Exactly! This is why it drives me nuts to hear ppl say "I can spot narcissists/ psychos from a mile away." It's absurdly ironic because most toxic & dark triad types spend their entire lives learning how to hide their true nature & blend in. You're not supposed to be able to detect them quickly. They won't show their true nature until you're either enmeshed with them & they don't feel like hiding it anymore or they've decided to demonize & destroy you.

Yep! From my experiences evil people tend to be overwhelmingly charming on the surface. Evil often comes as an angel of light.

Yes, but some are just masking to get by in life and mean you no harm.

@@anotherarmchairhistorian2831yup, prime example is Barack Obama

@@ForgotMyDemonName it’s fact. Covert Narcissist on a good day. You should learn more about Cluster B psychology especially ASPD before calling someone a sheep. You’re probably wearing a mask right now.

*also donald trump

​@@mark-ishhuh? What do you mean?

​@@mark-ishuh what does trump have to do with anything here?

So the quote came from fromm huh

Swiss psychiatrist Carl G Jung says that EVERYONE has a Shadow side, a part of themselves they hide, even to themselves, sometimes. The PSYCHOPATH typically claims ALL THE LIGHT FOR THEMSELVES, and cast the deepest of Shadows onto others. Watch out for the people who claim perfection or saintliness. Their warmth is a fraud.

Very interesting

I remember hearing about that researcher as well. I believe he said his wife pointed out that he'd never let his grandkids win a race against him, even though they were small children. He just had to win. He didn't care that it made them sad.

Very interesting.

Yes, Corbett Report made a documentary about this iirc. Corporations themselves behave as psychopathic entities. Profit always comes before ethics and that’s why we are brainwashed with slogans like “safe and effective”. Our environment/health is being destroyed with forever chemicals, RoundUp, GMOs and all the rest of the toxic corporate products. The corporations are essentially tentacles of the government now, which is the ultimate psychopathic entity. The merging of state and corporate power is destroying America.

Interesting, I wonder if the brain scans could tell who was going to do bad stuff though.

Yup! They want to pry into the very personal lives of their victims, their sex lives, their childhood, their private places. Meanwhile, they don’t want anyone to know ANYTHING about them, their employment, their education. Even basic details.

@@user-cs8fe6wq5m Very True!

Point on!

Umm, you described A LOT of modern women. They have a long list of expectations they have for their spouse or a potential date even, as well as boundaries they claim they won’t cross (I’m not that type of girl), but get offended at those people having the slightest expectations and boundaries of their own.

@@CG-wl3cq I suggest that you educate yourself regarding the multiple ways a psychopath comes into being. What is your evidence supporting that men are more psychopathic? One of the ways a woman clearly fits the definition of NPD, a category under psychopathy, is being raised to believe per societal norms is that she is a princess and all estranged men are her servants to provide for her lifestyle as it is somehow their reason for existing. This programming is groomed by her own mother. Delusions of grandeur and prostitution.

How would you define charm?

Got it. I looked up the opposite of charm. Now I'm only going to trust repulsive and unpleasant people.

@@_flyingspaghettimonster_ FSM. That didn't age well, lol.

@@matthewphilip1977 out of morbid curiosity, in what way did whatever you're talking about not age well?

​@@matthewphilip1977 it's a 4 day old comment, it's hasn't "aged" at all

OMG, I think you must be my sibling. Sis sucks.

It's quite normal around the 3 month mark of knowing someone they start to show their true colours

The mirror is yours

You are full of hate, she will forgive you

Sounds like my ex wife except the sweet likable part. My ex wife was just quiet and played victim. She turned the table on me and start playing victim to another guy. I was In hell at the time and was glad she went to another guy. Made the divorce a lot easier. I heard she is doing a lot worse than from my sister. Also people who like quiet dont actually like the quiet person. Quiet doesnt equal gental and kind. They just not showing anything. They just projecting a lot of goodness that these quiet people dont usually have. I'm talking from experience.

She’s probably referring to Tony Hopkins

@@canorhan2903 yeah I know. He played that role very well

Like a psychopath

Hopkins performance is mesmerizing. Which is something a true psychopath is commonly capable of. You don’t know why, but something in the way they present themselves captures you. Like prey going limp in a predators jaws. It’s honestly so disturbing.

