Ask a Psychopath - What are some things you've done?

What are some things you've done as a result of your psychopathy?
psychopathyis....
Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
by M.E. Thomas
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TRANSCRIPT
What are some things you've done as a
result of your psychopathy?
Sometimes when I think about these
stories, these Guilt stories, I don't know
what people would feel guilt about so I
do have a little bit of mind blindness
There. You know like I I've never lived
the life of somebody who feels this
empathy, this guilt, and so I don't
know what might trigger it.
I've never
really felt anything for animals
you know. I've never had a pet or
ever felt like a connection to animals.
I've never tortured animals. I
know you know some Psychopaths do torture animals for
various reasons but I never was
one of those that tortured animals. There was, however,
one time I was teaching swimming lessons and
I went out saw that there was this baby
opossum in the water. It was
just struggling to try
to get out of the pool and I thought the
baby opossum must have fallen in the
pool during the night or in the early
morning and now he's trying to get out.
But I also thought an opossum is a
pest and I don't want this opossum around me.
If I fish the opossum out then who
knows what he's going to do. Even domesticated animals can kind
of turn on you especially when they feel
like they're kind of in that fight or
flight kind of moment so I was like, I'll
just drown the opossum. What I did is I
just got a hose and just kept
hosing him so he's trying to get up
and I'm just trying to drown him
with the hose and I do that for
five minutes and he's he's actually a
trooper this baby opossum and so I
thought, this is not working. I figured I'll just
cancel the swimming lesson and just go
off and do something else, you know, go to
the beach for that afternoon.
I think maybe that seems cold-hearted to
people the way I went about it
but that's just kind of an interesting thing too - we're
socialized to certain things.
Different things are cold-hearted to different people and I
guess I am just immune to socialization
in general.
Another
example that stands out to me is
I was living in Los Angeles and it
would have been a
12-unit apartment complex. It was kind of
a nice apartment complex and I was an
attorney at the time and I was
making well into the six
figures and so it was very
comfortable for me to pay the rent. But I
noticed that my neighbors across from me
were driving like 1980s 1990s
Civics. Both of them were driving these
old Civics and I thought
I wonder how these people are paying
rent? I thought of it sometimes and I also
noticed, since they parked
right next to me, that they had these two
bikes that were collecting dust. I had
a friend visit me one weekend and I
thought let's go biking. And I thought,
well I have my bike but I don't have a
bike for you and I don't want to have
to drive somewhere and rent a bike because it's very inconvenient. I figured we should just
take my neighbors’ bikes. So I went down
and I pumped up the air and the
seats had dust on them - I mean they
clearly hadn't been ridden for years and
they were just little cheap Schwinn bikes
you know probably $100 or something.
So we bike and we come back several
hours later-we bike to the beach and it was great, it was fun. And then in
the evening I get this knock on the door
and I go answer it. Luckily it was me who answered and
not my roommate at the time because I answer
it and it's my neighbor and she said: you
know my bikes were missing earlier and
we were looking all over for them
and then we noticed that they were
replaced. Do you know what
happened with the bikes? I said yes, I
borrowed your bike and I
took it to the beach with my friend. Color drained from my neighbor’s
face-she was so angry at me. She
was like, why would you do something like
that and I'm gonna call the police and
that's theft. And I said it's probably
not theft technically - if anything it's
conversion, the tort of conversion, and
you'd have to sue me in small claims
court and I don't think the damages
would be very high because I just took
the bikes for several hours.
That was kind of my reaction but she
was livid.
The thing that people
find most shocking about the
book is when I say that I'm probably
smarter than the person reading the book. I find that to be an unusual
reaction for that to be the
most shocking thing in the book. It
surprised me, I didn't understand why
people would feel that way because that's
just statistically true. I mean I score
in the 99th percentile on all
standardized tests. Maybe there's been once or twice when I haven't
scored the 99th percentile
even on graduate school tests.
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[@fazbell]

This woman should run for Congress. She would fit right in.

[@ellecapone1337]

She was an attorney- seems like a very appropriate career choice already lol

[@jwilleseries7764]

She would... and arguably be a lot better than many of hte ones already there... that is more a comment on them than on her XD

[@caralho5237]

Literally kamala harris lol, even the fake upbeat attitude

[@svensvensson2724]

No, she's telling the truth. Can't do that in politics.

[@calldwnthesky6495]

i'd bet money A LOT of people in positions of power are something like her. it's part of the reason the world is the way it is... that is, not great.

[@simsface]

"ive never tortured an animal" **describes how she tortured an animal**

[@divestedkonservativekarame4269]

That's not torturing an animal torturing animals like chasing it and strangling it with your bare hands or something

[@chibi_okami]

@@divestedkonservativekarame4269 But drowning an animal is also a torture... Animals and people don't die easily when they drowned

[@jamiekenleyuk]

If you eat meat you kill anaimals and torture then for a 6 mknths to 2 years.

[@beastman8269]

She’s lying she’s done a lot more to animals

[@elrambo2175]

⁠@@notu1529but she killed the animal? It’s still an act of killing a random animal

[@normw4705]

A psychopath is more dangerous than a domesticated animal.

[@InzamamulMallik]

Even an wild animal Too

[@antonstezhkin5991]

Don't try to domesticate them 😅. Not everything is to be domesticated

[@watchingfiremagick]

These are human beings who developed these afflictions due to severe childhood trauma. Don't dehumanize them

[@InzamamulMallik]

@@watchingfiremagick why not.

[@erikc8284]

I don't blame her for the way she was born (she could not choose not to have empathy) but it gives me goosebumps that people like her exist and are all around us.

[@izdotcarter]

I look at the gaze, it’s terrible. Evolutionary outlier tho

[@GirlVersusWild]

Luckily there are not that many people like this compared to the numbers of people who do have empathy.

[@RobertBrunner-y5j]

I think it is utterly insane how these people are allowed into high responsible jobs, while they have zero empathy for life of animal or human alike. That's scary, irresponsible and hugely unethical. She teaches swimming lessons? What in the hell is she doing when a kid drowns? Starring at it with curiosity and thinking: well childrens are pests anyway.

[@helenivanova5440]

Well, one thing that terrifies ME much more than the fact of existing people like her is the fact of existing sadists who enjoys other people's suffering and huge amount of people of that kind. This woman doesn't enjoy anybody's suffering, she just doesn't care. She can do a lot for her benefit but she won't make harm just to get pleasure form the suffering of smb she hurts.

[@helenivanova5440]

​​@@RobertBrunner-y5jin Russia where i am from psychopats are even allowed to work as psychologists. Nobody just gives a damn. There was a woman on one of popular russian psychological forums who spoke overtly about having much points in psychopathic scale. She even boasted with her psychopathology and like to chat about her liking to hurt people "for the sake of merriment". And do you think many people on the forum condemned her? Maybe smb tried to get her evicted from profession? Nothing of the kind. More than that, smb really admired her for her "not fearing to be bad", love for herself ( she was terribly in love with her own nasty personality) and speaking what she wanted without caring of other people's feelings..

[@kungfupanda1705]

"I don't hurt animals" - describes torturing one "I'm not a thief" - explains how she is a thief "Some people think I'm narcissistic" - only those that have met you or seen this video 😂

[@voodookitchenmama]

She SMILES as she says it.

[@oscarmaidana9294]

The part when she said "I earned way over 6 figures by then" got me thinking.

[@DuckiesDad08]

Yes, but let’s not discourage people from helping us understand things that are mysterious to us.

[@wishesandfishes]

She said she didn't torture animals, as in for amusement - she described trying to kill an animal in a pretty brutal and painful way, but I've heard worse stories from people raised in farms

[@janiquedentremont7958]

Narassist is different then a psychopath

[@jamesprivet]

The fact she is an attorney explains everything. Morality and justice, truth means nothing to her, only maximizing her personal gain no matter at what expense.

[@bunkerman99]

BS has nothing to do with being a lawyer. Lawyers represent people, corporatiuons, businesses, the State and individuals charged with crimes. I can assure having been a lawyer for 34 years I was not out molesting children or torturing old people or killing deer out of season etc. All of these entities needing help with the legal system got themselves into the messes they are in; not the lawyers navigating the system for them.

[@adods9824]

Yep! Sums them all up. Avoid like the plague !!!!!!!!

