What is it like to be psychopathic? Ask a Psychopath

[@VenusFeuerFalle]

I love how people in the comments are like "he can't be a real psychopath, he is way too charming, too nice, makes me liking him, appears like he would never hurt anybody" when the characteristics of a psychopaths are "very charming, appears nice, makes people liking them, and look like they would never hurt anyone".

[@st0a]

Yeah it's scary how much ignorance there is about psychopathy, I feel like this channel is just an attempt to normalize abnormal manipulative neurotypes.

[@DianaEmilia911]

Seriously

[@Samael44444]

Well some psychopaths kill and some don’t It all depends on the person.

[@Judgeholden95]

Bundy was supposedly a super nice guy

[@iblameM]

Ted Bundy Vibes

[@xivivix7195]

"Everything's fine! I'm hunky-dory!" *Clown peeks menacingly around the corner*

[@arthureames9715]

Hoping someone else noticed Pennywise in the background.

[@Ben-pd2bx]

I thought you were speaking figuratively when I first read your comment, then I saw the damn thing myself.

[@Raydluow]

Renroc eth dnuora

[@annieishappynow]

😮😮😮

[@FringeWeekly]

Read this comment and went back and saw it. Very rarely does life give you a jumpscare like that.

[@angellacanfora]

When he said "you really don't care in a fundamental way" a chill ran through me. I finally understand my mother.

[@AABB-px8lc]

but they can replace empathy by acting, and very good, to pretend they are good ppl, my mom was, almost overcare me, damn now I know it was quality acting, she done huge work to learn how to impersonate love (looking movies, asking her mother, colleges, books) to make me feel happy and ppl (neighbours, family friends) prise she is very good mom. "Strangeness" begin to show up around I was 5 y.o. but that is another story.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

This man is a Girl Scout in comparison to a few persons I have known that "operated" in the realm of Psychopathy.

[@machstem2536]

@@HighSpeedNoDrag different types of them

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

@@machstem2536 Yes of course and not all are in the realm of the over used clin dx of NPD.

[@RyeLabs]

@PaulB_864it doesn’t apply to everyone 😂😂😂😂

[@greg82380]

That is some very relaxing psychopath music in the background

[@mack8488]

I expected the talkings heads.....psycho killer....not this supermarket /elevator music...😊

[@JorisWeima]

😂😂😂

[@Refilwe_Fifi]

I remember this man, wasn't he featured in a documentary about the link between psychopaths and those jailed for violent crimes? He decided to include himself in the test group and he was surprised by what his family said about him and the study results

[@TheDarkstar3601]

Can you provide a link or something that leads to this docu? I'm really interested.

[@TheRealHerbaSchmurba]

@@TheDarkstar3601 might be this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIDccqGagcZofrc

[@ryanlynch290]

@@TheDarkstar3601 Think there was an episode of Radiolab about it

[@fritzkreisler2330]

Yep that's him

[@dshe8637]

That's wild!

[@opiuchi864]

I watched a psychiatrist the other day, and he said (I'm paraphrasing) , that psychological disorders are born from just natural evolutionary human survival defense mechanisms that might've been useful years ago when we had to survive in the wild, but are considered as maladaptive today. for example, maybe 1000 years ago, a person with generalized anxiety d/o survived better because they're constantly hyper alert for threats.

[@mikeviall811]

Interesting. Thank you.

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Makes a ton of sense

[@callekun]

Not only can psychopathy be advantageous individually, it can also be advantageous in a group setting. Imagine being in a tribe, in the tribe there are people with psychopathic traits. Those people, if ordered and benefit is recieved from carrying out those orders, will kill, steal and raid on your behalf.

[@chrisking6695]

Nonsense. Bipolar and depression are just two things they come to mind that have no useful purposes in terms of survival. Anxiety neither. Why? Because if you’re too anxious about anything and everything you’ll be overwhelmed and can’t do anything let alone forage for food. I’d like to know the name of that psych and see some evidence. Sounds like a bunch of opinionated hogwash.

[@evanwright9016]

Wow.

[@ラッセル9728]

One thing I like about psychopathy is that they don’t feel general anxiety. So they can literally do anything they want and not cringe or feel embarrassed or shy etc. that’s a huge plus. I. Like Challenging myself by doing things out the “norm” but I then I always feel that pressure of nervousness building up lol.

[@lofturhjalmarsson9896]

l think some of them feel anxt , saw interview and or read it

[@sirclarkmarz]

It's like having a superpower the world needs psychopaths and sociopaths . Neurotypical people just don't have what it takes to make the hard decisions and take the actions that get results in difficult situations . Empathy is a disability something to be overcome .,

[@tomorrowentertainment2936]

​@@sirclarkmarz Lol empathy is a disability? Then why do the majority of humans have empathy? That doesn't make any sense.

[@dododecoco]

@@tomorrowentertainment2936 you could argue that it is becoming less relevant as the environment evolves

[@jenna6421]

@@sirclarkmarz lol many empaths make decisions for the masses

[@explorermike19]

One thing I notice about psychopaths is that they usually don't have any close friends. About the time that a friendship would normally start forming, most people notice that the psychopath isn't good friendship material. Fortunately for the psychopath, they don't care or they don't notice that they don't have friends.

[@ss-lz4me]

The reasons is simple. We have an extreme sense of freedom. Which mean having people around us is draining. Not having any kind of responsibility is better than putting it on yourself on purpose. Friends is a liability in that respect. So its not neccesailly because people take a stand and leave. We just dont engage that far. A life alone is much better... no attachment :).

[@Naitar]

you noticed it wrong pall psychopaths do have friends its just that their friend will probably get emotionally hurt, sometimes

[@anonsome5215]

@@Naitar he’s saying they have friends but not close. A psychopath can have many acquaintances but not true bonds

[@f-35alightningii79]

@@ss-lz4me Psychopaths don’t have friends because they lack the ability to maintain long term interpersonal relationships. They don’t experience pro social emotions. You can say that this translates into “an extreme sense of freedom” if you have to, but it’s quite merely pathological. It’s not a rational or conscious decision, as many believe, but a fact of psychology. Generally speaking, the idea that one is choosing to be without these relationships by logical process is ironically an example of rationalization.

[@celestialyidum]

This 100%

[@OHSOTRENDY777]

Psycopaths are Oscar’s worthy performers. I mean look at the pictures of dogs in the background. He appears charming, nice & caring. No one would ever know that he lack empathy & sympathy.

[@Thatsit36]

He also has a wife and kids iirc. Doesn't mean he put up the pics himself.

[@jem2886]

Does that mean sheldon from Big Bang is a psychopath

[@leonidas0242]

@@jem2886 he probably has aspergers syndrome.

[@andyh6849]

He might just like dogs....

[@Sweetthingtess]

I saw the creepy clown picture peeking out beside the bookcase 😳

[@Laura-jx7il]

Why are the comments turned off on every video? I would love to discuss and talk more about the topic

[@Talgat1982]

So these psychopats wont be able to track you down

[@MrDubious]

I kinda figured one of them had a lot of nasty comments about the lady that confessed to basically torturing an animal one time and all her videos have them turned off currently.

