throwaway83294

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by throwaway83294 13y ago
I'm actually surprised it would be said directly to your face. Obviously psychopaths are different, but the person I knew was very smart and knew not to overextend their influence unless necessary, and was very careful not to self incr
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by throwaway83294 13y ago
It's easy to either over-demonize or underestimate the nature of actual psychopathy if you've never encountered it. By definition, a pure psychopath feels absolutely no remorse, no guilt, and has an unshakable egocentric view that
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by throwaway83294 13y ago
For reasons I won't get into, after he was confronted, he did what I'd describe as "firing a warning shot", but in terms of social power. Basically it was his way of saying "Don't mess with me. I have influence
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by throwaway83294 13y ago
You might be right. I must admit the "fear" I thought I detected was subtle at best, and the word "fear" is just my attempt to assign a word to a response I hadn't seen in him before. I think a better way of describ
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by throwaway83294 13y ago
> I can't tell if I'm a psychopath or not. Are those who desire power, control, and inflated egos always psychopaths? No. I, and I suspect most ambitious people, also desire power, control, and have inflated egos to some extent
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by throwaway83294 13y ago
You have no idea. I was "friends" with someone for years, who at the time I didn't know was a psychopath (over time I realized they met literally every item on the psychopathy checklist). The manipulativeness, the ability to