[@adods9824]

​​@@bunkerman99No argument there. And once they've 'retained' a legal eagle, it's the lawyer's job to Hoover as much $ out of the client's account as possible .... A good outcome for said client is optional ...

[@pisceananarchyvortex7223]

But the law and morality have little to do with each other. It's difficult for most people to imagine not being emotionally tormented by defending murderers and corporate criminals, etc.@@bunkerman99

[@mariusskrupskis2042]

or maybe she just like a job with strict rules, where its clear what and how to do :DD

[@theloniouscoltrane2082]

She seems so cheerful and charismatic. I can see why violent psychopaths can go undetected so long. Very interesting

[@christianneabella1340]

I honestly don't get it. The thumbnail alone sent alarm bells for me lmao.

[@glasshalffull2930]

It’s their ability to lie without showing traditional tells that makes them very dangerous.

[@anaa5718]

She seems awful

[@thejoe9065]

She seems like a robot. Noone smiles like that, the whole time, especially not with such topics.

[@mrselfdestruct1180]

It’s the eyes that give it away. I work with someone that has all the hallmark traits. It’s the same. The eyes and facial expressions are off or heavily animated.

[@andypower5531]

The music tries to make it not creepy but ends up making it more creepy.

[@1981Antman]

Spot on 😂

[@jamie-zk1sz]

uncanny valley, they're trying to humanise something that's not human.

[@turtle-ot2qc]

Why are you judging her, that's literally who she is, should she just not exist anymore because of her condition?

[@turtle-ot2qc]

NVM, I just watched the whole video, that's wild

[@Leahmoonbeamflower]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Parisroam]

The fact that she really sat there and considered that her neighbors might be struggling to pay their bills and then continues to steal their stuff 😭

[@Србомбоница86]

That's classic sociopath lol

[@pagecollector4856]

@@Србомбоница86 she is diagnosed with psychopathy.

[@Fabian6980]

​@@pagecollector4856it's the same

[@ssths]

@pagecollector4856 sociopathy and psychopathy are the same thing, which is a disorder of empathy, along with some specific cognitive deficits or disorders. those two terms are outdated and basically useless nowadays. its like saying someone has autism vs aspergers. Aspergers doesnt exist. its all just autism spectrum.

[@pagecollector4856]

@@ssths Sociopathy and psychopathy are both severe ASPD but not the same. Sociopaths can feel empathy sometimes, psychopaths cant. Over than that, this conditions evolve differently, look it up.

[@attiylanen]

That smile tells a lot. She doesn't have a doubt in her mind that she is better than 99% of people.

[@urmo345]

Some are. Depends on what.

[@shoobidyboop8634]

That and the weird constant stare off-camera, to the right.

[@MichalNowierski]

well, at the end she added that she is more intelligent than 99% of people, at least according to some testing standard. So she was quite precise there, she never said she was "better" than others. However she has also picked this very attribute of her, which may in fact suggest that she in fact thinks of herself in a narcissistic way.

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

@@urmo345 But she isnt. She didnt even realizing the contradictions she makes ''i dont torturing animals'' , and then explaining how she tried to drown an oppossum. If she were really more intelligent than 99% of people, as she claims, than what am i, to found her contradiction ? So am i more intelligent than 99,9% of people ? I dont think so , and i am quiet sure, you also dont think so about me ;) Which proves my point about her.

[@jayjohnson-t2y]

how do we know that these people are just talking shit ie lying through there teeth.. i do this all time talk shit like this but never really mean it usually joking

[@oskarlibelle1769]

The way she TALKS about trying to drown a possum is SCARY

[@anonymoussomeone7513]

This lady is Asperger’s not psychopathy, literally zero percent psychopathy she’s the complete reverse

[@divestedkonservativekarame4269]

I don't see that as much of a big deal we literally run over possums take them and their dead body and put them in the stove possum's don't even have as much empathy from people as dogs do. And I don't even think people are required to have empathy two dogs it depends on what environment you grew up in.

[@socks4639]

hey guys, found another psychopath

[@saltyfry4328]

@@divestedkonservativekarame4269 I agree, its just a rodent.. Same people whining about it probably eat meat that was inhumanely harvested on the regular lmao.

[@SergeantTopBins]

@@saltyfry4328Marsupial*

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

She’s one of the most classical examples of psychopathy I’ve ever seen on video

[@ElDrom_Belle]

Absolutely Much more so then the Anna girl (the one who pretended to be a super wealthy socialite) and even more creepy then the psychopathic serial killers interrogation interviews captured

[@Unpopularopinion1960]

Imagine you waking up at night and she’s in your face smiling

[@marlanaferro1481]

😂😂😂

[@shelleyallison5748]

Nightmare

[@leapinglynx]

Horrifying

[@PLOOPYBOY]

😂😂😂😅

[@emilyashley4820]

Her smile reminds me of the disturbing smiles from the movie, "Smile".

[@samwright6853]

she's constantly got the widest grin on her face and it never once reaches her eyes

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

There are many paths to take in life. HER soul has taken the psycho path.

[@TheUnrulyMonster]

@@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole But the grin doesn't take the eyesopath is what he is saying

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

@@TheUnrulyMonster She is literally The Joker!

[@DailyCzak123]

Perfect Mimicer but in the wrong context

[@sophiemoconnell]

​@@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole I thought she had the joker smile too!

[@loudloveen]

She's so clever yet she doesn't know it's not normal to smile when you're confessing to have tried to kill an animal or having misappropriated your neighbour's bike.

[@TheAgentAssassin]

That's why they call them psychopaths.

[@bobby-and2crows]

She may be playing with the food

[@lolakuty-to9io]

She did not display a single attribute which you can call clever. It is just your bias of associating intellectual soundness with psychopathic traits clouding your judgment.

[@jerkchickenblog]

i really dont find her clever

[@VeNuS2910]

worst thing that could happen in this planet is - psychopaths attaining high educational level and degree in the society.

[@FoodNerds]

The fact she on camera talking about this shows her complete lack of shame, sensitivity and compassion

[@ZawieHa]

What do you expect from a psychopath?

[@DanielNistrean]

​@@ZawieHaWish I was the same.

[@MC-wm1ob]

​@@DanielNistreanLearn the hard way.

[@amorpaz1]

Yes, that is the purpose of the video

[@meraculus-zn3zx]

​@@DanielNistreanERM SIGMA PSYCOPATH COOOOOL I WANT BE PSYCOPATH BECAUSE PATRIC BATEMAN GOOOOOD SIGMA

[@moonriver7682]

Here she is explaining how she tried to drown the opossum with a big grin on her face while I watch horrified…

[@HF7-AD]

Remember that grin means absolutely nothing, she's not implying she enjoyed it

[@chocolatecream5593]

@@HF7-ADI wouldn’t say it means “absolutely nothing”. It is a common psychopathic symptom to smile a lot. She’s trying to manipulate people who see her into thinking that whatever she does is not that bad

[@igvc1876]

its just a pest relax. do you react the same to killing spiders

[@CTimmerman]

@@igvc1876 Possums kill ticks and spiders kill gnats. Don't you think bloodsucking parasites are worse than the creatures that protect us from them?

[@Migos347]

Yeah, it's like when a non-vegan buys meat and dairy. In both cases, you're essentially supporting the process that causes animals to suffer and die in painful ways

[@j3licat]

She's exceptional at rationalizing and explaining things away.

[@j3licat]

@LaylaRehabSing I probably would too.

[@luna-mt7sf]

​@@Lygjugujkh9876it is a compliment

[@mryamahapro12]

She sounds like a good lawyer lol

[@nikibronson133]

This

[@drrisen-9442]

That’s just literally what she believes. It’s her actual mental process, she just doesn’t take empathy into account, because she doesn’t have any. It’s not out of any particular malicious intent, she just doesn’t care.

[@Wnuwk]

Weird… Her mouth smiles but her eyes don’t.

[@caseinnitrate2004]

⁠​⁠@@DubbzRHandleladder

[@apontutul]

Exactly

[@catherinekipp3246]

I notice that to

[@Jewelssv]

Light are on but no one is home

[@0x29aNull]

@@Jewelssv don’t fool yourself, if she is a true psychopath then she is probably smarter than you and fully willing to recognize and exploit any weaknesses she sees in you.