[@Branman345]

They shut them off because you will get someone with an ignorant or rude comment. When someone doesn't know something they will say something like they do and it ruins it for the rest these are topics I enjoy learning about these types of people we should have been able to talk more about it.

[@Branman345]

@@MrDubious She wasn't torturing an animal she was trying to kill it and it didn't work so she left it alone. She doesn't like pests and she saw that this animal is a pest and tried to get rid of it but failed. It's almost like calling an exterminator they do something but the get rid of the pest. People lack depth with these topics and don't have a grasp of what is going on in the video and what she suffers from. What we see as her being disconnected and strange to her shes trying to figure out the world in a different way. She even said in the video that she doesn't kill animals and she is aware that other psychopaths have for different reasons so she is conscious of her surroundings and what could happen if she went down that path.

[@rishaa682]

How about the video where she was like “ dont offend psychopaths by calling them that call them a person with psychopath traits” 😂

[@adamwilson4463]

The paintings of dogs in the background are ironically hillarious.

[@girlypopgay]

He put it so perfectly. You really don’t care, in a very fundamental way.

[@chelseachyannejessyyork]

Literally. I try to make my mom understand im like soulless Sam i understand i should care but i just dont feel it and also like Why? And So? 😅the lie they claim we have no emotions is annoying to make people understand you like ours are wired differently and our reasoning is impeccably different

[@CallMeNevermore]

It‘s not that I don’t care, but I’m fine with what I have. My father knows I‘m set apart from most people he’s ever met. To this day my mother has denied herself that a small child that abuses animals is mentally disturbed, even though I was that child. If she complains about something it’s me being unemotional.

[@chelseachyannejessyyork]

@@CallMeNevermore i wasnt like that with animals but with insects now i hate myself for doing that to the poor ants😥 though my mom acknowledged i wasnt right lol gave me the title Morbid at 4 years old 😅absolutely obsessed with bloody gory horror movies🥰comedies to me

[@abetrasken]

@@chelseachyannejessyyork i feel you with the insects, i used to kill those and really hated myself for it later. it was totally mindless, like playing a game. i didn't think of what the insects' experience was. it boggles my mind now how there could even have been such a disconnect because i love animals. i'm autistic though, not psychopathic. i got diagnosed when i had a break down and told a psychiatrist all the reasons i thought i was a psychopath, then her "colleague" sat in and asked me non-sequitur questions about social experiences 🙄

[@blckbldng]

Cute dogs pictures... and then Pennywise lurking in the corner. That sums it up.

[@ericguerra4792]

The "don't care thing" really resonates. I have a co-worker who I legit like & respect who thinks I'm a borderline psychopath. She picked up on it on VERY quickly too. She actually printed out an online checklist of psychopathic traits & highlighted the ones she felt applied to me & they were pretty much spot on. It didn't trouble me. I wonder if it would bother most people?

[@gianthills]

He's a fake. Real Psychopaths do care, but only about themselves. A real one wouldn't give interviews or even subject themselves to therapy. The only way to really understand how they are is to experience them first hand. Even if you could interview one, they're not going to be honest. Deception is what they do.

[@trentirvin2008]

Yeah that would freak me out

[@MultiGats]

That's because you lack empathy as it goes without saying

[@Naitar]

i had a friend witch did a similiar thing and he even tried telling peaple that im a psychopath but nobody paid attention to him and said he was just jealous because i was more intelligent than he was and now were no longer friends and he keeps sending me bad words in whatsapp so i blocked him

[@eddielopez2373]

What an inappropriate and unprofessional thing for your coworker to do.

[@alanross2876]

Not caring in a real fundamental way sounds like enlightenment to me.

[@amarug]

What is the opposite of a psychopath? Because whatever that is, I have that. I care about absolutely everything and everyone all the time. If I drove over a hedgehog or so, I would probably not be able to sleep for 4 weeks. While I am happy with who I am, I would prefer if I could just "care a little less" sometimes and not have everything feel so heavy on me.

[@stayathomecichlidmom3579]

Guilt, Shame,regret,I've spent my entire life wishing I could just stop caring, even just a little bit. I was diagnosed at 11, by a team of doctors with OCD, I'm now 45. It's common in people with OCD. As much as it's driven me to the brink, I also could not imagine being completely void, unaware of people, things around me, it sounds painfully boring and shallow.

[@sophiashmia6587]

Same sometimes I pray that could Just less. I can’t have friends because I become too emotionally involved to everthing they do and care about and its draining. So I stick to my husband. Im always everyones therapist and I am not good at establishing boudaries.

[@halloola3636]

@@nightingale1207 I just wondered if I had started with extreme empathy and that after heavy trauma I turned into a psychopath? Is that possible? I´ll have to ask a psychologist...

[@iesroo]

@@nightingale1207 I am trying to be as empathetic as I can as an autistic person.

[@zackweston501]

That's a strength. I'm like that truly. No such thing as psychopathy for the record.

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Psychopaths don't all become serial killers...a lot of corporate ceos, criminal defense lawyers, prominent businessmen, etc. Are psychopaths...anything where having 0 ability to feel bad for people or show any empathy is a desired characteristic...

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Yep big time...all super smart and manipulative too...an incredible ability to feel no empathy, be likeable, ability to get their goal at any cost, and a really strong understanding of being to change their presentation to match what other people desire...

[@ravenID429]

Surgeons, I imagine it’d be a beneficial trait there lol

[@asdfghyter]

but many do become serial killers legally by becoming cops. I've heard that it's the most common profession for psychopaths

[@Peter_1986]

I have never met a CEO or any form of leader who hasn't shown normal empathy and cooperation around other people - in fact, it is extremely important for leaders to care about their employees, because that is what builds pleasant and stable social dynamics, and it makes the employees feel comfortable.

[@PaulPari]

​@@ravenID429actually it isn't. Since they don't feel empathy for their patients, they can be pretty irresponsible to put it lightly. There was a story in the news about psycopathic surgeon a while ago. He was taking meth before the operations

[@maleeoctavia]

I’ve been watching these videos because I just got out of a 2 year relationship with a full blown sociopath - his family is full of psychopaths and sociopaths …. I’m a huge empath who has done humanitarian work and been to Pakistan 2 times to visit a school I work with. Ever since I was 13 / 14 years old I remember being interested in what others go through in war torn countries as well as human rights and what women go through in underdeveloped countries. For the past 20 years I have researched what happens to people and so many things … I just can’t even imagine being this way. There’s too many instances to count- I even remember driving back home to Washington from Idaho (I had been visiting family) and I started thinking about what young women in underdeveloped countries go through that are forced into child marriage and have no healthcare or access to healthcare and they are forced to give birth and haves damage that leaves them incontinent and they are are therefore shamed out of their family’s support… anyways, I have been this way my whole life. I wish I could make a living just doing humanitarian work. There are more people displaced and in human trafficking now than ever before. Most of them are children that are forced into sex slavery … I wish I could help them.

