Psychopaths Undetected Among Us

[@mtc-j9i]

You cannot set boundaries with a psychopath; you’ll just drive yourself crazy in the process, and that will be calmly used against you. They view any boundary set as a secretly fun challenge to overcome - like a salesman, but with your life. Any boundary you set will then begin to consume infinite amounts of mental and emotional energy on your part, as it will become their silent yet relentless mission to outsmart you into accepting their treatment in that particular area. For some reason it’s always more fun for them to mistreat you if they convince you to “allow” it first. In order to feel fulfilled, they need the mind game almost more than they need the mistreatment…like a cat toys with its prey. You have to remove yourself completely from the situation. They are interpersonal predators, and winning is their goal because they see life as a chess game. They don’t fear consequences or threats and do not care how you feel, so negotiation is not possible unless they have something to gain from giving you what you ask for. Threatening to leave or even temporarily leaving will not phase them because they have no fear. They only respect cold hard action. If at the end of the relationship, they benefited more than you, that just proves they were superior and won the game. They expect you to have no hard feelings about it. It wasn’t personal! They become almost predictable, being overly kind right before (or after) they do something unacceptable. You find yourself filled with anxiety any time they are kind. In my experience, they will respect the law (restraining orders, divorce decrees, etc) unless they’re already criminals, because they do care about their reputation, and appearing to be a “good person” to the outside world is important to them. If they can convince someone else to break the law or violate the court order on their behalf, they will do that. They just won’t get their own hands dirty. When you finally decide to end the relationship and cut them off, they will be genuinely confused that you rejected them, but also…they know what they did, so they work overtime smearing your character to the whole of society….preemptively…in case you were planning to try to do the same to them. They could also get vindictive and set up a chain of events (which they will deny) meant to destroy your life. They can coldly and silently hold a grudge for decades while buttering you up for the fall. The highest IQ psychopaths know that you don’t have to be violent to murder someone - you can convince them to do it themselves by destroying or stealing everything they value about themselves and their lives. Never sugarcoat a psychopath. You cannot manage or put boundaries a psychopath. You have to escape as soon as you meet one.

[@olilumgbalu5653]

Most govt agents (CIA, FBI, DHS, DoD, NSA, etc) are psychopaths. And govt agent psychopaths are all around me.

[@attheranch873]

Very well said! Yes, psychopathy is a part of the human condition, and while I am normally an empathetic person, empathy is a waste of time and downright dangerous when it comes to psychopaths. I gave up on “idiot compassion” a long time ago!

[@zedmoe]

Duper's delight.

[@Poppy-yx8js]

Happened to me. But a psychopath doesn’t care that much about what anyone thinks of them. They don’t like it if they feel you have challenged their sense of superiority- even if it’s just in their imagination.

[@Maju1612]

thanks for the video!! really good work

[@socialneuro]

Glad you liked it!

[@alicepaul6276]

Thank you.

[@tictactoedias1908]

Can sociopaths and schizophrenia co occur ? Thank you ❤ also is aspd the same as sociopaths? 👍🇦🇺

[@Poppy-yx8js]

I’m not sure about schizophrenia and comorbidity to psychopathy - sociopath is no longer a term in psychology. It’s primary or secondary psychopathy - and ASPD diagnosis doesn’t always have psychopathy in the diagnosis. Secondary psychopathy is usually associated with ASPD.

[@URBLuvd]

What is the difference between a psychopath and a narcissist?

[@SteveB-nx2uo]

a Sociopath is a person that is unable to experience empathy, they simply lack the ABILITY. They cannot imagine how others feel, and do not care how others feel. this is someone like Dexter from the popular TV series, who picks guilty criminals that escape justice as targets for his vigilantism. He has a moral code, but only follows it out of sheer willpower - and his emotional disconnect allows him to murder and even torture his targets with no psychological consequences. a psychopath is a person who ENJOYS the suffering of others, similar to a sadist. think of a gleeful torturer or executioner. also like a machine gunner in Vietnam gladly shooting civilians and viet kong alike. not only do they not care about others, hurting others makes them feel powerful and affirmed in their superiority. a narcissist is a person that is "in love with themsleves" and often lies to, manipulates, and abuses others for their own gratification and profit. a narcissist is always in a relationship, so that they have someone to extract from. a narcissist is the opposite of a generous, caring, giving person. a narcissist is there to take, and break a person down to be their personal slave confidant and accessory. A narcissist will often try to cut you off from the outside world, overcome any limitations you place on them or your relationship, and make you as dependent upon them as possible. they will also relentlessly attack your self worth while inflating their own, to try to make it seem like staying with them is a prize for you despite constant belittling and bouts of explosive anger and bitter recriminations should you ever fail to live up to expectations or worse- make them look bad publicly. normal people who girls get mad at during dating are often mislabeled psychopaths and other buzzwords for normal emotional behaviour reactions and boundaries.

