Psychthowaway

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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
Actually there are studies and books on this: Book: The sociopath next door - Martha Stout Study from Bond university finding 21% of CEOs exhibit psychopathic behavior. [1] Also it's not about seeking power... Another misconception. It
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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
Have you considered not psychopathy, which is not a clinical term but a criminology term, but something like a dissociative disorder or schizoid disorder? Yes, when I have spoken with therapists they typically use one of two terms: Antiso
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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
This whole line of reasoning that Psychopath = Super Intelligence Serial Killer is misguided. All of the studies to date have used the criminal population as the sole source of research for psychopathy - as your reference does. The point I
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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
Interestingly enough, it's both. With Psychopathy someone is born without the capacity for empathy with no environmental trigger necessary to "activate" psychopathy. With Sociopathy it's generally that childhood trauma &
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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
I'm honestly not sure, and I'm not sure if it's even advantageous to "fix." It's like flying a rocket, dangerous and could blow up at any time but might just get you to the moon. I do know that it seems like th
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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
Thing to understand is, if you tell someone you are a sociopath they dissociate with you more or less immediately. I know this because it happened about two weeks ago. I was with a group of friends and we were discussing things and I brough
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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
Yea that's a great point. I think you can communicate with high functioning sociopaths as long as your goals align. Note that your goals are by default subordinate to mine but that sometimes near term ones can be the same. It's ge
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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
Right, so that's the trouble with a self aware psychopath - I'm not sure what my motivations are beyond supporting my own ego and increasing my influence. I have argued for a long time that everything everyone does is self-serving
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by Psychthowaway 10y ago
As a public figure, it wasn't worth burning my reputation to type this out, but I think that speaks to the state of discourse around mental health today. The article is uses the word "psychopathology" which is a general term