[@rzone9546]

I lived it too. a family that was full of narcissist and sociopaths. They moved close to me six years ago, and Ive been no contact for year and half now. Im rebuilding the pieces of my identity. shattered everything I was at my core made me lose my sense of self. All I can do is take life one day at a time. I just got myself a therapist. Hell on earth

[@JesusChristReturn]

If a normal person was a psychopath for day: imagine you have the uncaring, relaxed blunted fear response and higher pain threshold you get when moderately drunk, although instead of being sloppy and disoriented, you have slightly heightened senses. Imagine a time when you were very tired and hungry, mix in the lower empathy and lower tolerance from that for other people to the experience. All of this, plus just a steady mood, not many highs and very rarely lows. One point which I find funny, is the lack of cognitive understanding of when to care or fear, yet my body sometimes knows better and shakes a little. Like not being cognitively afraid of heights, yet sometimes my body will shake if it’s risky. This is fairly accurate if you ever wanted to know how it would feel.

[@22skatt88]

Are you a psychopath yourself? Me personally, I have psychopathic tendencies but I’m not a full on psychopath. Which is great for me you know, because I just take the good and leave the bad. How about you though are you a psychopath through and through?

[@AABB-px8lc]

the problem is, if you true psycho, you couldn't be aware of such things and describe it, you only can repeat other words to petend you can. Like humans cannot describe how it is not have cat tail or chameleon color change itself. You just live you life as is, from beginning, only other ppl actions may be amuse you like some ppl like clowns making strange face expressions, drop everything and burst to crying baby, you just walk with slightly increased speed in that case.

[@jlovesj3335]

I'm not a psychopath like you but you explained me lol. I have no friends. Don't want any

[@plyjhny]

He conveniantly glosses over what others say about him

[@darknightfawkes1028]

“I never meant to hurt anyone, but any bad thing I’ve ever done I just considered play” these people are insane… reminds me of something a lion would say after murdering a zebra.

[@collinsmcrae]

You have no idea what he's referring to though.

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

I think the psychopath is very often NOT a bad or evil person... because they have learned, albeit later in life, to INTELLECTUALIZE, to suppose or postulate, what others must be feeling. And make behavioral choices accordingly. That is emphatically not the same thing as actual empathy, actually feeling what others are feeling. But it can be a viable modus vivendi.

[@Leon_HAS_A_BIG_COCK]

Yes they are, they can do the unthinkable without any drop of guilty

[@VenusFeuerFalle]

Honestly, this is how I experience empathy. I am always bothered then people assume that not feeling empathy means I am an a**hole, or otherwise, people thinnk, feeling empathy makes you act empathic. No acting empathy, morals and ethics are choices not feelings.

[@therabbithat]

@@VenusFeuerFalle for most people they are feelings too.

[@mrfizz55]

@@Leon_HAS_A_BIG_COCK Normal people can do the unthinkable while feeling guilty. Potential doesn't really matter actions do.

[@user-ep3fo5vw1v]

Being a “psychopath” is a personality disorder, they can’t help the way they are and so it doesn’t make them evil, they just lack certain emotions that others feel. It’s actions that make you evil, not how your brain works, and you don’t have to be a psychopath to be evil.

[@piccolapiccola8972]

Professor James H. Fallon! - Through him I started understanding psychopathy for the first time. If you don't know about him yet, you'll find some information about him, his work and his life and his family on the internet. He died last year in November.

[@Haroun.Benmahdjoub]

May he rest in peace.

[@kimmer6]

He came up to Sonoma and stayed with us at Marty the Stewardess's house in Somoma maybe 20 years ago.. I didn't know who he was but we had a delightful time. I don't recall how they were friends but I certainly had a good time joking around with him. Sorry to hear that he passed away. He looked like my dad. I was the guy who narrowly missed being on board American Airlines Flight 191 that crashed killing 273 people and thereby lived another 45 years. Marty's roommate and friend, Nancy Sullivan, Flight Attendant, perished on that flight. We spoke of that out in the patio with James one morning. He was amazed at my story.

[@tiagorodrigues5157]

Learn something people: "Although both biological and environmental factors play a role in the development of psychopathy and sociopathy, it is generally agreed that psychopathy is chiefly a genetic or inherited condition, notably related to the underdevelopment of parts of the brain responsible for emotional regulation and impulse control. The most-important causes of sociopathy, in contrast, lie in physical or emotional abuse or severe trauma experienced during childhood. To put the matter simplistically, psychopaths are born, and sociopaths are made." Psycopaths are not "bad", some could do bad things because they don't experience the full range of human emotions that fuel our behaviour and some don´t because they know better. Just like any "normal person"

[@Acid22X]

Psychopats are inhumane and i really think its an evil thing. Its a facade. They fascinate me, its like i want to be one and not at the same time. Just cant imagine not giving a shit if my family dies or not understandinf empathy. Reminds me of voldemort, they will never feel love or sympathy. Cold af and scary

[@AtinzMizuki]

Don't compare Psychopath to neurotypicals, It's not because we know better. We simply have social awareness and cognitive empathy to understand social norms or laws put in place. You clearly don't know the setbacks betwen a Low-Functioning and a High-Functioning type, there is no such thing as experiencing the full range of "Human emotions", for once we don't have emotional empathy. The comments in this section are certainly strange, full of vindicative neurotypicals describing the Psychology of a Psychopathic mind when clearly It's all sham and fraud, how second-fiddling of such humans. It requires deep root and complex understanding of the way it works.

[@Aisatsana1971]

@@AtinzMizukivery well said.

[@susanborkenhagen58]

That is exactly what my doctor told me when I was telling him about someone who was lretty evil. He told me that sociopaths know right from wrong and they can het some improvement through a lot of hard work and on going therapy. Psychopaths are born that way and nothing will help them. They just DO NOT CARE.

[@playtoearnmeta]

I would like to be a psychopath because it seems easier but I would hate to lose my love for my family, for my cat... for a potential partner, if you're so dead inside feels like it takes away from being a human...

[@mrstealyogirl1366]

Love isn't real

[@sophiashmia6587]

@@mrstealyogirl1366 Its the most powerful emotion in the world. You just haven’t felt it.

[@chelseachyannejessyyork]

Im a psychopath its not like that we do have love and empathy the trip to it is different though to care we have to know them atleast for me🤷🏻‍♀️ but i dont think iv ever heard of a psychopath not loving all animals like i will always prefer animals over any human 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ig100magnaguard]

But you won't. You will love your cat just fine, the feeling will just be weaker. Also, sociopaths do have strong attachments to some really specific people in their lives.

[@Lady_Graham]

@@mrstealyogirl1366cringe pfp 😅

[@deadgiveaway-z3i]

If i understand this correctly, obviously psychopaths do have emotions but only primitive emotions and no ''feelings'' (seperate from emotions, complicated feeling-thinking mixed tasks such as personal hurt or compassion), and so, unless it affects their ability to reach an internalized goal, do not emotionally respond to punishment.