[@siomaras161]

id rather feel occasional anxiety and heartbreak than be completely and utterly soulless

[@edwinleskin3112]

Yup, always be grateful for what you got. It could be far far worse

[@hobog12777]

I think a lot of psychopaths hate it too. They don't know it but there's probably a reason they have to go out of their way to hurt people/animals in order to feel something. Or maybe they truly don't suffer from their own psychopathy at all and they simply enjoy the suffering of others that much, idk

[@mikewho822]

So basically she’s just as capable of ruining someone’s life as a lawyer and feeling zero remorse. Who’s to say she didn’t completely drain someone’s bank account who was a client just because she knew she could get away with it. She’s also capable of committing murder and feeling zero remorse. She just lied about torturing animals. She literally tried to drown one. I really don’t feel that she should be allowed in any position of power or authority, especially practicing law.

[@leonfa259]

Don't worry, basically all people in power are either narcissistic or psychopaths.

[@loveandletlove8529]

Well some feel guilt but then justify,minimize and deny…my borderline mother did just that…

[@mikewho822]

@@Tendertroll1 no it’s not, she literally wrote a book about her condition and life. It is very much real.

[@mikewho822]

@@Tendertroll1 whatever you say dude

[@rainhahahaha]

​@@loveandletlove8529Are you aware that borderline (probably BPD what you're referring to) and ASPD (including psychopathy) are two very different conditions, right? You should educate yourself a bit before commenting about something you don't know much about...

[@susanam.826]

This was actually scary, even though she was smiling throughout.

[@leapinglynx]

The smile itself only adds to how scary she is.

[@sofiyasujad7099]

YES! And even with the cheery background score lol

[@axgelbxnny]

she smiles also at all the wrong things, like she doesn’t know where she should try to add levity in a discussion by smiling, like talking about torturing animals should not be accompanied with a smile and yet she does accompany it with it

[@Withnail1969]

I thought it was hilarious.

[@spoofer20]

Shes not actually smileing, thats why its creepy to most people. Psychopaths emulate smiles because they believe people will regard them better for it but they dont realize that to a lot of people it looks really weird. Smileing is actually very hard to replicate for psychopaths, its just a better version of a fake smile for a normal person.

[@shonwest1539]

Every time she fully smiles, I get The Joker vibes

[@n0426]

Humour gains people’s acceptance. No empathy is needed to be humorous. But many people get triggered because their humour lack’s empathy. You need to have thick alligator skin around these people.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

I was thinking a little Sam Kinison smile.

[@agnidas5816]

she is just reading from the book - she didn't do it

[@uvsa2833]

Really the first thing that came to mind for me. She's absolutely got that Jack Nickolson as the Joker Smile going. Can't be a coincidence

[@korn5308]

Me to the Jack Nicholson one

[@Zunree1869]

Her smile is the most unsettling smile i have ever seen, its like it doesnt even belong to her face, she smiles yet her eyes stay stationary, souless. Jaysus.

[@peneljsmith]

she keeps looking off to the side. Hardly ever looks at you. Quite the disconnect.

[@MassiveGamingBeast]

“we’re socialised to think certain things are cold hearted and i guess i am just immune to socialisation in general” no you’re not. you are one of the few people who learn what’s wrong & right exclusively through socialisation, other people learn most through their emotions. eg, ‘there is a baby possum in the pool drowning, something in me feels guilty & sad about letting it drown therefore i think it’s cold hearted to let it die’

[@freddybaumgartner3096]

Absolutely. But I don't think she'd be able to truly understand this.

[@anamuraro]

@@freddybaumgartner3096 Nope, she's not that smart.

[@unhappytrai1]

i could not believe she said that

[@LambentIchor]

Society and culture are emergent properties of human nature. A lot of culture is just evolved mechanisms to sublimate our natural aggression so that we can cooperate. And having the ability to cooperate and empathise is a big part of what makes us successful. The more we can cooperate the more complex we can learn to be. But there are people who are born who don't have the same makeup as others. With psychopaths, it seems that they can get along in society by learning the rules. Maybe they don't have the same moral sense, but if you look at society without sentiment you'll see that most of the evil in the world is there precisely because of morality. People harm others all the time because their personal morality tells them it is right to do so. Christians had no problem burning people to death for imagined evil like witchcraft. Whole families used to come along, as if it was a fair day, and picnic while others were hanged. Look at Israel bombing and killing thousands of people because they believe their god gave them that land, and the Palestinians who believe it's right to murder Israelis because their beliefs say so. It's easy to sit in judgement on psychopaths who just happen to be born different. But people who supposedly have the full complement of what is supposed to be human act horribly every day. And then point the finger at these people.

[@1bhitte]

The thing that got me was her actions don't even make sense. Just take a pool net, the long handled ones every public pool has, scoop it out and toss it somewhere. Way less bother then either solutions. As for the bike just lie its way easier then wasting your breath on anything else.

[@lnroche5]

imagine this psychopath giving your kids swim instructions....

[@coajokazz]

Lol yea. Why does it not bother me that this psychopath is an attorney? 😅

[@Bloxicorn]

​@coajokazz because a lot of the good attorneys and lawyers are psychopaths.

[@RobertGeers-r3x]

They would end like the opposum. ( that child is such a trooper.) She would say to herself while continques to essentialy waterboard the kid.

[@uup116]

Most single mothers would see her as a super hero.

[@MimiMadness94]

Her intelligence may be high in some aspects but it’s obvious she has zero emotional intelligence. Also, shes a lawyer, how does she not see a difference between passively letting an animal die (for her perfectly reasonable reasons) and actively participating in killing it by intentionally trying to drown it? Or why someone would not be ok with you using their things without permission? For someone who is such a high achiever things like that should be onvious.

[@linkytunes2133]

Wouldn’t killing it faster be merciful?

[@MimiMadness94]

@@linkytunes2133 drowning is not a quick or merciful death. Are you kidding?

[@4haruchan]

Yeah i think she just doesnt give a fuck about that animal. Most humans are psychopaths towards animals to me the way they say they capture or kill pests...

[@NotCthulhu]

Wait, where was she remotely reasonable in that instance?

[@lesleykippersluis5739]

​@@linkytunes2133Thats exactly how she manipulates people. She got you thinking drowning an animal is the right thing to do

[@znrctrnn]

These people are admired in most corporate structures.

[@heatherbeck4186]

Very true

[@larcat3148]

Yeah they clock up legend awards

[@red1x-d7i]

"I was an attorney at the time" I immediately thought "... yeah that DOES track."

[@InfernalPasquale]

''I've never tortured animals'' ''So I hosed down this drowning baby opossum for, like, 5 minutes. BUT IT JUST WOULDN'T DIE'' Wow.

[@isa-r3j]

I think it’s interesting because to her, she didn’t torture it because SHE didn’t want to torture it. Torturing it wasn’t her goal, she just wanted it to die, so because she wasn’t getting off on it to her it’s not torture. To the rest of us, we see that the animal was suffering and experiencing torture which makes it torture. She only sees things from her perspective

[@RealJeffTidwell]

Yeah, I had some reservations about her psychopathy diagnosis until that story. Damn.

[@grandmastermario3695]

SCREETCH SCREETCH it was playing dead 😅😅

[@TheHumanSpirit]

2:08 -- "And I was an attorney at the time making well into the 6 figures" Shocker.

[@dowright5645]

that Joker smile.. truly terrifying

[@knutlager2671]

She learned that people responded positively to smiling. That's why she does it,. That's all there is to it.

[@thevisitor1012]

@@knutlager2671 Alastor moment.

[@Lady_Graham]

Yeah her smile is really weird. It’s like a pastiche of the real thing

[@DanielGomez-ei7yx]

Just a fuckin smile. Jeez

[@JS-wp4gs]

@@DanielGomez-ei7yx No it isn't

[@voiceofomiej7722]

I have a psychopath father, you ignore such people, don't worry about what they think about you because they still think you are someone else, someone without empathy, just like them. They don't feel this empathy, so they don't see it in others. you are different to her than you are to your friend or loved one

[@CrashBoomBang78]

Not true. She literally says she sees it in others but doesn't understand it.

[@Matt_Fields_29]

Problem with ignoring these people is they're often your bosses, the police, and the lawmakers.

[@williammorris3815]

The only emotion she expressed is happiness over others sufferings.