And he was free for a very long time until he got caught. Until then, he was extremely charming, had friends, and people love to come to his house for his extravagant dinner parties.

👍

😮😮😮

As if psychopaths are always murders, lol. You're still missing the point.

@@EamonWill Spoken like a true psychopath. You'll not get me in yer van, Eamon!!!

@@WisdomWeaverBitcoinBruv 🤣🤣🤣 Dang, I better go hunt somewhere else!

I can't wrap my head around those people

Oh I'm fucked. I've been isolated with a neurological illness for 3 years and my social skills sucked before that even. But I'm very friendly and it does turn people off. I'm starting to learn signals a lot better though.

@@TheLoneMitten hang in there! Hopefully we can find some workarounds or hacks that help us cope.

yea this has always been really difficult for me. i’m a naturally nice and caring person and sort of expect that from other people (golden rule bullshit, ya know?) so in the past few years i’ve let more “nice” people in and ooooooh boy i’ve never been in so much pain. i’ve gotten to a point where i do not trust nice people. i’m starting to gravitate towards more bitter and outwardly angry people, because i see that as honesty now. i now avoid “nice” people and instead hope to find a common ground with other bitter folks. it’s…. confusing haha

@@user-vy1kk4ug8o yes, truth is in their actions, not their words

Are we supposed to distrust all very nice people now, including our very own nice selves?

The mirror is yours

You will be surprised to find that there are very few people who actually do care.

Nice not the same as good. 'Nice' is spot on, especially when one has had experience with someone with NPD.

The lady's whole point was that stereotypes mostly aren't true. A psychopath can act in a kind manner, indistinguishable from "true" kindness. You simply cannot know that they're "always manipulating". Unless you mean in the sense that we _all_ have an ulterior motive when we're kind, i.e. we want to be liked/respected/admired.

Yes 👍

Positive reinforcement and punishment are normal in our society, from school to daycares, to parent/child relationships. I'm sorry, but it sounds to me like you are not only overanalyzing your ex, but you may have some personal issues with respecting the boundaries of others and taking responsibility for your self. Furthermore, many people love their pets, and feeling responsible for the care of another is actually quite normal.

When, and only when, you not only meet but get very close to a psychopath, will you realize this is a very accurate pattern. At the end of the day, what they really love is the control, far more than the person themselves. But for a lot of people, the pattern leads to the "treats/rewards" start to go away, as your behavior and sacrifices become more expectation rather than shown appreciation. And it becomes punishment exclusively at anything they see as out of line. Fortunately, this is where a lot of victims start to catch on and can finally see the non- remorseful cruelty enough to realize something is actually wrong with this person.

@amyrenee1361 boundaries are very different than punishment/reward systems designed to dominate another person. Boundaries are about keeping yourself healthy and happy, punishment is about gaining control over the other person (not controlling yourself). I appreciate where you're coming from, but he was also diagnosed with a severe addiction, depression, and sociopathy with narcissist tendencies by a PhD psychologist. Our relationship, (and more than that, our breakup) was riddled with abuse, lies, manipulation tactics, threats, financial abuse, and severe psychological and emotional abuse. I HIGHLY doubt someone stalking, harassing, demeaning, and threatening you AND your new boyfriend "if he doesn't break up with you" post divorce is "simply having boundaries". Perhaps consider that you have no idea what someone's been through before posting something like that in the future. Thanks!

Why are you so trainable?

@jones2277 There's only one type of person that blames the victim for being abused. Good job outing yourself to the whole internet!

Damn. That will mess with your head. It sounds like you're dealing with it all head on now, good on ya. It's not easy work.

Wow this is a spot on one! I loved her in that show too! And she’s so capable of being whatever she needed to be in any given moment, even if that was a funny and nice person

But she formed a connection with Eve.

@@jones2277Obsession and connection are not the same thing.

Such an underrated show.

What? She killed that boy because he said he wanted to die…..how is that not empathy?

Yes

Yeah, it's hard to exploit people when you don't spend time with them. We sound a lot a like and I also avoid most people.