[@chelseachyannejessyyork]

O.O that seems pretty correct 😅

[@ngpb17]

don’t let that charisma fool you. I was raised by a psychopath and a sociopath, my older brother is also a sociopath. they play with your emotions because they do not have them, they are cruel without realizing it. I grew up thinking there was something wrong with me instead of them. yea, I also used to get beat up very badly until I grew stronger and beat them back to a pulp, then they never touched me again. there is not such a thing as a good psychopath.

[@oldmanhendo7183]

They definitely realize it

[@danman6612]

Both he and the female psychopath on this channel have said that they don't care, and that's the number 1 problem with psychopaths. No amount of therapy can change an uncaring mind.

[@abetrasken]

no therapy should aim to change people in a way they don't want to change, full stop.

[@danman6612]

@@abetrasken I agree, but I never said that. I said that no amount of therapy can change an uncaring mind, meaning that they couldn't change even if they wanted to.

[@abetrasken]

@@danman6612 ok thanks for clearing that up. i just like to make that point in general when i can, and seeing people's neurology as a problem often comes hand in hand with thinking the goal of therapy should be to fix it. the example that comes to mind is ABA therapy and all the similar and previous approaches to autism.

[@Laura-jx7il]

Omg the comments aren’t turned off!!

[@sancho7863]

As long as they’re honest and grounded in reality, i can work with that. It’s the people with narcissistic disorders i can’t deal with. Finally had to drop a friend who is a raging narcissist, which was a big deal because i have a high tolerance for peoples’ bullshit

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

Amen!!!

[@ParodyKnaveBob]

Thank you for distinguishing.

[@nikobitan7294]

Narcissism is a part of psychopathy. You just like psychopaths more because they put more work into playing you.

[@luna-mt7sf]

When you realize that narcissism is a part of psychopathy and if this "nice guy" wanted to humiliate you he would've done it in less than a sec .........

[@ParodyKnaveBob]

@@luna-mt7sf ASPD and Narcissism are different B Cluster disorders.

[@tinyspecialcreatures]

Love this series, but the clown in the back is freaking me out. 😅🤡

[@cutecats1368]

LOL.

[@SlideRulePirate]

Went looking for it... saw it... now it's doing the same to me. Thanks for that. :)

[@marcharsveld2914]

It's the clown in the front that should freak you out :)

[@mary-kittybonkers2374]

I remember the TV documentary featuring Dr. James Fallon talking about how he came to be diagnosed. He was disarmingly frank about his diagnosis affects him, his family and colleagues and he credited his loving family and great upbringing in enabling him to become a productive and high functioning member of his family and the community. But the thing I remember most clearly was when describing how he feels and thinks about things that would elicit sympathy and empathy in most people, he said that ‘he really doesn’t give a shit’, which I thought was very blunt, but was true. He is a very interesting person being someone living with psychopathy but who functions within the confines of the Law and who is a professional, productive member of society.

[@jasine-s2b]

Am I the first comment 😏 but he would have definitely fooled me I think and this is a real life proof that just bc your diagnosed as a psychopath you can still live life and not be a serial killer !

[@Novarcharesk]

No one thinks psychopaths are the Joker from Batman comics. They can still be entirely functional in their own life. They just tend to be aggressively manipulative and devoid of the ability to care for another person. The reason why people have an almost ingrained fear or distrust of them, is because they can very easily do things that cause unbelievable damage, and not care whatsoever.

[@domroc5776]

He is the definition of glib

[@JackedBlack88]

So glib it hurts to listen to. Like an energy vampire

[@LHermans91]

Why do so many people try to reaffirm the beliefs they have about psychopaths when they are confronted with someone who doesn’t meet those expectations? Maybe someone with psychopathic traits isn’t as malignant as popular media have made us believe.

[@Vilematrix]

True psychopaths will constant have this sense that the world is a emotional mess. Like people can't think straight. It really makes you indifferent

[@chelseachyannejessyyork]

Its so obnoxiously annoying really the whole world is a emotional train wreck

[@Vilematrix]

@@chelseachyannejessyyork Yeah. Some people will tell you how direct and rational they are and that they prefer you to behave this way. Only for them to bother you with questions like. Am i bothering you? Do you think im aggressive? Do you like me? You feel me? First you try to adapt. They get uncomfortable. They tell you to just be yourself. Then that happens.

[@brendensangster3571]

@@chelseachyannejessyyork freaks

[@wm5994]

Of course there is no possibility he is just showing you what he wants you to see.

[@marshalmcdonald7476]

Its good to finally get a 'concept' for my 'percept'---I've perceived these kinds of people all my life. Now I have a conception of what I was seeing. Dude does give me the creeps.

[@ameluaclair3389]

always obtain so much ibtuse pleasure watching & learning from you as well as HG Tudor because .UNLIKE many in that Grey range of normalcy you both actually provide insight , understanding & honesty while too many do not look into their true selves . Suppose you are deliberately beguiling us into that masquerade of warm personality but even so still feel safer & more hopeful knowing ." your kind ' as HG g says are there for me to gain from rather than those self deceptive & self righteous individuals because you do not try to make me guilty as you are honest enough , unlike them , not to pretend

[@ebogar42]

I remember this guy. He's pretty funny.

[@londoncuppa1963]

Background music is distracting

[@flonker5961]

Yeah get rid of that. Ugly and unnecessary addition.

[@VinnyCarwash-js8op]

It's like they are trying to repackage psychopaths as a breezy misunderstanding.

[@cutecats1368]

This all looks very friendly but...you don't need to be a serial killer to kill people. If you for example cause an economic bust as part of the financial elite due to overly risky behaviour thousands can suicide. Chronic stress is an even worse killer. But what is striking is that they are not really aware of how much damage they do. Falun here said that he mistook critqiue to him for some kind of joking or game. I guess that for psychopaths everything feels like a permanent game and that this is why they get bored so easy too - if everything is a game (or in other words less real than to us) it does not get you emotionaly hooked enough. Maybe this is the real Peter Pan Syndrom. I however have to addmitt that psychopathy stretchess our idea of moral guilt: because if you don't have this warning feeling that the "shit is real" how shall you make good moral decision? Furthermore if they don't feel true fear how shall they understand how evil it is to cause fear in others? Maybe better understanding about the differences of the mind can help to reduce the suffering on both sides.

[@MarioPetrinovich]

Psychopathy is not a manifestation of diversity, it is a handicap, it is malfunction of something that people have. Psychopaths don't have emotions, they are logical. The problem is, people don't understand what "being logical" means. If I kill you, then I will get what you have, this is logical. Evilness is logical, if I harm others, I will be the only one unharmed, and this will be beneficial for me. Now, if everybody would behave like that, we would kill each other. This is why nature embedded emotions about others into us. And this system works well, we didn't kill each other. It does have one fault, though, it depends on emotions. If the link with emotions in your brain doesn't work, then all hell breaks lose.

[@heynunya5986]

Omg. I wanna quote your comment. So profound

[@duckqueak]

What this comment is digging into is the milgrim experiment. Anyone interested should look into it. It was done to understand how seemingly normal people could commit such heinous acts under the Nazi regime. Its a very interesting and famous experiment that proves neurotypical people are quite capable of very awful things.

