Psycho!

Larianne · 25-05-2014 12:53AM

Gongoozler wrote: »

Been meaning to look up the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath. Perhaps this will remind me to do it when I'm next on my computer.

I do like to use gay, retarded and cnut willy nilly though, and shall continue to do so.

Not used often enough!

Miprocin · 25-05-2014 06:52AM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Here you go. Always thought they were interchangeable but evidently not.

Excellent article, thank you for posting. I was unsure of the distinction myself for a long time.

NipNip · 25-05-2014 06:57AM

Psycho and psychotic are used interchangeably in posts here. Just do a wee search of the words on boards and you'll see what I'm referring to. Perhaps it is the fact that posters quite simply don't know the difference between psychotic and psychopathic? I'm in the camp of pc gone stupid. Mental illness is the unexplored frontier of grossly politically incorrect references however.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 25-05-2014 07:26AM

prizefighter · 25-05-2014 08:13AM

Frito wrote: »

This deviates a little from the OP (sorry) but I found it interesting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23431793

It's research on psychopathy and empathy - a group of inmates who fit the criteria had the ability to switch empathy on/off.

My understanding of psychopathy is rudimentary, but it does strike me as oxymoronic that psychopaths simultaneously lack empathy and can be charming and charismatic (which would suggest the ability to view their behaviour from the perspective of another - ergo empathy?). I could be wrong there of course and open to correction.

I've read a bit on the subject of psychopathy and it would seem that any charm or charisma is a learned behaviour based on previous interactions. Psychopaths through trial and error manifest personality types to best aid them in a situation. They do not have emotions as we know them and are not able to empathise due to the fact that empathy requires attempting to feel how someone else is feeling. Psychopaths have badly formed amygdala and this in turn supports their lack of emotion and fear.
Sociopaths have no emotion or remorse but as far as I know do feel fear and have been shown to be reactive to pain based fear stimulus tests while psychopaths do not register fear in a conventional sense.

25-05-2014 08:29AM

NipNip wrote: »

Psycho and psychotic are used interchangeably in posts here. Just do a wee search of the words on boards and you'll see what I'm referring to. Perhaps it is the fact that posters quite simply don't know the difference between psychotic and psychopathic? I'm in the camp of pc gone stupid. Mental illness is the unexplored frontier of grossly politically incorrect references however.

Most people tend to be of the "PC gone mad" opinion, until it's something they care about.

sunflower27 · 25-05-2014 08:46AM

it is as bad as using the word 'retarded'. Whenever I hear someone say it, I just think they are ignorant and stupid.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 25-05-2014 09:07AM

sunflower27 wrote: »

it is as bad as using the word 'retarded'. Whenever I hear someone say it, I just think they are ignorant and stupid.

A medical term though isn't it? Libtarded might describe the people trying to scratch it from history. :pac:

Yo'll find other phrases like Lunatic still used in the Common Law, there's plenty of other terms in the system that the average person might raise an eye to also.

Arthur Beesley · 25-05-2014 09:13AM

NipNip wrote: »

I've become increasingly aware of the overuse, incorrect use, ignorant use, uninformed use, idiocy and misinterpretation around the words 'psychotic' and the slang 'psycho'.

Psychosis is a severe mental illness, afflicting a not miniscule percentage of the population.

From http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Psychosis_explained

There seems to be a misunderstanding or misinterpretation that psychosis refers to the personality or behaviour of some people. It doesn't. It is a pretty scary symptom for anyone who suffers from it. It is an insult to people who have suffered from psychotic symptoms, to associate them with people who behave in a nasty or mean fashion. There's a difference between a person's character and behaviour and a symptom of a mental illness.

It's alarming also to note that some posters here refer to someone who has ideas with which the poster does not agree as being 'psycho' or 'psychotic'.

Look - just think before you use the word - ok?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdczRPQkwMY

Noted. Thanks OP. Hope that isn't a racist username.

NipNip · 25-05-2014 09:14AM

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Noted. Thanks OP. Hope that isn't a racist username.

Arthur Beesley · 25-05-2014 09:16AM

NipNip wrote: »

What are you confused about?

Wabbit Ears · 25-05-2014 09:16AM

Ive never used Physco as in Psychosis, no one does so the "misunderstanding or misinterpretation" is only on the part of the OP.

Retard, Tardo, Fcuking mentaller, Spastic, Spasticated, These are all really great words to use casually, Its a sad sorry world we live in where such descriptive terms are PC shunned.

GalwayGuy2 · 25-05-2014 09:23AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Most people tend to be of the "PC gone mad" opinion, until it's something they care about.

I'm a bit confused on this? It could mean that people are PC as long as it doesn't affect them, or people think pc is stupid until it does affect them.

ie, 'We should ban every word...but I use the word gay and I'm not a homophobe...'

or

'Ar' sure there's nothin' wrong with a bit of un-pc behaviour. Retard, psycho, make me a sandwich...but my brother in law came out as gay. Da fuk are you slagging the queers for, yas spastic!'

NipNip · 26-05-2014 11:37PM

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

Ive never used Physco as in Psychosis, no one does so the "misunderstanding or misinterpretation" is only on the part of the OP.

Retard, Tardo, Fcuking mentaller, Spastic, Spasticated, These are all really great words to use casually, Its a sad sorry world we live in where such descriptive terms are PC shunned.

Do a search for the word psychotic on here. You'll find threads about women wanting to get pregnant being described as psychotic, an irritating landlady, being described as psychotic, even a magpie appears to have some symptoms...... :cool:

NipNip · 26-05-2014 11:37PM

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

I'm a bit confused on this? It could mean that people are PC as long as it doesn't affect them, or people think pc is stupid until it does affect them.

ie, 'We should ban every word...but I use the word gay and I'm not a homophobe...'

What are you on about?

NipNip · 26-05-2014 11:38PM

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

What are you confused about?

What was your reference to my username being racist all about? :rolleyes:

hardCopy · 27-05-2014 09:29AM

NipNip wrote: »

What was your reference to my username being racist all about? :rolleyes:

Nip is a dated term for japanese people, similar to Jap.

It comes from the word Nippon, meaning Japan.

NipNip · 27-05-2014 10:48PM

hardCopy wrote: »

Nip is a dated term for japanese people, similar to Jap.

It comes from the word Nippon, meaning Japan.

nothing to do with my username. :cool:

Psycho!

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