Have you ever met an actual Psychopath?

I have met two people diagnosed as one.

One i didn't know too well.

The other was perfectly nice. Lovely girl.

She had pushed another girl through a window. Would do hard drugs. Sell hard drugs. Lots of other stuff.

But she would do anything for anyone.

But after I met her she just explained to me ' I have no conscience' ...but she understood consequence. Which is rare for sociopaths. She did care about certain people ..like her mom ...but others meant nothing.

She didn't care about things. She would crash her new car into a wall if she needed to get through the wall.

If she wanted something ..none of her own possessions or her own safety mattered to her ....

She was quite a cheerful light soul! She wasn't very emotional. She was actually lovely to be around. Light. No heaviness.

She never caused me any drama ...but you would hear things ...like last week she broke into her boss's office but managed to get away with explaining it and keep her job.

Everything she did ...i got the impression there was no emotion behind it. Even if she was 'angry' or acting out..it didn't seem real. And sure enough when she was around her friends ..and people had nothing they could give her ...she wasn't dramatic or emotional at all.

She loved her mom. But at the same time ..she moved country ..and never spoke to her mom for years ..not because they had a row ...but ....she just didn't.

One of my fav people. Normal people are FAR more problematic.

One thing ..she didnt like violence. AT ALL. Not into it. But if it had to be done ..that was another matter.

She wasn't into blood and guts etc.

But she had no issue putting herself into dangerous situations if she needed to. No fear.

Not very narcissitic though ..or egotistical.

But i wonder if the diagnosis ...can be something that changes ..like you can NOT be one after a while.

People would say she would use people partic men for money ..but she didnt see it like that. Shrug.

I never really saw her hurt people. And she was only ever nice to me and people I know.

I liked her and thought she was nice

A lot of 'heroes' ....are sociopaths.

Like superman. Crazy.

Its just not all sociopaths are nasty. They had enough good people around them to put them on the right track.

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I reckon we've all probably known a couple without knowing...

I think i have always known....but i am only telling about the people i for sure know were officially diagnosed.

But yes ..you are correct.

But normal people ...are far worse than sociopaths.

Mad_maxx wrote: »

What's the difference a psychopath and a sociopath?

Sociopaths understand good v bad a bit more than psychopaths. But difference is marginal

By the way ...the girl I was talking about ...her sister was one too ..only way way way worse.

She had to have her kids taken away from her.

She ended up becoming brain damaged from drug use .....really sad story.

Yes, I worked on the door with Levi Bellfield in London, just seemed like one of the lads but always thought he was too eager to please when around the lads that he used to work with,

Then I saw his face plastered all over the papers years later, may the fcker burn in hell

steamsey wrote: »

Sociopaths understand good v bad a bit more than psychopaths. But difference is marginal

The girls i knew was just diagnosed APSD ..it was her mom that told me...then she told me herself.

BTW ..

I also knew a girl who shot the uncle of a friend of mine when she was 15.

When she was about 7 ....(we went to the same primary) i always thought she would be the one to ever kill anyone ...if i was ever going to know someone.

Not because she was a sociopath...but because she was way too emotional and passionate for a 7 yr old. It was odd. Not a lot of self control. Overly empathetic in some ways. Misbehaving ...but in a naive heartfelt way ....she wanted to run away with her best friend ..etc. She couldn't keep her head down. Always had these crazy intense relationships. I felt smothered just being in the same class as her.

I would say she was bi polar ...judging solely by the other bi polar people I have met ( i apologize to anyone reading this who is bi polar tho...)


I know a lot of other people who have done bad or extreme things ....but they are always very empathetic ....emotional and feeling they need other people. They are sometimes more exhausting to be around than sociopaths ..

Only casually, in passing, we nod to one another and stare. 1st thing every morning. Which is disconcerting.

Then I finish washing my face and embrace the day (when I can stop obsessing how to kill that b*stard).

Actually once ...i had to go into a place that did medical research with a friend ..i didn't see this but she SAYS she did ..

This guy ....he wanted to show her animals meant nothing here ..so he just picked up a rabbit and injected into its eye ..for no reason ...just to show off and upset her..

I have no idea if she is exaggerating ...or what ..but that is what she said ..she did seem every shaken.

I met him a few times ...he did seem weird.

An Ri rua wrote: »

Superman is a sap. A goody two shoes. A Jesus figure on his Cross.

Now Batman, there's Gothic rage. He validates being a psychopath as a life choice or path. Pure unreconstructed primal 'F*ck you'.

He's no psycho ...he's too miserable and guilt ridden.

Psychos are happy.

Remember the peter pan quote ..'i forget them after i kill them'.

Psychos are happy people.:)

They enjoy life.

I have always thought cu chulainn was the ultimate psycho

Animal violence as a kid ..check (killed dog)

Epic violence.

Also killed his own son.

Big ego.

Risky sexual behaviors! (man hoe!) :P

John Doe1 wrote: »

I dont mean narcissists or egotists but a fully-fledged Psychopath.

We currently have several politicians that are fully fledged psychopaths. The more inclined they are to doing interviews the More obvious it becomes as their manipulation tactics can’t be permanently hidden.

No, never

I met Graham Dwyer a handful of times. Does he count?

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I met Graham Dwyer a handful of times. Does he count?

Didn't meet him but he made my old job a lot harder, both at his original trial and with the subsequent phone location data appeal and it's concurrent and subsequent effects.(Still ongoing for my old colleagues)

As for meeting a psychopath?
How would you ever really know?

I do remember thinking for a long, long time that I may be one.
Or at least quite sociopathic and it was a belief that all those online tests supported
But then I realized I didn't care what the tests said.
I shape my reality and my will imposes that reality upon others

Deleted User wrote: »

I met one last Christmas, he insisted Ronan Keating's version of Fairytale of New York surpassed Shane MacGowan.

I hope thar nutball is in a mental institution for the ridiculous tsste in music. Actually anybody that bought that version should be incarcerated in a home for people with no taste in music

I think I've come across a few. One is a medical consultant in a lucrative specialty. Very intelligent but not genius material. From a young age this person was manipulative, selfish, pushy and highly money oriented. Many people didn't even see this but I did, hopefully it's not a case of takes one to know one.

in general, when I hear someone described as "very shrewd" or "a serious operator", there is a strong possibility that they have sociopathic and other Dark Triad tendencies.

The f*ckers are hiding in plain sight in workplaces. They are not a physical danger to anyone. They're not cooped up in their apartment with a freezer full of severed heads and cocks ala Jeffrey Dahmer.

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I'm married to ones daughter

Mother in law = Woman Hitler ðŸ˜