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Have you ever met an actual Psychopath?

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    #62
    Dognapper
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Dognapper


    hayoc wrote: »
    My ex husband.

    He was living a completely secret double life for some (maybe all) of our marriage. Never gave away any hints. No remorse when he was found out. No empathy.

    That doesn’t make him a psychopath


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    #63
    steamsey
    Registered Users Posts: 686 ✭✭✭steamsey


    the purple tin wrote: »
    I don't think so.
    Mad people think they are sane and everyone else around them are crackers.

    I think that no, normally they wouldn't know unless they are tested or someone points it out to them

    One unsettling thing I read is how some psychopaths mimic "human" behaviour. For example, trying to cry when they think the situation calls for it but they can't do it right and apparently it sounds and looks hideous - unlike real crying which sounds great.


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    #64
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Wars are started by normal people. politicians

    .
    A lot of high ranking politicians are psychopaths.


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    #65
    hayoc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭hayoc


    Dognapper wrote: »
    That doesn’t make him a psychopath

    Maybe, maybe not. His entire life was a lie - both threads of it. He was lying to me, his family, etc - and then in his "other" life he was lying to the people in that. For YEARS. I have no idea how he was able to maintain it over that long. He completely disregarded the feelings of everyone in "both" lives.

    Manipulating those around him to suit his own agenda.
    No empathy.
    God complex.
    Socially irresponsible behaviour - rules didnt apply to him.
    Compulsive liar.
    Extremely deceitful.
    No real friends - inability to form emotional connections.
    Sometimes he faked how he thought he should behave in situations and would say afterwards that he hadnt a clue how he was supposed to act so he did what he thought was right.
    Complete inability to understand someone elses emotional pain - but pretended to.


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    #66
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    the purple tin wrote: »
    I don't think so.
    Mad people think they are sane and everyone else around them are crackers.


    I would say they realize on their own that they are different. Or that we are different from them.

    Or that people are more emotionally reactive than they are.

    In fact I would say its going to be hard for them not to realize they are different.

    If they didn't know. They wouldn't be able to construct the mask that conceals this.

    I.E they wouldn't know to hide it from us.

    If they didn't know they were different from us ..they wouldn't know they should pretend to be like us.

    The person pretending to be overly empathic ..is a psycho.

    The person who is volunteering publically for every charity ...


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    #67
    Dognapper
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Dognapper


    hayoc wrote: »
    Maybe, maybe not. His entire life was a lie - both threads of it. He was lying to me, his family, etc - and then in his "other" life he was lying to the people in that. For YEARS. I have no idea how he was able to maintain it over that long. He completely disregarded the feelings of everyone in "both" lives.

    Manipulating those around him to suit his own agenda.
    No empathy.
    God complex.
    Socially irresponsible behaviour - rules didnt apply to him.
    Compulsive liar.
    Extremely deceitful.
    No real friends - inability to form emotional connections.
    Sometimes he faked how he thought he should behave in situations and would say afterwards that he hadnt a clue how he was supposed to act so he did what he thought was right.
    Complete inability to understand someone elses emotional pain - but pretended to.

    Oh , see that paints a bigger picture. Maybe you do have a point


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    #68
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    the purple tin wrote: »
    A lot of high ranking politicians are psychopaths.
    No ....i would say a lot of them are nuerotypical.

    Society has to stop blaming its woes on the 'wolf'.

    WE ALLOW our politicians to do this ..we are psychos to then?

    Look at the States!? Trumpers ...every single person who voted for a man who clearly displayed who he was ? Are they all ASPD? No.


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    #69
    lapua20grain
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭lapua20grain


    Knew a psychopath years ago was good friends with him, he smashed his wife's head in with a barbell then carried on as if nothing had happened, he didn't see any wrong in what he had done she was in the way of what he wanted to do and who he wanted to be with and the easiest way to do it was to get rid of the wife.


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    #70
    hayoc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭hayoc


    Dognapper wrote: »
    Oh , see that paints a bigger picture. Maybe you do have a point

    I also found out that he had had a diagnosis of "borderline" psychopathy in childhood.


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    #71
    gimli2112
    Registered Users Posts: 13,407 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    Dognapper wrote: »
    There is a lot more to it than that
    glib and superficial charm grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self need for stimulation pathological lying cunning and manipulativeness lack of remorse or guilt superficial expression of emotion callousness and lack of empathy parasitic lifestyle poor behavioural controls sexual promiscuity early behaviour problems lack of realistic long-term goals impulsive irresponsibility failure to accept responsibility for own actions many short-term marital relationships juvenile delinquency revocation of conditional release criminal versatility

    it's unsettling how many boxes a certain US politician ticks here


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    #72
    Errashareesh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 572 ✭✭✭Errashareesh


    lapua20grain wrote: »
    Knew a psychopath years ago was good friends with him, he smashed his wife's head in with a barbell then carried on as if nothing had happened, he didn't see any wrong in what he had done she was in the way of what he wanted to do and who he wanted to be with and the easiest way to do it was to get rid of the wife.
    Jaysus - Joe?