[@kriskaymusic2]

Well that’s the point they lack self awareness and empathy and don’t feel remorse or guilt and a lot of them enjoy hurting people. Like he said in the video when he does things to people it’s for “play” and who knows what all those things consist of but he was lacking accountability and minimizing his actions by saying that. Psychopaths are evil

[@kriskaymusic2]

They understand what evil is they simply don’t care and many enjoy being evil and causing people pain because it gives them a sense of power and control also some really are sadists and get off on it. But they don’t care about hurting others at all they don’t care to be evil.

[@bambambi5918]

I think empaths can be even more cruel than psycopaths because they know exactly where it hurts

[@deajaysteier9532]

You mean a dark empath then literally the most dangerous personality type

[@rw7975]

@@deajaysteier9532 These are made up terms for gen z edge lords. "Empath" and "daRk emPatH" have no clinical reverence and no it isn't more dangerous than Ted Bundy.

[@rw7975]

"Empath" isn't a thing and is typically a vulnerable narcissist believing to have a special ability or significance that isn't there.

[@ggaz683]

Nope, no where even close.

[@chelseachyannejessyyork]

Literally im a empath, witch, psychopath 😅 i tell others if your going to try & hurt me use something thats true and not a lie and use something you know thatll hurt otherwise i dont care nor do i feel it😅 "when your mom is a narcissist and is a honest bitch"

[@heynunya5986]

This is the first time, a video which doesn't depict the former lawyer who is also a psychopath, is recommended to me.

[@kimberlyhovis5864]

I didn't realize that there was professional help for this that made any kind of a difference.

[@VinnyCarwash-js8op]

There isn't.

[@rishaa682]

Why would we assume these people are telling the truth in these interviews? Isnt lying part of their MO

[@PsychopathInYourLife]

yes it is and to also confuse the issue is the goal. They can be interviewed in a more controlled way and this isn't it.

[@toolame2blame391]

No it is not, a psychopath isn't a pathological liar by default. Infact they're mire commonly bluntly honest.

[@rishaa682]

@TooLame2Blame source?

[@celine9322]

I don’t know ehy they would be open about their psychopathy in that case, since it’s not exactly regarded as a positive trait by most people.

[@MarioPetrinovich]

@@celine9322 They don't care what other people think about them, they just want to make a better life for themselves, after they experienced problems in their lives because of this thing. They can lie, or they can be honest (never fully, though), they don't care about lying or honesty, they do things to achieve goal. If talking truth will achieve their goal, they will talk truth, they don't care at all what others think about that.

[@quikskoprbro968]

Ive noticed these psychopaths tend to have this empty and cold look in their eyes. They will speak and make facial expression that mimic human emotion but when you look in their eyes you see nothing there.

[@CRYZTALSUBZZ]

Just a friendly reminder that not all psychopaths are bad or wants to hurt people.

[@Myamirah]

Yes from watching these interviews I can see that they are people just trying to do the best they can with the mental health issues they have been dealt. And I see my own sterotypes and biases being challenged by what they are saying. Not every psychopath is Ted Bundy. As with any mental illness symptoms are on a continuum.

[@robertgreenland386]

Crap.

[@gknight4719]

@@robertgreenland386 Tell me, do you think the god described in the bible is a psychopath? seems to tick all the boxes!

[@wizardsongs5409]

@@gknight4719 He ticks all the boxes for something that's imaginary too. Well, except that he is not pictured on any cereal boxes. At least the cereal I've eaten.

[@nostromo9081]

@@gknight4719 Just, merciful, loving and walking the walk instead of just talking the talk? Nope. You must have misinterpreted the Bible or perhaps never read it.

[@bestsnowboarderuknow]

It's crazy that we reward these people with CEO positions in many of the biggest companies on Earth.

[@yuomovaeh3028]

It probably comes down to the fact that they can lie while seeming honest to others and more importantly to themselves. We are not consciously rewarding these people but by accident/misguidance or even out of ignorance.

[@ticklemeelmo73]

That frowning/crying clown portrait in the bottom left corner probably ain't helping.

[@will-rr1bw]

You can feel it.. he seems charming but something is off. You can always see things like this if you are intuitive. Many times ive seen people on the internet and immediately knew they were off, and often years later it would come out they did some shit

[@mikester9er]

You wouldn't know if he was giving a lecture on geology, I guarantee it.

[@Daimo83]

He appears charming but he's squirming like a kid who is winning a board game

[@GuaranteedEtern]

Because they don’t empathize with others, nothing they do is wrong (to them).

[@Stabzcell97812]

I was diagnosed quite recently with Anti Social Personality Disorder (Dissocial) and some psychopathic traits with psychopathy being higher. Think I scored 33 out of 40? (I didn't know it was possible to have both but apparently I got 97% for psychopathy.) 🤷‍♂️ I always thought I could be autistic or something similar because I definitely knew emotionally something was different but couldn't pinpoint what. I just knew I found most people around me insufferably emotional and pathetic and had low tolerance for their problems unless I felt like gaining something by feigning care. I do have some anxiety though so that's interesting. I also technically meet the criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder and have some borderline features so I've basically got the full house when it comes to cluster B personality disorders. 🤣 Again; didn't know you could have all of those concurrently. I wonder if it's more common than realised. Edit: I'm also most likely bipolar so fun fun fun hahaha. Emotions don't seem to have any connection to my mood I was told which is a big red flag they noticed for that.

[@theGman402]

It's not that you have all of them it'd that they usually overlap that's why it's hard to diagnose lol

[@emilyd4187]

So I guess it’s self explanatory why you think it’s funny

[@sonice9020]

ye same i thought i was autistic for a long time

[@v0id_d3m0n]

Yeah that's an interesting combination haha

[@sofystacy5959]

40, not 38. And if this is some online testing then it can't be counted in.

[@cayotelives]

I am perfectly fine . Touches nose 0:08.

[@jbates725]

Nice catch.

[@SacredMatrix888]

This guy's self awarness is amazing. Respect. All psychopats- learn !

[@brynleyjones2674]

A lot of people can't seem to accept that psychopathy can come in the form of a normal human being who really hasn't done anything sinister, nor may they ever in their whole life.

[@NMWoman]

Only their victims know for sure.

[@jahcro36]

I love the Pennywise portrait. LOL.

[@frankrodman6133]

That's the nicest psychopath I've ever seen.

[@NMWoman]

Only victims experience their truth.

[@klausschwabshubris]

I have almost zero empathy towards other humans in regards to there own choices, be it good or bad. With that said, I want to live and let live. I’m a stable lunatic.

[@klausschwabshubris]

@motivational vibes Oddly I have just received your comment, thanks to KZbin. Anyway, my life is altered by others everyday. I can make decisions that lessen or increase the impact they have on my life as - I choose

[@thetalkbox2114]

Just like a whole lot of other people. Nothing strange going on with you.

[@ImposterCookie331]

You may have no emotions but may know your boundaries.

[@disturbedvelo7199]

Is it boring ???