[@Софија-крафт]

They dont feel happiness They just smile to make others comfortable

[@n0426]

@@Софија-крафтyes happiness is an internal state. they are good actors. You can feel it. Her eyes are bland. Too much on performing the smile to feel acceptable and humorous/human.

[@HF7-AD]

​@@Софија-крафтthey mimick how most people talk because that's how they learned to talk

[@Ajesen]

What are u on about

[@AABB-px8lc]

usually my mom smile in very strange way just before she goiing to say extreme lie (that gaslighting things), and she absolutely sure lie will work and we are no chance to counter it. I read in some forum psychopaths always do it, as it joy of anticipation of success after hard work to select proper arguments, planning weird complex logic tricks and covering of lie.

[@sinistersoul7238]

Opposums arent pests, they are actually fairly clean and disease free. They also eat actual pests.

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

Well rats also eat pests such as cockroaches or worms

[@sinistersoul7238]

@@HYDROCARBON_XD rats will try and live in your house, opposums are happy to live outside and maybe get in your garbage from time to time.

[@MarlonValcq]

​@@sinistersoul7238I would do the same with such pests

[@pinkforeverlove1]

She just wanted to justify killing an animal lol

[@Arginne]

@@HYDROCARBON_XDpossums combat Lyme disease and are typically non aggressive and non invasive

[@ivyssauro123]

"I don't torture animals" Literally waterboarded a Opposumm, what

[@DavidCurryFilms]

And she didn't even get any useful information out of it. Top 99% intelligence my ass 😂

[@tobsternater]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤....and thought about her duty!! llololololooooooololol!!

[@zacharysherry2910]

He was going to turn on her!

[@paizleedayze]

🤣

[@yellowchartreuse]

I wonder if you saw a different video? In the video I saw she didn't waterboard an opposum. She sprayed it with a hose.

[@artofameera]

It's refreshing to see an actual Psychopath... Sometimes these Psychopaths come across "just regular person like you" and they're not... They're not regular, they have no regard. She doesn't see anything she does as wrong; it's other people - she's literally mocking a dying possum, mocking a neighbour she stole from and trying to out-do her sense of intelligence, it's chilling!

[@hotarunorikazu6336]

I feel sorry for her though, even if she’s living day by day ‘normally’, she couldn’t grasp emotions like the majority of us do. Not to say we shouldn’t not be careful with them. They’re just build different. No point reasoning with them unless it aligns with their self interest.

[@artofameera]

@@hotarunorikazu6336 yeah that's fair, but at the same time; she would not care at all that you're feeling empathy or compassion towards her, and would actually want to harm you with "grey rage" as she described it, for seeing her in this light... It's quite scary.

[@miamor2624]

They may be different, but they can try to adapt to society. I remember a case of a psychopath who joined the Mormons in order to have a moral compass. They're even dating someone and have managed to obtain friends. Of course, I won't blame people if they believe the psychopath is merely doing it all as a trick to manipulate people, but I think it's interesting how even psychopaths may have the chance to live a completely normal life once they are aware of what they are.

[@CherryJuli]

I feel kind of sorry for her that she doesn’t have empathy. At the same time I hope nobody ever has to deal with a psychopath in their lives. These people can break you.

[@Mister.Meeseeks]

Belive me, she is not sorry, she is sorry for us to have empathy...

[@LordVestik]

Having empathy is weakness.

[@autisticmonkeyboi6820]

​@@LordVestikwithout empathy we can't have a functioning society. If nobody can think about the greater good, society won't advance.

[@LordVestik]

@@autisticmonkeyboi6820 I understand your point of view, but I am diagnosed ASPD and that is how I think of empathy. My mom is "normal" and I always see her stressing over the smallest stuff and caring about everything, it's too much stress so why even bother?

[@autisticmonkeyboi6820]

@@LordVestik because, empathy is what helped bonding communities together in difficult times. Wich increased the survival rates by a whole lot. For exemple, a "normal "man would do whatever it takes to ensure that his family survives a dangerous situation. Now apply that to a wider scale, and you have empires and nations, wich are pretty much families on a massive scale.(in principle). Without empathy there would be no such thing as the roman empire, 1 civilization united under 1 way of life that advanced humanity in many ways, we still use some of their discoveries to this day. None of this would have been possible if everybody was devoid of any social skills and emotional empathy. All we would have is chaos , we see how survival of the fittest works for animals, all their care about is food and mating . We would have no art, no social medias, no literacy, you would not even have access to therapy. Really, your mother stressing over things might be unpleasant, but then again, she experienced the joys of loving you and her family, the pleasure of feeling the rewarding joy after a good action, or the joy of seeing the happiness around you... the empathetic feeling is a double edged sword, can be a pain as much as it can be the greatest pleasure that you can experience. I think you're truly missing out on a very important aspect of human existence, unlike solitary animals like Tigers etc , we are social animals made to feel, we evolved because of it. Suffering and pleasure are both part of life, i think you can t truly be alive without experiencing both in a lifetime.

[@danfield6030]

She's wrong, we are not "socialised to have empathy". It comes from within.

[@konstantinfrerichs1354]

No, she is correct. Empathy is a modern construct that came with and supported the development of an orderly social structure.

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

Then how do you explain prehistoric humans literally had no remorse for their prey and ripped their guts out with their spears? Or that medieval people liked “criminals” being horribly tortured

[@godofdogs6198]

@@konstantinfrerichs1354 Have you ever heard of mirror neurons? Empathy is innate.

[@NotCthulhu]

​@@HYDROCARBON_XDA consistent number generation after generation likely did have empathy and remorse, just like us today, but those that did likely often died -- but we've evolved enough to be able to survive consistently with morality. Although it's still an uphill battle trying to weed out those that don't have morality from unchecked positions of power.

[@Tigglytoot]

The fact that this is her perception of empathy shows how little she knows about it.

[@robertgreenland386]

She’s trying to say the worst thing she ever did was borrow her neighbour’s bicycle without asking, yeah right.

[@yolandaponkers1581]

I definitely feel like she’s withholding a LOT

[@luna.1409]

@@yolandaponkers1581 no doubt about it.

[@darmok072]

She left out the part about her neighbour falling in the pool and not being able to get out.

[@mcmuinorac5848]

She didn't say that was the worst thing. She said that was one of if not the most notable memory. Probably because of the neighbor's reaction and how much it amused/confused her. And it's very possible. She would merely evaluate that in her profession, her situation, and to gain the most from society, it would be in her best interest to not do much harm.

[@DenkyManner]

@@darmok072 She didn't think to mention it as it wasn't important enough

[@sallythompson5364]

I have a sibling who is a psychopath. All I ever wanted was to get as far away from him as possible. I succeeded. I haven’t seen him or spoke to him in years and never plan on seeing him again

[@etherealmoonlight67]

Congratulations!!

[@meraculus-zn3zx]

Bruh

[@auriculares02]

I might have dated him 😂

[@pennyforyourthoughts9264]

That "smile" is haunting.

[@rmulley1800]

This person is really damaged. This is what concerns me; she is damaged, does damaging things to others, gets approval for her behavior from commenters, and just goes on. She can practice law, she can be a company CEO, she can function well (relative term) in life and make a good living. Heck, she would make a great Mega Church pastor. This tells you a lot about what our society understands to be successful and someone to be emulated. She is obviously, someone you don't want to even be around; it's all about her. If that excites you, you have problems.

[@mitchellbracey5234]

There are strong arguments that many institutions are structured to elevate people like her. She might even agree with such a position.

[@harrymartin684]

If you wanted a defence lawyer, you'd want a cold blooded psychopath defending you, if you could afford one

[@diorsuave217]

💀who cares, its her life

[@junepassingthrouthegate8810]

​@@diorsuave217Most people in positions of power, including world leaders, are like her. It's not only about her, it's about everyone like her that has decision-making power at a global level...meaning it can affect you, me, and everyone else.

[@Ariovistus50]

@@diorsuave217 'Who cares she ruins people's lives, as long as it's not mine.' Haaaah, the land of Ayn Rand, egocentric people are a pest.

[@Cards646]

Lol “I haven’t tortured animals or anything, but I did put a hose on a drowning opossum to keep it from getting out of the pool”

[@ram_bam]

For *FIVE* minutes. Poor little creature went into the wrong person’s pool.

[@TaysonPlaysGuitar]

i mean she is a psychopath and they are known to be incredibly deceitful. as she was describing that story she had to stop herself from smiling and laughing so that really tells you how she felt about doing that.