I also grew up like this. When I do tests online I usually score somewhere bethween 50 and 65% for psychopathy. Whereas I believe you can have psychopathic traits, I don't think the way you were raised can make you one completely. Kinda like personality disorders such as narcissm have traits we can all have. I do worry about being a psycopath now and then but I do feel I genuinely care about people I like. I was a charming kid who always got their way outside of home cause I learned very early the way to survive home was through manipulation. I still sometimes have to conciously tone it down when interacting with people but I try. The traumas we got unfortunately aren't our parents responsibility once we become adults. I still sometimes feel my emotional state is somewhere bethween a child and a teenager. Therapy helps, though! Good luck stranger, we got this! 🎉❤

@d0v3Tai1 Absolutely - the emotional manipulation and gasligting, the carot instead of the stick - same need for control, same dehumanization.

@@nene2969 Thank you so much for this comment. It's so validating to read it - all the comments.

Wow, exactly what my ex did. Been gone from him for 22 years now. Lucky to be alive

That was potentially a very dangerous thing to do. It could have caused the person to break through their facade and kill you without a second thought.

@christianeaster2776 what exactly was a dangerous thing to do? Make this comment?

@@shesakillerqueeeen To cheat on a psychopath. What if the person found out and he/she lost it? They could end up killing ex. Get away from the psycho first.

@@shesakillerqueeeen he cheated in her, the psychic cheated not her

I recall reading of him convincing 2 policemen that the screaming, crying Vietnamese man who fled his home was just a dramatic lover. The policemen just left, and Dahmer turned him into yet another victim.

@@danharris3791 I am confused by Dahmer. He killed but wanted to keep them, so they wouldnt leave him. Now a true psychopath wants nothing to do with his victims after killing them. So Im not sure exactly what his thing was.

@@dlibby4979 He was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), schizotypal personality disorder (StPD), and a psychotic disorder. I guess not all serial killers are psychopaths. And not all psychopaths are serial killers.

@@danharris3791the police reacted that way because of racism and homophobia, not because Dahmer was especially gifted

​@@jasminebarratt1809Most successful psychopaths make a "killing" in the Market. They tend to be cold-blooded and methodical.

I strongly disagree with this. I believe people pleasing can be attractive to anyone because we literally harm ourselves and use our own kind of manipulation tactics in pursuit of being likable so we can feel safe, however conscious we are of it. I mean our whole thing is getting people to like us. So as a result, people generally like us. Not just narcissists

@netherlingfreak your right I actually got a diagnosis of autism so my apologies thanks you for the information

@@steveschmitt5192 oh yeah I wouldn’t be surprised if autism can sometimes bring higher risk for being preyed on. I think some autistic people are really good at detecting BS and others are not unfortunately, like me. It’s good that you stay alert and informed then!

@@netherlingfreak if it's causing you problems, The channel Medcircle is about narcissistic personalities and how to detect them in your life she's very accurate and a licensed professional it really helped me deal with the trauma of it hope it helps and if not it's here for others

​@@netherlingfreakit's usually narcissists though, who people pleasers attract, because people pleasers have narcissistic traits too (there are multiple types of narcissism) which is draining for neurotypical people. You refer to yourself as one of people pleasers so I don't think you can do an objective observation, no offense.

Yeah I think everyone actually has some psychopath similar behaviors the psychopaths are just completely dead stone cold and that is all they have ever done and can ever do because that's literally all their brain is

As an autistic person myself I have this to say- most autistic people are traumatized. Doesn’t excuse abusive behavior but most of us, especially if we were undiagnosed or from a time where autism is less understood, will inevitably suffer trauma. And trauma is one of the leading causes of ASPD. I’m sorry you had such a bad experience with him though, I wish you love and healing 🙌🏻🙏🏻💕

Ever run into someone who loves helping people so much, that they're desperate to find a way to help you? I mean, BEGGING you to let you help them, somehow. Scary, aren't they?

@@TimeSurfer206 yes very scary. I've dealt with these types in my life.

Like the persona referred to as "the rescuer" or different from that?

@@LM-uq9nv Yup. They have "White Knight " complex. And are also VERY eager to slap the sense of obligation on.

I am grateful to have met some persons who are willing to help. Blessed are these people.🙏🏻😇

ive fallen for it too , i was young

I get like that after dealing with multiple mechanics and my car is still fucked.