[@MarioPetrinovich]

If you ever cried because you are sad, then you are not a psychopath. People don't understand how deeply twisted psychopathy is. My sister never cried, even as a child. She even doesn't understand what crying is for. She thought that it is for manipulating others, and she was training at home how to start to cry (because she saw other girls do that). Then our mother told her that it is not good thing to do that, and this is everything that she knew about crying, that it is not the good thing to do. When she saw me crying, she hurried up to our mom to sue me, to accuse me that I am crying, because she didn't know that people can cry because of emotions. Psychopaths don't have emotions, this is why they are so flat.

[@TimMountjoy-zy2fd]

Psychopaths are generally happier than normal people. They don't care about other people unless they want something which is a key to happiness.

[@freza980]

Guys remember that psychopaths want attention and can mimic emotions very well even by lying, don't be fooled by the charming atmosphere, maybe they are doing this to make him feel fine and play down the atmosphere

[@FrankMc-i2l]

Does anyone notice the background music? It really adds to his charm

[@livingthislife]

What lead this person to seek a diagnosis for this disorder?

[@cutecats1368]

Curiosity I guess. Psychopaths are easily bored, maybe unmasking themselves at least to a therapeut is something new and interesting. The advantage is that the therapeut has to keep it as a medical secret.

[@robbinschinkel8480]

he diagnosed himself. He is a brain researcher.

[@felixl2110]

He’s a scientist and was conducting a study on psychopathy and mental illness and decided to scan his own brain, discovered he shared the brain characteristics of a psychopath

[@ebogar42]

He didn't. He studies this stuff and found out from his own brain scan.

[@Branman345]

@@robbinschinkel8480 He didn't diagnose himself as a mental health professional we don't do that we might have an idea that there is a problem going on but we won't diagnose ourselves we have others to do that. unbiased opinions matter when it comes to diagnosing and having a family history etc.

[@easymoney1464]

There was a little bit of rambling in the beginning, but at the end, he got to the point. I think they are less embarrassed, less anxious, and less fearful when compared to the average person. Risk-taking behavior is a good indicator, in my opinion. They are supposed to have above average intelligence, but to me, their poor decision-making says otherwise.

[@starandeath4735]

Can a psychopath have a stutter disorder? I’ve always thought they speak more fluently because of their train of thought. I guess they’re not so robotic after all

[@cutecats1368]

No they don't speak very fluently because they often indroduce filling words like ...uhm... and ...ähm.

[@MyCarliux]

I consider myself a "psychopath/sociopath" and sometimes struggle with stuttering, but is because the words and thoughts go faster in my mind that it comes out ot my mouth.

[@TheDarkstar3601]

@@MyCarliux jeez man, i wonder does humor exist in psychopaths/sociopaths?

[@ebogar42]

When they're younger they can have speech issues for sure, but when they get older they typically can speak better than most people.

[@ebogar42]

@@cutecats1368 lol How do you know that? You speak to a lot of people like me, huh? Most people use filler words at times. It doesn't prove anything. 😂

[@itachi65ful]

It makes sense why they are found in leadership position. They have a similar style to an actual leader but there lack of empathy is problematic.

[@luna-mt7sf]

They actually could be AWFUL leaders , absolutely catastrophic, a leader without feelings is gonna fuck up everyone

[@le_th_]

That's psychopathy is a nutshell: psychopaths just don't care. FULL STOP

[@IAmAwesomeSoAreYou]

Sounds like a good thing

[@frankcastle1862]

@@IAmAwesomeSoAreYou mix It with internal laws and you have a killer monster

[@xx_noone_xx]

It's not that they don't care it's that they CANT care. Their born with a neurological condition where their amygdala that's highly under developed. Meaning they are unable to form any emotional bonds therefore the brain is unable to label anything as importance or significant to them. Imagine your someone throws a way one of your childhood stuffed animals that you intend to give to your son or daughter. You'd be very upset, even over an inanimate object because you have a strong emotional bond to it. Know what if someone threw away a toy you bought yesterday for your kid, you may be somewhat pissed off a little but hardly any emotion beyond being annoyed for like 10 mins. That's what basically psychopaths go through.

[@gianthills]

Not true. Ive experienced one first hand. They care about money and status, so they will have good careers and work ethic. If they didn't care, they wouldn't seek power and find people to control and abuse etc..., Because those things serve their ego. They see themselves as superior to others. When you first meet them, they appear normal, but you soon notice a lack of emotions, like they're aliens or something. They rarely smile or laugh but if you piss them off they express rage. They present a normal, person, even accomplished, but are actually very dark psychologically and enjoy manipulating others.

[@christophermurphy7113]

They DO care, but only about getting what they want.

[@BDub2024]

Its sad how he gets by. He doesn't care but doesn't realise what he's missing out on.

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

It’s very interesting to compare the comments on his videos versus the comments on the female psychopath’s interview. They really do highlight sexism in our culture.

[@Andreweej4thejewhater]

Ironic

[@abetrasken]

absolutely. some people just jump at the chance to call a woman a monster.

[@raulreyes2384]

Not saying you're wrong, but it's not the only possibility. We know there are facial tells and facial features that develop around some negative traits over a long period of time, (example: people with anger problems) and that we can read these well enough to be significant. Similarly, we can drive more subtext and soft information from their background, what they choose to say, how they say it, etc.

[@ChaseEagleback]

Everything is about an ism, isn’t it.

[@q-perspective8989]

Psychopathic people are the most charismatic people you will ever meet. It's all and Act, They have no sympathy, no empathy, No remorse, No regrets they can do evil stuff and sleep like a baby. I knew one , he could cry then 2 mins later laugh.

[@flowerchildfreedom474]

Married to one 15 yrs he's ruined me there's no hope for me I'm long gone mentally and emotionally 💔 😔 😪 doesn't care about anyone's feelings including mine . He uses me for absolutely everything, tried setting boundaries it's pointless . He keeps my bank card and if I take it back he just takes it put of my wallet then withdrawals my earnings and goes to gamble it away. He uses my prescriptions everything. Cuts me off when I'm talking with no regard. It's best ladies to stay single

[@ParmyJan]

Try to escape and run far far away

[@kevindelgado4477]

Stop complaining and leave that situation. No one’s going to save you. No one cares enough

[@BIackDynamite]

2 months late but hope you’re doing better

[@Geryboy666]

he never said what he did, only that he considered everything play. where did he cross the line?

[@lovethosebudgies66]

No content here at all.

[@as-above-so-below-]

People don't get that there is such a thing as cognitive empathy. Psychopaths can develop that. A lot of them don't even bother talking about it because they don't feel insecure about it. If their upbringing was great, they probably came up with a way to habitually associate immorality with something that could be linked to more simple emotions like anxiety or something physically uncomfortable. A lot of them can be extremely loyal because of that, even so much so that they'll go overboard sometimes just to be protective. This isn't anymore selfish than when we more empathetic people try to connect with people emotionally just to scratch that itch and mitigate loneliness or seek forgiveness just for the sake of not feeling guilt anymore.

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

You also have to think: there must be Darwinian survival value in having some members of the human population be psychopaths. At some level, it must be a useful trait for navigating life, however much it might be frowned upon by some. In other words, it's probably wrong to view the psychopath as being wholly aberrant.