[@c.eb.1216]

She isn't capable of empathy, so she isn't capable of understanding how it's torturous the drowning is for the animal. All she knows is her perspective, that she's not acting out of sadistic impulses. It's a kind of cognitive deficit that those tests don't measure, but it's still a deficit in a very necessary sort of intelligence to operate in the world without causing mayhem.

[@NothingIsArt1]

Most people pay people to kill and torture other animals in slaughterhouses. It certainly takes a cold-hearted person to kill other animals. But from the victim's perspective, people who pay for slaughterhouse workers to do their job are just as bad as them or the person in the video.

[@CTimmerman]

@@NothingIsArt1 Killing for food > killing for not having the empathy to help.

[@MaximoPrime]

That's the single weirdest smile I have ever seen. I wouldn't trust this lady for one second. It's rather scary that she's a lawyer

[@bluepuke]

You only say that in the context of knowing she is a psycho. What if she was just a regular person and that was just her smile.

[@IloveJesus777j77]

​@@bluepukeJesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.

[@estheradao]

Frrrr

[@LilAligator]

​@@IloveJesus777j77Jesus is dead

[@TheVampireAzriel]

​@@IloveJesus777j77 Jesus only gave up a weekend for his followers' sins

[@michaelfleming8490]

Thinking that trying to slowly and torturously drown a possum is cold hearted is not something you learn for socialization. That’s something that is part of having humanity about you. This woman is tremendously unhealthy and has even convinced herself that the fact that she isn’t bothered by trying to torture an animal to death is somehow a positive attribute because she’s “immune from socialization.”

[@luna-mt7sf]

She doesn't understand sympathy so she observe others , little psychopaths know is it's impossible to fake humanity all the time Now although this is impossible, it's actually SOOO easy to manipulate people , cuz most of us , no offense to anyone , we're actually like sheep , we see someone on media doing charity ,feeding an animal , telling people what they wanna hear ,BAM all of sudden we see them as angels , faking empathy is actually so easy most of times

[@divestedkonservativekarame4269]

@@luna-mt7sf the thing about the opossum thing is definitely not psychopaths a because you can't have sympathy for an animal that is headless in your fridge.

[@pagecollector4856]

Well, she is a psychopath, not a psychologist. Psychopaths obviously don´t feel empathy, so why would she?

[@sophielvenskiold9089]

The thing about psycopaths is that they see their diagnosis as a positive thing, since they’ve probably never had empathy it’s hard for them to imagine why it’s good to have it. In their eyes it’s a weakness since it doesn’t do anything good for them. So when she sees the possum, all she can think about is how annoying it is that it’s ruining her plans. It’s very scary:(

[@karamthomas777]

She is definitely sick(o).

[@mishi144]

She's still covering it up and making it seem nicer than it is.

[@Sara-tr2gh]

They simply can’t see it nicer or worse than it is, to her it’s probably just is, they don’t really analyze things the way normal people do, it’s like explaining how the computer works to a newborn

[@HF7-AD]

She's not covering anything up, she's mimicking how non-psychopaths talk because that's what she learned people talk like, it looks like there's emotion in her voice but there's not

[@existentialchaos8]

I mean yeah, why wouldn't she?

[@dreamland923]

and this is what she learned from socialization. i'm interested to see how she separates wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge. there's a great deal of humanity in all three and i would personally say that they're difficult to break down logically.

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

0:39 😜 👀

[@SlipMahoneyBowery]

Everything that comes out of her mouth is an effort in manipulation. Even her openness about Psychopathy. She is playing a completely different game than us. She is a predator to humans. That’s her survival. Scary

[@MakeMeLo]

Lmfao. Spoken by a person who obviously doesn't have much of a background in psychology.

[@xadionwc3]

@@MakeMeLo psychology is a branch of literature. psychopathy belongs in the category of biological anthropological neuroscience. absolutely nothing to do with any literature whatsoever.

[@Polina-ji4fe]

Psychopaths can't explore themselves, you think?

[@SlipMahoneyBowery]

@@Polina-ji4fe I think that’s correct. Whereas most people can apply feelings and emotions during self examination, a psychopath cannot get beyond a clinical observation of themselves. They understand the difference between right and wrong, but nothing feels right or wrong to them. Without legitimate emotions or feelings they live in a different world and only Pretend to be human.

[@Polina-ji4fe]

@@SlipMahoneyBowery I'm happy for this lady that she's exploring herself in therapy. It's the most healthy way for dealing with things. Especially because it's so rare for people with a personality type like hers. Although it's mostly women who go to therapy, unfortunately. If more people of psycjopathic organization went there and especially if psychopathic men went to therapy, we'd probably live in a different world. Or not. You never know about those things.

[@johncocksmith2693]

"Im just willing to own things" ..2 seconds later: "I'm 5'4.I weigh... whatever I weigh..."

[@charleswesesky747]

Lol Right. She's in shambles internally.

[@powerwise234]

There's nothing contradictory in any way about those statements. What she means by "owning" things is that she's very matter-of-fact about them. She could have easily lied about her height, but didn't.

[@mrs.puffincarnate636]

⁠@@powerwise234 … then why wouldn’t she “own” how much she weighs? That’s the point: she “owns” the things that she’s either proud of or indifferent to. She’s embarrassed about how much she weighs, so she doesn’t “own” it. She very quickly contradicted herself there by not revealing everything that she decided to list off. So, the lie here is that she doesn’t “own” things like she claims she does. Please educate yourself on how psychopaths lie to people (like this example of her lying about her own confidence in her characteristics) so that one does not take advantage of you one day. It’s scary that people like this woman exist; I hope I never have significant dealings with one.

[@lauracru]

Not everyone is obsessed with their weight. There's no reason to believe she's lying about her weight after fessing up to animal torture and bike theft from poor people.

[@govenormayor87]

@@charleswesesky747nah she’s probably indifferent. If she was a narcissist, then she would care.

[@ioandes]

Well of course she is narcissistic, this particular video screams of it. She is very proud that she is so different than the others. Then again, this is a self-narrating video. Any expert on psychopaths would have a lot of follow-up questions like, I don't know, how would she feel if somebody "borrowed" her bike and invade her personal space. It's not that difficult to get to her. Eventually she would crack that fake,calm, self-assured face of hers

[@Jewifer333x2]

Im thoroughly convinced she's not an actual psychopath because any comment refuting her claims on quora gets deleted and post-blocked.

[@Danheron2]

Well, she is a psychopath it makes total sense with the bike thing. Remember the whole thing is psychopaths don’t have empathy so her taking someone else’s bike and invading their personal space has no relation in her head to someone doing it to her, the whole reason we don’t do things like that is because we know we wouldn’t like it if someone did it to us, that doesn’t even enter mind. And she’s not a narcissist, but she definitely is narcissistic we’re all narcissistic but it’s tempered by our, not wanting to be arrogant or make others feel inferior or uncomfortable, she doesn’t have that, and it’s not her fault she just wasn’t born with it.

[@AABB-px8lc]

@@Jewifer333x2 my mom phycho, and she definitely same so much it damn scare. Especially cry things. My mom say it different words, but... And eyes moves, facial musclus moves, DAMN SAME. I bet she is real. I am not an expert, just 50+ experience,we live 3 ppl in appartments, and my mum just outrage to dad minute ago because he did not clean his plate fast enouth. To entertain herself and keep us "on tonus and let them know who boss here".

[@vladimirofsvalbard9477]

Psychopaths are essentially RAW internally. They mimic society and social customs in order to function within it's constraints. However, you have to remember that they are predators. Not all of them are violent (obviously). But they will do what they can to get what they want. Lying and manipulating are the name of the game. If something can be proven; they won't do it. Integrity, loyalty, and honesty aren't in the vocabulary.

[@shueevon]

Several things come to mind: 1) People who do well on standardized tests aren't necessarily model citizens. 2) She disassociates her actions from her description of herself ("I don't torture animals", but doesn't realize that slow drowning is torture). 3) Smiles constantly, maybe in an attempt to convince herself / others that she's not a monster - goes to desire to manipulate. 4) Looks drastically away, avoiding eye contact. Probably means she can't connect / relate to another person - goes to lack of empathy. It's scary that such people live among us.