Normal ppl don’t want pity?? Lmaooo. I love these dogmatic polarizing beliefs that ppl use to justify their flimsy theories😂 Everyone seeks pity to a certain extent, psychopaths just more than others. Why ruin a good video with your half-baked, heavily biased opinion?

That describes half of young people today.

@@SilentNinjaaafound the pity party thrower. Let’s say healthy people don’t want pity.

So very true! It's very interesting.

almost Goes to show that we need some of these people. I think everyone assumes that they are all bad but they are not. I think a lot of us have a little bit of psychopathic tendencies. And it's okay.

@@shirleywright8759 My father and another family member were psychopaths and if you had any real long-term personal experience with one of them and knew the way they can destroy another person's life you wouldn't make such superficial and cavalier statements.

4real. Life has been a school that has taught me strength and reason to stand solo.

ditto!

Yep, well nun, I’m a woman! 😂 narcs, sociopaths & psychopaths run amok and I don’t have the energy to mingle with humans who are either these nut cases or enablers!

They’ve always roamed free. Statistically, the chance of you falling victim to one, and the chance of it being fatal or worse, have never been lower in the history of mankind. You just seem to encounter more because they are portrayed a lot in the media. Are you really monk like? Strictly devoted to mastering a certain way of life and some awesome skills? Or is this way of thinking just a rationalisation for not connecting to people as much as you need and or want? I’m genuinely curious, not trying to be a dick

Roam free??? Yeah since it s their right. There are a lot of psychopaths, always was, always will, and they are not a threat to you... be more careful of the one that have strong emotions, they are way more dangerous.

They often punch down. They don't want to be outed by a powerful person.

@@TheLoneMittenyou are 💯 on point!

😂 knowledge is a prison

I felt the same way

Their nice due to unspoken objectives, ie manipulate you into doing something for them at cost of your wellbeing.

"...they genuinely don't care."

Are you manipulating your surrounding people group to achieve your aims and goals while not caring about the results for them? If so, welcome to the club psycho :)

Ikr, he's so relatable.

The Joker? Seriously?!

Batman just overreacting because of his child trauma

As someone who deems himself so powerful I never have to shield myself from others... I can say. Scratch the 'as if' part. This is what almost everyone does because (in my opinion!) they're too weak. The way I see it, I cannot actually use my powers for the sake of others, because to do so, I need to learn what makes them tick first. That requires vulnerability. This means I'm actually dangerous to people who start out defensively, which is most people. This isn't because I'm a threat to people, not at all. Its because weakness makes everyone else who isn't seem like a threat. You're staring at someone with the ability to force your vulnerability. That's the difference in psychopathy; they don't care if they're forcing your vulnerability. But that's mostly because they're not aware of the value you're trying to protect. So the upside to this is that unless the psychopath had been socialised, they cannot perceive your forced vulnerability.

@@msc8382 How did you even become so powerful?

