. He has grown up to be incredibly sadistic to the point where everyone I know has completely cut him off. I hope you never run into one. When you are talking to someone you believe to be decent, and you eventually realize what they are, what you're dealing with, it is a truly chilling experience.
- theGnuMe 2y agoWhat does urinating the bed have to do with it?
- svnt 2y agoIt doesn’t.
- throwaway48476 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macdonald_triad https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macdonald_triad
- svnt 2y agoYes, that is dated and hasn’t been supported by more recent science.
- throwaway48476 2y agoRecent psychology has been suffering from the replication crisis.
- svnt 2y agoThe replication crisis was recently discovered; this does not mean older science does not have the same challenges. Generally the problems that led to the replication crisis are worse the further back you go in time
- hirvi74 2y agoNot the GP, but it's debatably correlated, apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macdonald_triad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macdonald_triad
- svnt 2y ago> Although it remains an influential and widely taught hypothesis, subsequent research has generally not validated this line of thinking.[3][4]
- hirvi74 2y agoYes, that is why I wrote, "debatably."
- svnt 2y agoThis is not saying it is debatable, it is politely saying it is almost definitely wrong, but still popular.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoIt still seems like it could be correlated, but it shouldn't be used as a diagnostic measure or taken as a sign of something. It's more likely to be a sign of abusive parenting, but abusive parenting is also correlated with the psychopath behavior so it all ends up being correlated with each other.
- theGnuMe 2y agoWell there are is neurogenic bladder and congenital causes.
- farts_mckensy 2y agoNot proven ≠ Wrong It's true, a direct link hasn't been proven, and I was debating even mentioning that. Obviously that specific tendency alone isn't indicative of a homicidal individual. But I would speculate that it has something to do with dysfunction/dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system.