[@User2jn]

I have accidentally wondered into the dark side of the internet. Ive found creepy fandoms that idolise serial killers and post fuked up snuff memes. Its acary to think that the degenerates on the internet are the same ones hiding within our society.

[@User2jn]

It actually makes me sick thinking about all the twisted people lingering around

[@francozubiria5362]

"eye contact" bro its a camera

[@shueevon]

@@francozubiria5362 bro, she's looking at the ceiling.

[@JeffreyMarciano]

Yeah don't quit your day job that's a horrible analysis

[@kikithepupper6774]

it's like these psychopaths literally skip like several steps on how to get something they want. they just take it. a normal person would think about how to work and save up the money, but these psychopaths are like, "just take it."

[@Србомбоница86]

Lack of impuls control

[@Withnail1969]

She needed a bike on the spur of the moment, she borrowed one. No big deal.

[@chupacabra9357]

Wouldn't that be more sociopaths? I thought psychopaths were more methodical

[@denisedeboer]

Main RED FLAG- LACKING in Emotional Empathy for animals AND people

[@AmaroRay]

I love the lighthearted, infomercial music in the background, as she talks about drowning a possum.

[@1981Antman]

@AmaroRay astute observation. 😅

[@SamanthaFicarro]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KeishaDeniece]

That animal story made me regret watching this video. So horrible.

[@owlishroamer4041]

The most interesting thing to me is that she believes we have been trained/socialized to see some actions as cold hearted. She believes this because she has had to learn to fake emotions whereas the rest of us naturally feel them without being trained.

[@9-NoName-3]

In some cases yes, we have been conditioned to see soema actions as called hearted. Before no one would have give a shit about a damn opossum and that's a fact

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

@@9-NoName-3that's not true because opposums are naturally "cute" and we do care about cute things and some people do find opposums cute naturally cuz of neotenic

[@clippybrokentooth1305]

Interesting how she takes pride being smarter than most of us. But has no shame in being cruel to animals or people.

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

She's not smarter she said she hasn't torture animals but she tortured an opposum 😂

[@tentimetex]

Listen to this story: she first shows off about how much she was earning, how rich she was. She then denigrates the neighbors for being poor and driving a cheap car. Then she tells the story about how she took their bikes without asking (after pointing out how cheap and nasty their bikes were), because she and her friend wanted to go biking...which is obviously more innocent a justification than the truth...which is that she took their bikes because she saw an opportunity to be spiteful and disrespect them because they were poorer than she was. In other words, she saw them as inferior to her so she spited them. starting from: @2:06

[@themeister7104]

I really really don’t care ur prolly the butthurt neighbor

[@Afgdsynmkjvujvcddxsss]

@@themeister7104and u think anyone cares when u yap?

[@harveythecat]

She took the bikes not because she looked down on them, but because she wanted to use them and didn’t care what the consequences were. That was the point of her story.

[@tandavia]

I wonder if this friend of her is also a psychopath, since she didn't seem to have found it wrong to ride the neighbours bikes without permission.

[@rashmi227]

@@tandavia Maybe she did not know and assumed the neighbour had pre agreed.

[@ahzaraqilla3145]

Her eyes. She has the eyes of the narcissists I've met in my life. I can tell this lady is lacked or doesn't have empathy.

[@dododecoco]

Can you try to explicitely describe the features of her eyes that make you say that ? I'm very interested

[@sirkermitthefirstoffrogeth9622]

​@@dododecocolack of eye contact to the camera, her eyes don't change in different expressions like smiling.

[@amnbvcxz8650]

She barely looks in the eye of the observer. Is that what you mean?

[@Ajesen]

I can bet u my kidney that if u didnt know she is a psychopath, you wouldnt say this

[@PomidorowaArmata]

​@@Ajesen Not true, her smile is extremely creepy, unnatural and learned.

[@melindadgw2587]

She reminds me of certain politicians who have that permanent grin & blank look, their affect never fits their words or the circumstance. it's off-putting & odd, but a great indicator that something isn't right & that maybe they are not to be trusted.

[@drachenrecke5090]

The smile is just an imitation of what she saw normal people do. She`s doing it to appear more normal, but achieving the opposite.

[@bennewey5483]

Jesus christ. This woman literally set off my flight or flight response, I unwittingly shifted position in my seat to get out quick and clenched my fists, my missus just asked me what was going on because my body language just went into self defence. She lit up every red light in the warning centre in my brain.

[@pho3nix-]

Same

[@FoodNerds]

Yes

[@IloveJesus777j77]

Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.

[@IloveJesus777j77]

​@@pho3nix-Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.

[@IloveJesus777j77]

​@@FoodNerdsJesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.

[@deviklovecraft3835]

Well, she’s in the right profession I reckon

[@ACDBunnie]

Her possum story. I read the first part of her book. She describes herself as much more attractive. I stopped reading because she kept mentioning instances where she put in so much effort for things that didn't really matter (like trying to drown a possum, failing, and canceling a swimming lesson where she could have made money instead of just chucking the live one over the fence). It made me realize psychopaths maybe don't have all the answers.

[@ArimaSenne1]

iduno bro cant you get a disease from touching a possium? or a parasite

[@yahiiia9269]

@@ArimaSenne1 Usually, intelligent people just use a long stick and let it crawl out from a safe distance.

[@c.eb.1216]

Of course not. It's a type of cognitive deficit. She might be in the 99th percentile because she has extra brain power from unused social and emotional processing parts of the brain, same as how a blind person might use the extra neurons for super hearing. Doesn't make them less blind and always able to figure out what's what.

[@mah3223alia]

The way she felt about that opossum is how I sort of feel about psychopaths.

[@immortalscapegoat6548]

The constant smiling seems to be something shes doing to seem friendly. But it's like an attempt to gaslight I feel. I felt myself being drawn in by her charisma, but thinking, those are awful things to do.

[@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate]

you call that charisma? jayzus i think she's one of the most revolting people i've come across

[@DuckiesDad08]

I understand she contradicts herself multiple times, but let’s not be harsh in our criticisms. It’s important that people like her can continue to express taboo topics openly. It helps us understand them. Lastly, we’re all a little off in some way. It’s not as if she’s not a person, or that she chose to be who she is. She can’t help being her any more than you and I can ourselves.

[@billcipher3946]

That is the truth agree

[@keidwyn]

Except she is dangerous very dangerous, she feels no guilt ,she is opportunistic ,in her world letting something suffer is no big deal so if she is the only human around and she sees a child not breathing ,she might decide nah I'll let it die kids are are annoying, it looks poor so its not like it can be a benefit to anyone or anything ,bit scary now isn't she I mean IT

[@aster_nova]

Why should we extend empathy towards a person who cannot extend it towards us?

[@DuckiesDad08]

@@aster_nova feeling empathy shouldn’t be dependent on the subject’s ability to give it back. If you feel things for others solely based on the expectation they’ll return it, you’re not feeling it for genuine reasons. It’s like being an advocate for a disadvantaged group, but rescinding your support because one of the group was mean to you. This doesn’t mean you should express empathy in the presence of someone who can’t feel it, and may use your feelings to exploit you. Empathy here is best applied at a distance. They are human, afterall. They didn’t choose to be wired this way.

[@yamiscape]

@@DuckiesDad08this is a well reasoned comment. My half sister is a psychopath and for all her faults, she’s my best friend to such an extent that we refer to each other as sisters and would do anything for each other. I also have low empathy, so I understand her thought process and I was always willing to support her crazy schemes even though as the older sister I really should have tried harder to stop her. I don’t know if this is due to sociopathy (we didn’t have a great childhood) or just how I am. It’s definitely to do with how I was raised but many people say I come off as autistic. I don’t think that’s the case.

[@kolash74]

Wow… thinking that psychopathy is far more common than we may think.

[@AsAugustSleeps]

You’d be surprised how many people are just like her. Especially if you frequent social circles with high performing people. They are almost all like this.

[@Roadtoconsciousness]

Yes. Imagine you’re watching The Silence of the Lambs and the person on the sofa next to you is an Hannibal Lecter like. More common than we were taught

[@govenormayor87]

The number is 1 in every 30 I believe. Nobody knows for sure since the vast majority live their whole lives under the radar.