​@@TheAmazingGlenn I'm sharing a side-story first, to help answering your question. Did you know there's a culture around spicy foods? Some people even have KZfaq channels where they eat the spiciest foods in the world. People who never eat spicy foods may wonder how they can eat with such discomfort. The body doesn't actually adapt to those spices; the mind becomes resistant to the discomfort. But if you don't know.. you may be in awe how those spicy foods get eaten! With repetitive exposure to negative stimulation, if the scenario doesn't change, your mind adjusts to the experience. If your mind fully adapts, there are no longer any unknowns that the (sub)conscious can't anticipate. It just becomes an experience without the original discomfort. The discomfort is caused because the brain is recording risk. By repetitive exposure, you're telling your brain the experience does not represent risk. It is a process called desensitization. The problem that keeps people weak is that they can't ensure their scenario is consistent enough for their mind to adapt naturally. This includes the inability to dictate the level and depth of participation in interactions with others. It's called 'being lived'. Most people will try to make you feel relevant by THEIR values, robbing you of the opportunity to dictate your own presence by YOUR values. To become powerful, you must first learn your values. If you do, you can use other people's values to represent your own. Down the line, power is not forcing people to do things they can't or don't want to do. It's convincingly showing them it's their best choice or inviting them to inform you otherwise. Many people think that blocking someone from doing something to you is power. It's not. That's control and force. Power is using the scenario you're in to represent your values and opportunities. If you're somewhere not by choice, that's where you're the weakest. Find a reason to be there or move on. Doubt, in this sense, is telling yourself you still have a role to play while you should be moving on. Therefore, my advice to gain true power is: - Search for certainty that justifies your actions or participation. If it isn't there, make it or move on. - Start creating scenarios. Tell your friends you like having them around. Tell yourself it's okay to make mistakes. It's all about aligning your anticipation with the actual outcome. By creating scenarios, you take control and responsibility. If you're not used to this, you'll make hurtful mistakes. Don't doubt your mistakes; they're just new scenarios to take control of. - Failure is the key to power because it shows deviations from expectations versus outcomes. Addressing your perspective on failure means understanding why the outcome was different than anticipated. This gives you wisdom. Allowing yourself to fail without feeling bad about it changes your perspective. - Other people will always try to pull you into their narratives. Look how long my message is. Even I do it. You decide how much you want to be engaged. Online it's easy; in real life, you believe you have to keep up social rules. You don't. You can be the same person online and in person. There's no need to make exceptions. - Women often show how making exceptions frequently backfires. If you learn from a scenario, generalize the problem-solving you've applied. If you don't, whatever you've learned becomes an exception. You'll never know why you can't solve a problem without context. Using the sea with islands as an analogy; Exceptional thinking creates isolated islands of different countries. They're not unified. Any problem requiring unification can't be solved without relying on significant resources. Many believe that's the limit of natural behavior. I'm saying that's a natural weakness being justified. - The only reason why you'll make exceptions, is because you're too weak to do anything else and you need a specific scenario in order to get or keep what you want. This is by definition a lack of power. If you collaborate on your terms, you're not making exceptions. A lot of immature people believe that if two people are making exceptions, you're having a power struggle. Its exactly the opposite; there are two people completely powerless and expect the other to facilate the scenario so exceptions can be made. - This also means that the more powerful you become, the more indepdendent you become. If being dependent and vulnerable is all you are, than chasing power feels like losing yourself. However, power is about the only thing that can keep you from losing yourself. Because with power, you can get boundaries that prevent others from manipulating your participation in any scenario. - People who exclusively make exceptions DO NOT understand power. They'll believe they're being robbed of their agency. This is their trauma. It is not your problem. In fact, their negative emotion is their testament to being weak, as they're clearly showing a lack of collaboration and means to enforce their boundaries. Cheers!

Don't forget that the ones who are not nice to you are sociopaths. Personally, I only trust people who are neither nice nor not nice.

Well, there is a line between simply good manners and manipulation. But a master can really blur that line.

you should be 😅 Everyone wants something from you if they engage with you, especially if they’re being nice

Nice and kind are different. Gotta test someone’s morality to sense their integrity. Anyone up to no good hasn’t got any. If an inner alarm goes off or suggests somethings off especially in the spirit just use silence. 😊

Coping with unmedicated ADHD isn't masking it's trying to actually function

@@nef36 Masking is an attempt to function. Ditto with autism. I have both; this is how I know.

Their business is to entertain, and the people in the industry are just as likely to be uninformed as the rest of us.

Ex👏🏼act👏🏼ly👏🏼

Exafuckenactly

The poster boy.

ever read Crime and Punishment? Try it. You'll like it.

You're right. I agree with you 💯 percent. It's just that people's egos are so elevated that they refused to believe this about themselves.

I don't think like this and I won't just take from people. The thing I want most is to help the poor and solve climate change. To me, what you've just stated is the sign of a terrible person. If that precludes 30% of the population from even being considered decent, so be it.

Psychopathy is a faulty brain structure incapable of certain functions, but your describing it like its a philosophy. How were you diagnosed.?

Displays of empathy are often reciprocated. When you show empathy towards others, they are more likely to respond with empathy and understanding in return. The flip side of this is that if you do not display empathy, then others I'm unlikely to show it towards you.

They are all basically normal human instincts and processes gone too far.

