Psychopaths
“I will say that no matter how much you learn about them in theory, you
can never begin to skim the surface of what a psychopath is actually like
unless you live with one, or two. They are so like us,
and so alien at the same time.”
“A psychopath is a machine. They have this strange brand of impartiality under
it all. Because whatever it is at the end of the day it just doesn’t
matter to them. “Caring”, empathy”, “guilt” just do not exist for them.
They live in a world that consists of interesting/boring,
comfortable/uncomfortable. That leaves them very two dimensional
as people. They craft identities for themselves, quite cold-bloodedly, as
means to ends, and interfaces with the world.”
“Ever see the film “Black Widow”? She is a psychopath. Her murders are
just her “little hobby” really, although that “hobby” pays well. It
provides her with “themes” for adopting identities: A sense of direction
and focus.”
“Many of them don’t ever kill, for very similar reasons to why I never
attend football matches. They haven’t the slightest interest in murdering
people, and can’t imagine why anybody would bother to do it. They ARE that
cold.”
“Psychopaths are not curable for the simple, obvious, reason that they
are not ill or broken. In their own terms they are usually perfectly
functional with very few exceptions. If you are living with someone like
that, to use the word “hope” would be like a very sick joke.”
“Psychopaths are not compatible with functional human life. Their nature
alone is damaging to be around, toxic, before they even begin to be
abusive. You have more chance of getting a healthy, loving relationship by
kissing frogs until one turns into a Prince than from a psychopath.”
Nature or Nurture
“I am aware that a certain number of people diagnosed with various
personality disorders had less-than ideal childhoods and I do feel empathy
towards them. New NPD research has shown however, that some sufferers of
NPD had parents who over-idealized and excessively doted on
them. I think we should also keep in mind that Ns are pathological
liars; what better way to gain narcissistic supply and sympathy by telling
us of their tragic life of being sooooo unloved
(whether true or not)? Don't get me wrong here....I truly believe that some NPDs had very abusive childhoods; I just wonder
sometimes if some of these cases don't just exist in the vivid and
distorted imaginations of the Ns.”
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