[@jla8070]

I read that M.E Thomas book and that opening scene with the baby possum in the pool is chilling, left me with a gray feeling. Their weak spot is thinking they're smarter than anyone. Creepy smiles in the wrong places

[@bj666rn]

After seeing interviews with genuine psychopaths/sociopaths, and having real life interactions with people who exhibit the same behaviors, I no longer trust people who are overly charismatic...

[@lolitavine9616]

One day I met a very charismatic man. He joked a lot and generally looked funny. But I felt very uncomfortable around him, even to the point of anxiety and an inexplicable feeling of fear and danger. Although he hadn't done anything wrong to me, I could see that his lips were smiling, but his eyes weren't. And my intuition told me that I didn't need to communicate with him. That's exactly what I did. I ended the conversation and felt very relieved. But the feeling of fear that I felt next to him, I will not forget to this day. By the way, I also saw his mother. And she had the same cold eyes as him, which made me wary and forced me to stay away from this family.

[@rainmanj9978]

​@@lolitavine9616you know I've had a similar experience. I just felt fear of one Uber driver. I felt a presence of like evil or something. It could of been my mood but who knows. I guess we will never know.

[@stonehengemaca]

That smile!! Pause it when she smiles and look at those eyes! There's a complete disconnect.

[@yxinz]

She could have asked for permission to take the bike. It’s just a matter of having no manners or responsibility.

[@enermaxstephens1051]

And for being so "smart" she could have lied and not created an enemy right there on the spot. "No I have no idea, I didn't even know you had bikes"

[@Zoe-dr5ps]

​@@enermaxstephens1051She wanted them to know she took the bikes. Not dumb. Very deliberate.

[@enermaxstephens1051]

@@Zoe-dr5ps How do you know that? Apparently they usually try to blend in, and not get caught.

[@Zoe-dr5ps]

@@enermaxstephens1051 sometimes they like a reaction. It's not a big enough thing to hide anyway. They love some trouble

[@scottjackson163]

The opossum story is representative of a situation that confronts many people over the course of a lifetime. We have in our minds the classification “pest,” which we apply to various animals and insects. Just the same, these creatures are living beings that did nothing wrong except to show up within our framework of judgment.

[@tothepillarsofcreation]

Yes! ❤

[@t.w.8174]

she seems so strange, and that remark about her IQ is classic.

[@mashal2567]

It so weird how she smiles during times she Dosent need to smile… like when she talks about never liking animals and smiling so much…

[@adammuscat5086]

She's learned that smiling makes you seem more friendly but she doesn't understand actual social queues which would make a person smile and therefore uses a smile to try and make a horrible statement seem more normal

[@Robust-d7u]

@@adammuscat5086 This is correct, Psychopaths at birth don't understand normal human function so they have to learn over time to blend in the crowd of society.

[@JusWendell]

If this was a casting for the office I’d believe it

[@iammaxhammer]

lmao

[@justin555666]

The opossum story is heartbreaking. Poor little dude

[@warrior-me9ps]

I like how she called the baby possum a trooper

[@allhailmegatron86]

Stay away from these type of people, full of them self and would snap at any moment and would probably cover her tracks well

[@microapple97]

I wish I'd read this 2 years ago before I invited one into my life who proceeded to lie to the court in an attempt to restrain me after she damaged $7,000 of my personal property, and this is after months and months of my trying to work with her and be there for her because she really convinced me of her sob story. She was 20 years older than me, by the way. And yes, they cover their tracks well. She literally fled the country. At least that's what her lawyer told the court after she "cut all ties" with him. "Highest rated criminal defense attorney in Seattle." That's who she hired in a protected order case against me. I don't think I'm ever going to be done processing this.

[@hotarunorikazu6336]

Are Psychopaths any better than Sociopaths?

[@mothgames9466]

Thing is it wouldn’t be “snapping” She would have thought it all out, risk assessed it and justified it in her head within the few seconds or minute before doing the act. Very dangerous.

[@mothgames9466]

@@hotarunorikazu6336the only difference is one type knows they’re doing something wrong and doesn’t care, the other doesn’t know they’re doing something morally wrong because they lack the feeling to have morals.

[@manassurya2019]

In some way I feel sorry for literal psychopaths like this. They didn't choose to be born without the ability to feel empathy, sympathy or any deep emotions. For some reason nature has seen fit to have a small percentage of the population be psychopaths. But that doesn't mean we can ever go easy on them or be off our guard.

[@vetiverose128]

Agree with you.

[@autisticmonkeyboi6820]

TheY are dangerous, don't feel bad for them and stay on your guards

[@CRYZTALSUBZZ]

@@autisticmonkeyboi6820 It’s not their fault they’re suffering from a terrible disease

[@CRYZTALSUBZZ]

@@autisticmonkeyboi6820 many psychopaths aren’t dangerous, only because someone’s suffering from that condition doesn’t automatically make them monsters. They just have a fee parts of their brain that isn’t functioning as they should.

[@Gigusx]

Man, this reminded me of an episode on Tim Ferriss or Modern Wisdom (I think one of them, anyway) about psychopaths, but I can't remember the main points. I think for survival it just made a lot more sense to be psychopathic (so more of them survived and reproduced), if I remember correctly. Makes me want to find it and listen to it again haha, I remember it presented some really scary numbers.

[@whitesinnoh7094]

I literally couldn’t listen to the part about the possum, I had to skip past it. I can’t imagine standing there for 5 minutes torturing an animal and watching it struggle 💔 poor little guy.

[@thelonelypigeon9554]

Even as a hunter, you put down animals quickly so they don't suffer. Hunting can be for the safety of others or for sustainance for one's self and others.

[@enermaxstephens1051]

Can be, but how many hunters do it just cause they "want to"? It's almost all of them in the west. If you consider poorer countries then yeah, your comment makes more sense.

[@jaguarenduda]

i feel for those who can't really feel. as kind of the opposite of a psycopath, BPD, I struggle a lot with my overwhelming feelings, but I wouldnt ask to be any other way. lacking emotional range isnt a gift, it is a disability. she may be cunning but she has no clue how emotionally dumb she is. also shes so narcisistic i bet she reads these comments to this day. hi joker smile dead eyes lady, i'm sorry u cant experience one of the most fulfilling parts of human experience, thank u for helping me understand your kind better, i hope we never ever meet

[@Србомбоница86]

No omg ,I envy her lack of anxiety lol I don't want this anxiety,it ruined my life 😅

[@vetiverose128]

Me too...But I kinda feel bad for these people coz they were born that way and have no control over their condition. Having said that, I would never want to meet one either lol.

[@dopex89]

@@Србомбоница86 you would have more success living with your your anxiety, or controlling it, than she would experiencing the positive sides of being human. Don't give up! There are proven methods that can help you, whether in the form of therapy, mediation or pharmacological treatment. She has no hope, unfortunately.

[@AABB-px8lc]

how did you can KNOW that you "struggle a lot with my overwhelming feelings" ? One cannot judge it from "inside". Many ppl, even strangers, keep talking you "why you so much react to usual things"? If one have disorder from beginning, all experience is normal to him. Example, my mom psychopath, and in addition have extreme high pain threshold. So, she cannot believe other ppl struggle from pain. Yes, even 80+ experience she still sure me and dad imitate that we sick and play "drama queen" just to annoy her. Aftter damn 80 years of live experience, being pro medic (provisor), she cannot believe other ppl have pain. I think she give up and threat us (any ppl who scream or make gesture of injures near her) as morons, and as good girl, she let them do it, looking from above, scorned.

[@igvc1876]

it makes no sense to feel bad for someone who doesnt feel anything lacking. in fact she probably would feel bad for you. these people certainly experience feelings, and they might be much happier than most

[@reverendbarker650]

Proof positive that a high IQ doesn't necessarily bestow any wisdom to its possessor . Also no surprise that shes a lawyer.

[@Stefan-yz5lr]

Exactly, she don't seem all that smart to me. IQ is actually a pretty bad metric, and she didn't even want to give us her supposed #.

[@bokehintheussr5033]

I find this interview quite funny. Its amusing how jolly she seems while clearly having a shallow range of emotion experience. She actually chuckled while talking about psychopaths torturing animals, as if it sounds like a silly little pastime 😂

[@QuidamByMoonlight]

I’m at least encouraged to see that her view of her intelligence is backed by evidence. The way she explains it I could not attribute that alone to narcissism or egocentricity. Not surprised she is a lawyer, though.