Like think about borderline for instance, we all have a fear of abandonment due to both attatchment theory and terror managment theory. Then look at nacracism, and we all have an ego and can be a bit narcissistic, in fact ideally you have a bit of an ego. It’s just how things work,etc etc

A man identifying with psychopathy. Probably because you are. Men's brain lack the ability to put themselves in another's shoes. That's cognitive empathy. Men's version of empathy is a shadow of the real thing. It's called personal distress or fear that the bad thing happening to someone else will happen to them. Or already has. That's what FMRI studies have shown. Not many differences in the brains of men and women but that's one of them. There are exceptions. I'd guesstimate 10%. Some men work on their empathy by choice. Not included in the 10% that naturally possess cognitive empathy. So 8/10 men are problematic for society as a whole. Women are half the population which is why it's such a problem. Those 8/10 are put out by helping out other men voluntarily and without being resentful of it. Basing this on scientific studies, history books and lots of observation.

If you take ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY (normally a sophomore course), the prof. eventually shocks the whole class by announcing that most of the students in the room gave diagnosed themselves with several of the neuroses, psychoses, and personality disorders in the textbook. The nice ones explain that most St of those disorders are mutually exclusive. Only the really nasty ones will instead get you to tell them about your suspicions and then tell you privately that you are correct. If that ever happens to you, drop the class and stay far away.

@@christal2641 what that behaviors and traits tend to fall on a continum. The issue would be not presenting them as a continum. Presenting them as a binary is the problem.

Greg Hartley calls that the Romancer stare, or something like that. Supposedly when people are trying to pull one over on you they keep a close watch to see if they are succeeding.

I’m glad you had a good relationship with him, these kinds of disorders are so complicated but it’s important that every case is different and not everyone with those disorders is a threat, but it’s still good to keep an eye out for certain behaviors.

But is he the type that said he's not a good father but turn out to be a good father or is he the type that is actually a bad one.

@@limitlesssky3050 he told us in very simple terms. He never planned to be a father and to not expect a father, so he was more of a very quiet friend. Very little to speak, but when he did, it was important. He was the smartest person I knew. He had a hard life, basically raised in boys homes and jail, but when he got older, he just liked his chair, cup of tea and a book.

Please, don't mistake sociopath with psychopath!!!!! These are so different diagnosis! I am PhD in biology.

@@veronika514 I haven’t. Thanks.

XD ikr

Do you play the martyr if they don't reciprocate? Guilt them into doing things?

When you really love someone, sometimes it is at your own expense. You would do anything to protect them. Sometimes being super nice is about caring for your own image.

This sounds kinda like me. I genuinely care about how people feel, but don't really care about social connections the way they're supposed to work. Like, I tell my family I love them a lot, but only because I know those words in that order make them happy and comfortable. It doesn't mean anything to me, and I don't actually value them more highly than strangers. That might make me a sociopath, but I'm pretty sure sociopath is more of an insult than a diagnosis lol

Just like the "religious" and "business" class they're all the political class

Animal abuse is a STRONG DIAGNOSTIC SIGN OF A PSYCHOPATH.

Was thinking the same and thank you ❤

And many a time genuine things and facade overlap and it gets confused.

The term charismatic is more precise than "nice."

Exactly. They're "nice" only ever for their own agenda and that's it and they are incapable of changing ever because their brain is psychopath rot stuck forever in psychopath mode and doesn't work normal.

@michaelgarrow3239……or ‘Gone Girl’!

The cause of psychopathy is still mysterious. The primary care giver may have been cold or even psychopathic. Psychopathy sonetime shows up in early childhood. SOCIOPATHS crave excitement and that disease was probably the result of genetics AND bad parenting.

It’s a complicated mix of biological and environmental factors. I’ve heard early exposure to lead/alcohol is one of them. Also heard that neglect as an infant can lead to higher risk of sociopathy in adulthood.

Yep

Still looking till this day

"But I was such a 'nice' guy!" LOL 😆

Yeah, a candidate that wants to close borders to stop child trafficking and all the other human, weapon, drug trafficking is definitely a psychopath. Definitely... You don't listen to these videos more concious.

That’s ok. As long as you are watching yourself and keeping track of your symptoms, I believe that you and others like you can lead healthy productive lives. Just always remember that your actions have consequences, and act accordingly. You don’t have to be the most loving person in the world, but simply being decent to others and watching your impulses is the best way to keep yourself out of trouble. Take care

Isn't sadism part of psychopathy? Or maybe it depends how we define sadism?