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    #73
    lapua20grain
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭lapua20grain


    Errashareesh wrote: »
    Jaysus - Joe?

    Aye I rang him the day of the murder his answer when he picked up the phone was you heard then? had a tour around the house off him after her murder cool as ice nasty piece of work still doesn't see any wrong in what he did


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    #74
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,272 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Maybe.

    I know a guy who is the main suspect in his wife's murder but they hadn't enough to get him on the murder charge.


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    #75
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,527 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    What's the difference a psychopath and a sociopath?

    I was watching a movie once, one character called another a psychopath, which engaged him and he responded
    I'm not a psychopath. I'm a sociopath. There's a difference. See, a psychopath is insane. He can't distinguish between wrong and right. A sociopath knows the difference. He just doesn't have a conscience, you know? So he doesn't care.


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    #76
    boardlady
    Registered Users Posts: 251 ✭✭boardlady


    The Guard was it? Brendan Gleeson.


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    #77
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,363 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Nidge


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    #78
    Dognapper
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Dognapper


    hayoc wrote: »
    I also found out that he had had a diagnosis of "borderline" psychopathy in childhood.

    I hope you’re happier without him so , I don’t know , I have a few traits of one myself , no friends , no remorse or empathy for people , I can lie with a straight face. I however love my wife and kids more than anything and will always put them before myself or anyone else ,I’ve never cheated on my wife and I always try to be a kind person , I think it’s a broad spectrum and a lot more too it than the eyes can see.


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    #79
    Kylta
    Registered Users Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    Yester wrote: »
    Do psychopaths know that they are psychopaths?

    Do psychopaths know how to use a cyclepath


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    #80
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    You meet plenty in business


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    #81
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Kylta wrote: »
    Do psychopaths know how to use a cyclepath
    cyclops ....for no partic reason


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    #82
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    Lollipops23 wrote: »
    I met Graham Dwyer a handful of times. Does he count?

    I reckon so, I worked with him for 3 years :o

    Defo counts.


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    #83
    Kylta
    Registered Users Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    cyclops ....for no partic reason

    A cyclops is just misconstrued as a one eye monster


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    #84
    inthenip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 130 ✭✭inthenip


    Piers Morgan interviews psychopath on Netflix, jaysus still gives me chills thinking about it. It's well worth a watch.

    Paris Bennett is the guy's name. They guy has no emotion. His IQ is through the roof as well.



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    #85
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    I feel the above disgusting monster ....is just someone who was over ridden by negative emotions.

    This is not someone who feels nothing. He strikes me as someone who let his negative emotions overwhelm him.

    Not a very logical person.


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    #86
    McGinniesta
    Registered Users Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    There is a very reasonable chance that we may all have encountered a psychopath at some point in our lives.

    We may not have realised it at the time but they say that psychopathy may be more prevalent that you'd imagine.


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    #87
    McGinniesta
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    #88
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    McGinniesta wrote: »
    I REMEMBER SEEING THIS.

    It gave me uncomfortable dreams.

    That guy seems definitely much more like a psychopath. The guy with the long curly hair. He always tries to keep the masks up.


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    #89
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    You meet plenty in business
    And politics. They tend to do well in those fields. A lot of CEOs they reckon and leading politicians, they will do whatever it takes to get to the top and have no real loyalties to co-workers.


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    #90
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    inthenip wrote: »
    Piers Morgan interviews psychopath on Netflix, jaysus still gives me chills thinking about it. It's well worth a watch.

    Paris Bennett is the guy's name. They guy has no emotion. His IQ is through the roof as well.


    Yeah, I saw this. Did you notice how infrequently he blinked? And how there was always a pause before he answered the questions. You could practically hear the cogs in his head whirring. Not really human at all.

    I think there's a lot of confusion between psychopathy and sociopathy on this thread. They are not the same thing at all. And don't assume that narcissists aren't dangerous. The presence of narcissism with ASPD is what creates a true monster. Think Ian Brady.


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    #91
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    McGinniesta wrote: »
    Was that the guy who killed his brother when they were kids and made it look like an accident. he had it all pre-planned.

    He couldn't understand that it is wrong to kill innocent people :confused:
    People who did the slightest wrong thing to him were in trouble, he tried to kill his boss too.
    The only time he showed any real emotion was when talking about how his boss had survived: you could see on his face that he was furious that he hadn't managed to kill him.


    I saw a show about a woman in US who had 3 kids, single mother. She was going out with a man, but when she wanted to get more serious he said he didn't want a serious relationship or marriage.
    She thought it must be because I have kids, that's why, so she hatched a plot to murder her children and pin the blame on a non-existent hitch hiker.
    How broken does somebody have to be to think that that is the correct course of action to take.

    No emotions displayed for her kids (luckily one of them survived), it was the logical thing to do in her mind :(


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