[@jellycone]

What evidence? Saying you scored 99th percentile is not proving you scored 99th percentile.

[@98vuxs70cigxocp]

@@jellycone Keep coping on 1 year old comments

[@hydraman007]

@@98vuxs70cigxocp I don't get your point?

[@alil6547]

Online iq tests are bullshit just saying. Hopefully she took one with a professional aka actual iq tests

[@LordVader1094]

@@98vuxs70cigxocp How is it cope to point out that someone saying something =/= it being true.

[@matthewhopkins7042]

"We're socialised to think different things are cold hearted." as if it's a bad thing. The apologetica for people doing truly evil things is purposeful.

[@liebstmohnbroetchen]

She seems to be very proud of herself

[@anneominous7172]

"I've never tortured an animal." [fucking waterboards an opossum]

[@barrydaly7174]

Half the CEO's in the world shout " Go Sister!!"

[@Terra_Lopez]

Yeah, apparently, statistically, they are overrepresented in CEOs.

[@GlennForbes20]

Only half?

[@IloveJesus777j77]

​@@GlennForbes20Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.

[@IloveJesus777j77]

​@@Terra_LopezJesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.

[@Terra_Lopez]

@@IloveJesus777j77 I'm curious -- what made you pick *us* to tell this to?

[@danvincent2600]

That’s just awful, killing a baby opossum is vile

[@hdshjs]

Killing adult animal also is vile. Not only 'sweet' and 'cute' animals suffer pain and dread. Just saying😉

[@anyhow.anyway]

​​​​@@hdshjsNo arguments detected❤ You are not defending the adult animals here,but the psycho's mindset and actions. You thought that we wouldn't notice,hm,didn't ya? P.S:try better next time. Oh,and last but not least: Seek clinical help 😘🤗❤!!

[@igvc1876]

is killing a spider or a cockroach vile? is killing a chicken or a pig vile?

[@CTimmerman]

@@igvc1876 Spiders eat disease-carrying mosquitos, cockroaches are pests, and chickens and pigs are food.

[@Migos347]

Just as vile as paying for animals to be abused and murdered in the meat, eggs, dairy, wool, and fur industries

[@zoecooke4082]

It’s not that she’s smarter than others; it’s that she lacks the empathy and critical awareness to understand it’s impolite to invite someone into a real-time assessment of their intelligence and to create a power dynamic simply because you know something is statistically correct.

[@Toppengyu369]

i dont think i would ever have a problem with that. I mean its correct and if it adds to the understanding of her book/ her personality it can benefit the readers experience. I dont think she has the ability to express it in a polite way.

[@wkt2506]

Intelligence is not superiority or worth

[@Tonybaga_laughs]

She’s not immune to socialization, she’s immune to empathy.

[@kellyl13]

I understand that psychopaths don’t feel empathy, especially for animals, but does she not realize that Animal Control exists and calling them is probably the easiest solution if she doesn’t want to deal with the opossum? It’s also interesting that she has no concept of “this is someone else’s property, so I should ask to borrow it”. She’s probably technically right that it’s not stealing since she gave it back (she’s a lawyer, and I’m not, so I’ll take her word for it).

[@jessickalush3305]

But she's in the 99th percentile!😂😂😂😂

[@Србомбоница86]

Dude ,she is a sociopath lol ,they are impulsive in many situations

[@HappierNowe]

She might not be ok with killing for pleasure, but she seems ok with killing for convenience. In that moment it was just more convenient to kill than to call for help.

[@Danheron2]

Lol from the interviews I’ve seen with psychopaths is their less evil and more a-moral (makes sense they lack empathy in most of our morality comes from empathy) so her mentality was “why did you steal that?” “Because I wanted it” “But it belongs to someone else” “Yes but I wanted it what are you not understanding about this situation” Even the killing of the animals kinda made sense, it’s a pest, you kill pests i don’t wanna touch it so I’ll spray it with water till it drowns, remove all empathy and that’s a perfectly logical train of thought.

[@dopex89]

@@Danheron2 opossums aren't rats though. They are fairly harmless so what she did (and didn't even succeed in), was pretty illogical, or at least wasn't practical. It was what a child would do: try to solve a problem without planning, get frustrated when it doesn't work, abandon all effort and give up entirely? Very much useless.

[@rvborgh]

intelligence without compassion, godliness, and wisdom is a recipe for disaster.

[@Gracek1135]

i don't consider taking advantage of others by any means a form of intelligence

[@JAnx01]

This is just GOLD with her smile and cute music.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

What about her blouse?

[@IloveJesus777j77]

​@@HighSpeedNoDragJesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.😊

[@Dayemon]

Everyone asking why she didn't just lie about the bikes or that she didn't care about the consequences. She methodically had that all planned out already. She knew they weren't going to do anything and told them exactly why they weren't going to do anything. She took their bikes because she wanted to use them without a care in the world, and when confronted she pretty much said right to their face "Yeah I took them. What are you going to do about it? Nothing. That is what I thought."

[@HumanoidMachine]

I think I had psychopathic tendencies when I was younger but one thing that helped me develop empathy is imagining that it's me suffering instead of someone else. If I see someone get killed in a movie, I think "what if that were me?". So now, I cannot stand to see someone else suffer.

[@Gavlon]

I think that's pretty normal, empathy is something that develops over time in children, children are innocent because they don't fully comprehend the extent of their actions whereas adults do(or at least should)

[@RhythmAddictedState]

You were never a psychopath in the first place.

[@lucia-di-lammermoor]

Psychopathy is a certain form of neurodivergence, you can't develop it beyond the fetal stage.

[@AABB-px8lc]

No, they are have no idea at all what we all talking about, as it is physical "disconnect" in head of some "blocks". There is no such objects in their universe, as completely blind ppl cannot imagine what is color nuances or we barely can imagine how is spider think about bitcoin. You are definitely normal person.

[@MuantanamoMobile]

@@lucia-di-lammermoor Sociopath is environmental as well, and can result from abusive, negligent or violent environments a child is brought up in.

[@The_Buff_Guy]

She doesn’t speak for all of us. As is the case with other “normal” humans, many psychopaths are arrogant and self loving. I can assure you that a lot of psychopaths choose to be a little more subtle about how we approach certain things in life. Make no mistake, our own best interest always comes first. But because of that simple fact, a lot of the time we choose to refrain from potentially putting ourselves at risk. In a legal manner of speaking. She was a lawyer. She knew the law, so she took the bikes. A person who knows the law on a layman’s level such as myself would probably not choose to do so as I’d rather not risk the inconvenience of the conversation with law enforcement, simply because self preservation will ALWAYS supersede anything else in life.

[@antoniofranco77]

Are you claiming to be a psychopath?

[@carolr4871]

That's exactly what I've heard about psychopaths, too, that the overwhelming majority of them follow society's rules and lead normal lives. I have no problem with that; it seems to me that self-preservation is a normal and respectable motivation. It will do, even if you lack the additional motivation of empathy. I do have a problem with this woman, who seems to think that having no feelings for other people or animals makes her better than people who do have those feelings.

[@samsha1013]

Gee, I feel so much better about the psychopaths all around us now. Thanks for the clarification. The world is going to sh*t.

[@Withnail1969]

Exactly. She knew there would be no legal consequences. She knows how to play by the rules.

[@wonderwoman5528]

I feel sorry for psychopaths because they are missing out on a life without love and empathy. They miss out on happiness from the little things.

[@juniperallis9585]

But they don't feel the pain that most people go through, they can get whatever they want and they are usually so smart that it's easy for them to get in positions of power. I sometimes envy them

[@wonderwoman5528]

How can you envy people that can’t achieve happiness and mistake lust for love, and power for contentment? I’d rather experience life’s ups and downs any day @@juniperallis9585

[@yousaidwhaaaattt8631]

@@juniperallis9585 but without empathy there is no real joy. The joy comes from feeling like you got over on someone or something. That isn't real joy.

[@AABB-px8lc]

they are not care, as you do not care you have no claws like crabs or tail like cats. There is no such objects in their universe as empathy.

[@mrtrolly4184]

@@yousaidwhaaaattt8631 psychopaths are more likely to be depressed and commit suicide, so i agree with this

[@ellieramseyer]

Can you imagine working with a person like this?

[@Roadtoconsciousness]

It already happened to me. Finally I quit the company. It’s sad because it was the best job I had.