@@Some1Philosophy Dr Tracey Marks talked about sadism and psychopathy. She said that psychopaths are more interested in reaching the end goal. For eg if a psychopath is a theif; he is concerned with getting the money. A psychopath is incapable of feeling empathy unlike sadists who use their ability to feel; in a negative way. Psychopaths won't care. Sadists are delusional but they care about their reputation and definition so they lie to themselves and assume that everything they do is justifiable. Sadists know who they are but they will be in denial. They won't accept or acknowledge even one single mistake of their own because they convince themselves to believe that they don't make any mistakes. If a sadist is a theif; the end goal is to make the target suffer in every way possible whether small or big. And sadly, this world has more sadists than psychopaths.

@@_no.one.is.always.right_ good analysis 📝

I’ve always said.. Normal ppl scare me because we all crazy.. normal ppl have way more to hide

Interesting... how can you tell quickly? What exactly gives them away immediately?

@@tw8464 Most Cluster Bs are charming and very nice on the outside,For me it's the odd/ strong negative energy I get from someone and it's not paranoia.

@carolinekm3603 interesting. So they have an odd energy or they are too pushy or come on too strong? Or like they are trying too hard like being too helpful? I'm just curious because it's my understanding the psychopaths are very good at fooling people and I want to learn how to spot them as quickly as possible to try to avoid the harms they do. But I hear it can be very difficult to tell them from normals especially at first

@carolinekm3603 yeah I keep hearing that, charming and too nice could be red flags. I'm hoping to figure out what behavior or combination of behaviors or what they do when first encounter them might be a sure sign. The psychopaths seem to be very interested in manipulating people and that's the problem if we're being manipulated, we usually don't know it, by definition. So if there's a quick way to overcome that blind spot the psychopaths are taking advantage of.

This is a serious issue that needs to be talked about. Comments like yours are dismissive and undermining to that end.

@@user-ut6cb7mq3n Please buy some humor. It's cheap. But if you want to stay serious, try learning about broad generalities that would cause all sorts of reverse psychology. How can you tell the difference?! Why bother!? Now EVERYONE has this "science" to hold suspicion on everyone else! Get serious!

​@@hansmemling2311What "subtleties and complexities" of the subject were discussed here, Hans? Instead of denigrating others, ostensibly to boost your petty ego, you could concede the superficiality of the short. Perhaps genetics and the reduced communication between the prefrontal cortex and amygdala is a better summation of psychopathy than a not-so-Voldemortian schmoozer.

@@KeithWhalen11 thanks Keith,i''ve had my shot back,but it pales a little next to yours mate...cheers!

🙄🙄🙄 right, cause it’s super clearly cut-off line

The world was built by murderer singing kumbaya that's the difference murder is singing kumbaya to get what they want when they get what they want then they trash you that's the difference

Our species’ default is prosocial. The “murderers, killers and thieves” are antisocial and their antisociality holds our species back.

@@ChaoticAphrodite Yes this is how social species survive. Not by killing each other in the tribe but protecting each other in the tribe against those who would harm the tribe.

​@@robguyatt9602 yeah, protecting the tribe by killing the other tribe. Humans suck. Give them enough to gain, social presure, and guarantee of no consequences, and they'll do the most horrible things imaginable. Today the most terrible crimes are justified by tribalism. Case in point: Gaza

🤣🤣🤣 what a joke

subclinical - undiagnosed. Malignant narcissism is psychopathy. The original study says that psychopaths are only two percent of the population based upon a study that examined a male prison population. I argue that the bandwidth of psychopathy is much wider than that study. We are surrounded by "Type B's", or "Dark triad/tetrad" types that go on undiagnosed or with their freedoms intact. We need more education on the levels of psychopathy within normal, everyday surroundings such as the workplace, familial or intimate relationships. Also to mention the number of them in positions of power in Governments and corporations which now are the same. Think WEF, "world economic fascists", BlackRock and others. I really think this is the pandemic we face; people on a dark spectrum abusing people psychologically and physically at will and without remorse for their own needs, ends and agendas. I deleted my original reply as this response was deleted multiple times by someone. I don't care. Here it is.