Jessica B. Kelly's Blog, page 24

Mosquitoes, Marriage, and Empathy – The Niches Psychopaths Fill

Psychopaths fill a niche.  In a prosocial and empathic world, there is an advantage for a group to act both antisocially and without affective empathy.  If this were business, we would celebrate the ingenuity of such a group to find such a niche and to capitalize upon it.  However, this is not business, this is […]

Lines Made of Blood

While I may not respond to comments in the manner I used to (I try to be hands off these days unless clarification is asked), I do read each and every one of them.  In fact, I encourage comments as a supplement to the topics that I write about; I want to see different perspectives […]

Demonizing the Demon – The Sins of Academia Regarding Psychopathy

The sins of academics that study psychopathy are great.  They are intellectually stunted individuals that lack curiosity.  In no one area is this more evident than with their insistence to study only those psychopaths in prisons.  This sin knows no nationality as the whole lot results to opportunity samples, the bane of statistical sampling.  As […]

The Failure of the Mental Health Industry

What if oncologists refused to treat patients with terminal cancer?  Chalking up the afflicted for dead, imagine that they withhold treatment that could extend the quality of life for those dying as well as for those around the dying.  I would imagine that there would be a great murmur from society, proclaiming such withholding of […]

Victim Complex

Over in the realm of tumblr, I see many bloggers that have victim complexes.  They believe that at any moment that they will be persecuted for the most mundane of reasons and that their well-being or even their life will end as a result.  They live in complete fear, refusing to take opportunities that exist […]

Burning Bridges

I’ve written about the psychopath’s tendency to completely walk away from interpersonal relationships when the terms are not favorable.  I don’t believe I’ve really gone into those transgressions that cause a psychopath to burn bridges, however.  Most neurotypicals find that there is a lot of give and take in interpersonal relationships, that the going will […]

One Fix

I’m in a state of transition in my life.  I will probably be exploring new towns and new adventures sometime in the near to mid future and my desire to do much of anything in my current town is dwindling.  Such stagnation (and anticipation) renders me fairly impotent and desiring anything to satisfy my ennui, […]

The Shadowlands

Both the relationship I have with my readers and the relationship I have with the world are not lost on me.  I choose to remain visible and open and honest with my psychopathic condition and I how I choose to be defined by it (or not be defined by it).  This means that I am often fighting […]

Between Fire and Chasm … Psychopaths and Loss

Therapy took an unexpected turn last evening as we turned toward the topic of mortality.  For various reasons and with various addictions, I do not take care of myself to the extent I should.  I smoke, I don’t exercise as much as I should, and I suffer from various eating disorders.  Yet, in spite of […]

Violence Sells

Violence sells well these days.  We sit glued to our televisions and to our theater chairs watching the latest and greatest dismemberment or murder.  Violent books line the shelves of our bookstores and violent headlines are front and center on our newspapers.  We live in an age in which all are expected to stay riveted […]