[@Paul-ou1rx]

I read a book called The Wisdom of Psychopaths and they addressed that very topic. He talked about the detachment of heart surgeons, brave fearless military pilots, and the soldiers who charge into battle against all odds and do the same thing the next day and the next. Most soldiers are glad when the war ends and can go home, a few find another war and become mercenaries. The author even wrote about one of the astronauts who landed on the moon with only 10 seconds of allotted fuel left and no clear place to land and no home trip if he failed. He asked his copilot for a countdown and found a way given the time and circumstances. Ground control noted that his heart rate barely budged from his normal rate. The "bravery", clear focus and emotional detachment and the mental "rush" absent from the normal bodily physical response can offer benefits to society. Society can also benefit from the emotional, intuitive, empathetic person. They may also put their life at risk but from a very different mental perspective and emotional motivation. They are "brave" because they were afraid to act, but did the right thing because of compassion or they snapped from stress and had to do anything rather than nothing. No matter what the motivation, if the person survives the "selfless act" (or dies) and turns the tide against the opposition, against all odds, they are called heroes. The audiobook was a very good listen and I would recommend it.

[@Mohammed-2338]

@@Paul-ou1rx my family is full of the criminal-type psychopaths. Some sexual predators and a few killers. But I have read enough on this topic to not make ignorant generalisations. I would point out that psychopathy often positively correlates (co-exist) with three other nasty traits: machievilianism, narcism and sadism, grouped together with psychopathy as the Dark Tetrad. Check a book called The Dark Triad: Psychopathy, Narcism, Machievilianism in Everyday Life. Each trait can be described using the big 6: 1. openness 2. conscientiousness 3. extraversion 4. agreeableness 5. neuroticism 6. honesty and humility The dark triad/tetrad socially aversive actions and manipulative inter/intrapersonal behavioural strategies can be explained from an evolutionary biology perspective, but overall, they are maladaptive and they end up causing more bad than good. Sure, they make good soldiers. They may even make terrific CEOs like Carlos Ghosn. But eventually, their inter/intrapersonal behavioural strategies gets them in trouble. So they seek help that's if they weren't forced to do so in the first place.

[@firebird4240]

Something did strike me though in the other ladies interview where she spoke of 'grey rage' combined with not caring, she said she didnt realise the person she was interacting with was getting angry and he threatened to beat her up but she didnt care, beat me up then. That lack of care also means they are a liability to themselves, it reminded me of people who cant feel pain, sounds great in theory but most have lost their own fingers through chewing them off

[@pennyhemens478]

crazy contructs all projection.

[@love-ip7sz]

@@Paul-ou1rx very interesting!

[@schauganzgenauhin]

RIP Mr. Fallon..

[@thegoodlydragon7452]

The main problem with psychopathy is that psychopaths cannot be trusted. If they think that might makes right, then there's nothing but maybe fear of punishment to keep them in check, unlike others who have an internal moral compass. Some say they might be what makes for good surgeons and judges, as members of these professions must be mentally stable enough to not be emotionally destroyed by guilt over potential limitations or inevitable mistakes and that will allow them to get on with things, but I think if someone is practicing surgery or making decisions about depriving one's liberty, they should be guided by some sense of responsibility besides paycheck. I have personally met one judge who decided to switch from criminal law to tax law because the decision weighed too hard on him emotionally, so maybe there's some sort of balance, but the extreme of psychopathy is not right for it. For that reason I think it is much better that they are simply euthanized for the sake of everyone else.

[@x-mess]

They tend to be a the top bc they truly don't care and will put themselves first... so they get to be there first.

[@celine9322]

I don’t know. Wanting to euthanize other people ironically seems like a very psychopathic idea.

[@MarioPetrinovich]

I fully agree (my sister is a psychopath, I understand how thoroughly twisted they are). They are just like people who cannot feel the nerves in their skin, so you have to watch on them 24 hours a day, to prevent them to harm themselves. Psychopaths don't feel emotions, so you have to watch 24 hours on them to prevent them to harm others.

[@dshe8637]

@@celine9322 precisely 😁

[@onlygameplay134]

Just what guarantees people with emotions are doing the right things, or doing better than people without them? Emotions are equal to justice? Also, there is no such a thing as a "moral compass". A moral compass is a system you learned through your childhood, like a social norm, and this norm differs from society to society. It's a learned behavior, not an inherited one. Psychopaths actually do better with these norms, because they understand them better, and are also not manipulated by their emotions.

[@omnipresent1215]

So as he is fully aware of his condition I wonder if it incentivises him when communicating with people to ramp up or even emulate a degree of 'care factor' and/or empathy? if to compensate for his emotional/empathetic deficits... I'd expect not... but maybe with some?

[@ZuZu66667]

Not it’s physiological, they can’t feel them but they have cognitive empathy which understand of people’s emotions but can’t feel them on their own

[@taytubeofficial]

😭😂 I find him very relatable. The day I realized that I didn’t have empathy I was like “whoop we’ll then that’s interesting” 🤷‍♀️ we need more cluster B representation like this. Genuinely we are not all bad people.

[@c.eb.1216]

Whether you are good will be defined by what you do and the efforts you make to recognize and avoid causes of harm.

[@Pyrrhic537]

Thank God I'm not. And no loved one's are either. Now all I got to do is protect them from these people. But let's not forget there are tons of psychopathic lawyer's, doctors, business execs etc.

[@dmacbain8326]

This man and the female lawyer frequently look away to their right

[@sophiashmia6587]

Now SHE gives me the creeps to another level. Shes a narcissistic psychopath.

[@kriskaymusic2]

Because that’s a sign of dishonesty

[@Lebowski55]

Is there crossover between psychopaths, narcissists and autistic people?

[@rona.b]

I find the music very distracting.

[@dannisayseffyou]

It’s nice

[@mcc1483]

Saw your talk about the study you did including yourself, only to learn you indeed, blindly, made the cut/fit the bill, etc . I am curious as to what you scored, because as explained there are sociopaths - and- there are SOCIOPATHS .

[@Cusnpbzn]

no specifics whatsoever here. very vague. this is BS.

[@ViktorZhang-n1g]

I agree! People with antisocial disorders are extremely deceitful and dishonest. They are such great actors 😀

[@Cusnpbzn]

​@@ViktorZhang-n1gYep! we need a government agency to go after these ppl. maybe spy on them at home and on the job, etc. there're too dangerous, we must monitor their every move.

[@emobunny1477]

Remember everyone is different it’s your environment is the biggest factor with child development and adult development

It’s understandable that psychopaths don’t have a sense of empathy but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have empathy towards them.. some of these comments are really judgemental

[@Runeko2]

I overall agree I like to respect anyone who has good or controlled actions

[@Novarcharesk]

I think you can easily feel that way until you start hearing from their very own mouths how dangerous they are. Your empathy to them means fuck all to them. Don't waste the energy.

[@Theohybrid]

Probably because theybare victims of abuse or mistreatment from someone with psychopathic tendencies.

[@bluelakes_]

They’re not good people at all at their core. They like to manipulate the ones who empathize with them because they see them as naïve etc.