[@RoseDylan228]

Conscience. Narcissists have a conscience, but lack empathy. But Psychopaths lack both empathy and conscience.

[@Random_Wierdo.]

@@RoseDylan228 what’s the difference between conscious of empathy?

[@emmamonroe3311]

@@Random_Wierdo.empathy is when someone feels sorry for what they have done. It bothers them. Having a conscience means someone decides not to do something bad becuz it would bother them and not make them feel good.

[@Random_Wierdo.]

Empathy for psychopaths? HA! Think again

[@budawang77]

Psychopathy is uniquely disturbing as its key trait, empathy (or rather lack of), is such an important trait in the rest of us. For many, empathy defines what it means to be human or at least the best and noblest aspects of humanity.

[@SteveB-nx2uo]

No, empathy is not the best and most noble aspect of humanity. in fact, people who supposedly make empathy the center of their personality often end up doing the most harm, because they are *stupid and do not know what is right* a perfect example being 'abortion advocacy' (killing millions of babies) or "gender affirming care" Oh you "Feel like a girl"? guess we should drug you up, sterilize you, cut off your genitals, put you in a dress, and call you a fake name and insist everyone call you your special name and nobody ever bullies you. -that ought to do a lot of good in the long term. in the name of empathy. Most genocidal communist dictators thought they were doing the right thing, removing an "undesireable" aspect of humanity can reduce overall suffering in the long term or for societal stability and reduced crime and corruption. When the ends justify the means, and subjective emotion motivates action, you often have disaster. humans invented the sword, the bullet, the missle, and the nuclear bomb. empathy is not what best defines us. empathy is what allowed civilization to begin. archeologists dating the first human society didn't find a fossil of a farming tool, a house, or a weapon ; it was the first time a broken bone was healed. the first time a person helped another injured person, society started that being said empathy is far from everything. psychopaths can be extremely effective, and are often an integral part of a well rounded team or corporation. for example, psychpaths make excellent shock troopers, commisars, and auditors. i'm a bit of a psychopath myself. I dont really care about most people, most people are stupid, lazy corrupt, self serving predictable and basic. I once ate at a diner and had the owner of the establishment lambast me with her personal story and struggle with cancer. When I mentioned a promising cancer treatment I had just been reading about, she was entirely disinterested in hearing about it, as she was now cancer free. Because there is no possible use for the treatment now that she was over the hurdle. It astounded me so much I haven't been back, being so self centered you not only trauma dump a victim narrative on a first time customer, but then entirely disregard an exciting development that could help others suffering like you did.

[@melanielynnrkein6231]

I do think my ex husband is this.

[@easytiger6570]

Impostor???

[@ArtByAir]

What a joke. You propose empathy for psychopaths, because your salary depends on that advice.

[@veramulatov]

I was to Dr., about him and he said me to take care about frequency, he can't do nothing, only Police can bring him to them.

[@attheranch873]

Set boundaries with a psychopath, that’s laughable, and it shows how naïve you are! I think a psychopath would see you as an easy target

[@danielguy3581]

On one hand, you have videos showing how unreliable psychology research is. On the other, you continue to present these topics as if they have scientific validity. They do not.

[@Therealw1]

How so

[@danielguy3581]

@@Therealw1 Layers of unfounded theory sprinkled with poorly executed trials which poorly replicate, pushed forward by individuals either misguided or unscrupulous. The presenter knows this is most of psychology, but can't get over the dissonance, and the inertia of the industry/culture surrounding it.

[@kddidit08]

His videos show how corrupt SOME research is, and how common faked data is. That doesn't in any way equate to ALL research being fake or corrupt. I'm sure you know that, but I guess you enjoy misleading the credilous.

[@danielguy3581]

@@biochemica2 Spatula?

[@nathanbrodersen1140]

What a waste of time, this video could have been 2 minutes long. How can someone go over the same tired points like this?