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August 5, 2015
The Red Button (Part 1) – More on Anger Management
I touched a bit on my anger management issues in the previous post, but I wish to elaborate a bit further with this one. In many ways, the psychopathic condition is one of being child-like. We don’t like doing our “chores” (parasitism), we reach out for shiny objects that catch our eye (impulsivity), and we […]
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August 4, 2015
Loose Cannon – Honor the Moment, Not the Future
I am a loose cannon. I rarely consider what the best long-term plan is and give undue weight to what satisfies in the present. My narcissism may require a modicum of validation from other people, but by and large, I do not care how others perceive me. I know that I am superior. A reminder from time […]
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August 3, 2015
Event Horizon
“Don’t take your mask off for too long,” they said. “You’ll never be able to put it back on,” they warned. I dismissed such advice as being too restrictive for a psychopath trying to maintain her good standing in the world. You know what, though? They were right. I’ve passed my event horizon and now […]
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August 2, 2015
Piss-Mouth: The Will to Spit Sperm and Promise
When I came out as transgender, many years ago at this point, my mom decried the “freak that her womb produced” and wished aloud that she had aborted me. If that is how she would react to what is visible in her life, I can only wonder how she would react to the invisible and […]
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July 29, 2015
My Life is not Your Pornography
You know this situation all too well. You drive down a road only to see traffic coming to a halt up ahead. You mutter to yourself as everyone else is slowing down to look at some presumed accident, but the second you can see the gore pile on the side of the road, you slow […]
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July 28, 2015
A Complicated Reality for a Simple Condition
When I mucked up my heart with drug use, the complications dictated that I take heart medicine for the rest of my days. When my rampant jams due to a then-unnamed mental disorder threatened my life and my freedom, I turned to therapy for the long haul. My life is complicated. For that, I am […]
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July 24, 2015
Should Mental Illness be Blamed for Tragedy?
Yesterday, a gunman killed several people in a movie theater in the United States. Described as mentally ill and potentially racist, the exact reasons why the killing occurred remain unclear at the time of this writing. However, individuals are already turning to social media to explain their own views. The more extreme views dismiss the […]
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July 22, 2015
Is Psychopathy a Mental Illness?
It’s hard to believe that I haven’t covered this topic in over 500 posts up to the point. It is a question that I receive from time to time and a question that many neurotypicals have staunch opinions on. Is psychopathy a mental illness, or is it – as some would say – merely a […]
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July 20, 2015
The Beatings Will Continue
The PCL-R (Psychopathy Checklist Revised) is the primary tool used to assess psychopathy. It covers many facets that it’s junior, the PCL-SV (Psychopathy Checklist Screening Version) does not. The PCL-R has more elements of “delinquency” including criminality and reflects the more antisocial nature of the true underlying condition. However, I am not a fan of […]
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July 19, 2015
Sheep’s Clothing (Part 2)
The only way to know that there is a wolf in disguise among your sheep is to look for the paw prints. The classic, successful psychopath is not nearly as restrained as I am. Once again, lest the reader misunderstand, I am no saint, but I am certainly not the sinner I was in the […]
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