[@regularly_priced]

Well empathy is just feeling and understanding what others are feeling. So having empathy toward a psychopath would just be understanding what it’s like not to have remorse. I have experienced this before when I’ve had short moments of a psychosis-like feeling, where suddenly none of my emotions are present, and guilt doesn’t exist. (I haven’t been diagnosed so I can’t say whether it was psychosis, and it probably wasn’t). But I don’t see how this is useful. I think what you’re trying to say is that we should care about them. And that makes sense, from a logical standpoint: if we care for them and are not hostile toward them, they will not be hostile toward us. Even if they don’t really “care” about us in return. Just taking the emotions out of the equation, because they are not applicable here. Edit: Obviously you shouldn’t trust them; they are untrustworthy by nature.But choosing not to trust someone does not equate to hostility. We can still care for them(unless, of course, they hurt others). They are not bad by default; they are in fact completely neutral-the most neutral you can possibly be.

[@JeffWildman-b1v]

Are you happy? Learning this do you have regrets? Why don't you care? Is it a learned defense mechanism? How has your neurodivergence affected your personal relationships? How can one know if they are a psychopath?

[@NMWoman]

Google the symptoms. There's a defect in the brain.

[@brettburnside1457]

He was easily debunked by an English Psychiatrist on an Australian talk show. He has some traits but falls far short of actually being one.

[@sanjeeva311076]

From what I remember he has the brain structure/chemistry (demonstrated on fMRI scan) but not the behaviour. I think he had a good upbringing and socialisation so probably shows the effects of nature vs nurture - seems both are important. The behaviour is the most important aspect of diagnosing personality disorders. Merely having an emotional deficit is not enough, especially if you have well developed behavioural controls as a result of socialisation. I think he has an emotional deficit like quite a lot of men but has adapted well and you probably can't really say he has ASPD as he has no history of delinquent behaviour.

[@calcifer1671]

Yes he said it himself, he's not an actual psychopath but he's borderline psychopathic

[@keithrunfola]

He didn't answer the question.

[@greengator3575]

Lots of talking, nothing very meaningful…although, he probably thinks that he’s pretty profound.

[@bj_cat103]

he is a scientist

[@estrelletapolar]

@@bj_cat103 people don't understand matters that require a higher IQ than they have

[@PrimateAlpha]

Everyone has needs. Each and every person. They, or you, care about your needs. He's probably not a psychopath. Psychologists make money. People have careers. The quackery is extensive. You simply don't know where it begins and where it ends. Or maybe some of you do know about the torture (of course you do).

[@NMWoman]

Educate yourself on psychopathy. You may be one.

[@7zatanna]

I think neuro typicals can be narcissistic or psychopathic and still experience the full rainbow of human emotions. Psychopaths if raised and conditioned favorably can be noble the world is 50 shades of grey not black and white. Neurotypcial people can probably hurt you worse if they feel inclined to at least with psychopaths, Machiavellians and narcissist we know what they are but an angry emotional narcissist that feels emotions is dangerous.

[@rdanalytics9197]

I think the media has sensationalized the term "psychopath". The general public would think of people like : Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, The Zodiac Killer, etc. when it came to describing what a psychopath is. Now, all those people mentioned probably had psychopathic traits but that doesn't mean all psychopaths are serial killers. I saw one psychologist state that psychopaths are needed for certain professions. For example a skilled surgeon would probably be a psychopath because you shouldn't get emotional when performing surgery and you need someone who is extremely confident in themselves to be a surgeon. Or a test pilot. If you had someone who is 100% confident in flying a prototype plane new technology can be developed. A normal person would never climb into an untested plane and try to push it to the limit. Because psychopaths feel no emotion they can go places most would be too afraid to venture out to.

[@aeon4013]

The psychopath is in an illusion, that is the weakness itself.

[@ss-lz4me]

Thats like saying people with down syndrom is an illusion aswell

[@maxbrandstetter528]

They are delusion at its finest

[@chall5335]

All this guy did was that he had a brain scan and it showed similarities to that of a psychopathic person. I’d say that’s as reliable as me being diagnosed with APD at 20 years old, even though i turned my life around and really just wasn’t empathic because of my hatred of the world and people at the time. Now in my 30s when iv’e got past that bs, grown up, and made myself much more awere about myself, with as good of an ability of feeling empathy as any other person - i doubt any paychiatrist would ”determine apd”. My point is, it’s much more complicated than looking at a brain scan, or looking at a person being in the situation that person is in at the moment. People are way more complicated than being measured up just like that. It’s actually really silly to believe, though i could understand it if you’re sold on this categorization style of people thinking like ”psychopaths are like this”, ”BPD’s are like this” or ”autistic people are like this”. It’s not healthy categoring people like that thoug, neither is it realistic. People have way more overlap than whatever diagnose you’d like to put on them

[@laaaliiiluuu]

He also got screened for it by psychiatrists and psychologists after this self-discovery and they confirmed his suspicions with further testing.

[@chall5335]

@ As was i. It’s not exactly hard to fake though, sometimes not even necessary for them to determine a faulty diagnostic. You also have to consider that as this guy might honestly be viewing himself as a psychopath, he will take on more of those traits related to it, naturally, but it doesn’t make him one

[@laaaliiiluuu]

@@chall5335 He might prop it a bit up for marketing reasons and he is probably still around the border of subclinical psychopathy, meaning he is probably not completely on the spectrum but nontheless mucher higher than the average person I assume. Sure, you can fake talking about brain scans but what would be in it for him? Unless he really was just a narcissist who uses his above average psychopathic traits to get attention. I think he even mentioned his narcissism in one of his talks. He might be unusually open about it but that doesn't necessarily mean he is completely faking all of it. Maybe exaggerating but not faking. May he RIP.

[@NMWoman]

It's much more than a brain scan. You obviously have never been a victim of one. Pray you never will.

[@gianthills]

I'm not buying This guy. What did he tell us in that whole thing? Nothing.

[@MarioPetrinovich]

Tell you? Psychopaths don't care about others, he just wants to make his life better. For him you are less important than some duck is for you. You don't explain things to ducks, so that a duck can understand, you just don't care what ducks think about you, I presume.

[@MultiGats]

Yeah I agree he didn't say what he did exactly for him to be a Psychopath

[@anitaposa9164]

@@MultiGats he didn't do anything. He's a neuroscientist that accidentally found out he was a psychopath in medical school. He never killed anyone or shit like that. Plus, he said what it feels like. Being a psychopath is just not caring about shit. It's a short video, if you actually want to see him talk about it, there's plenty long videos he has about it.

[@Samaraesart]

The background music is hilarious. Btw.

[@wolvves4293]

Not all psychopaths are violent.

[@ScottBurns-g1m]

Keep Occam’s razor in mind as the narrative shifts with these individuals. Pay attention to the sequence of ideas being presented, the intentions behind them, and the outcomes they aim to achieve from you. Observe the condescending tone and demeanor in their speech and actions, as well as the patronizing attitude and smirk. Always remember who you’re dealing with-apply Occam’s razor. 😊