Jessica B. Kelly's Blog, page 29
January 26, 2015
Chaos, Order, and the Psychopath
I believe the successful psychopath holds herself to a separate standard than she does society. She realizes that chaos cannot exist on a massive scale. However, she realizes that she herself is an agent of chaos and she loses no sleep over such a fact. Ultimately, she uses this dichotomy to create a niche in which she […]
January 25, 2015
What is Life Like as a Psychopath?
A tumblr follower asked me what it is to live life with psychopathy. This question confused me on many levels. What is it like to live life blind? What is it like to live life with Parkinson’s? Or with color blindness? Or depression? Or Bipolar Disorder? Or any of the multitudes of conditions that humans […]
January 24, 2015
War on the War Against Those Without Empathy
I declare war on the so-called academics of the world; war on the opportunity samples of the day. I declare war on the bias that lives inside their hearts, and war against the ivory towers that allow such bias to continue. We’ve all out war on the grants given in the name of public safety […]
January 23, 2015
Bladebringer – Psychopathy and Borderline Personality Disorder
I remain convinced that shallow affect is central to the psychopathic condition as well as my own existence. However, I believe comorbidity can lead to interesting fluctuations of emotion. Specifically, the thought of my own comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder comes to mind. Borderline Personality Disorder is a complex disorder whose central features revolve around failed emotional […]
January 20, 2015
Systematic Failure – Why the Study of Psychopathy is Flawed
What if oncologists did not study less lethal forms of cancer? What if they studied only lung and pancreatic cancer and declared the rest of cancer untreatable and unworthy of study as a result? This may sound ludicrous, but this is exactly what happens with the study of psychopaths. Academic researchers go to where they know they […]
January 18, 2015
Psychopaths and Lying (Part 2)
I had the opportunity to read an advance copy of Firenza Cole’s The Ultimate Guide to Lying, an indie ebook coming out later this month. Her book serves as a nearly complete reference to lying and deception and the information such a book contains is instrumental to the antisocial. I bring this up because I believe […]
January 17, 2015
Psychopaths and Megalomania (Part 2)
The psychopath is self-centered, self-grandiose, and an all around megalomaniac. I find that I grow more and more megalomaniacal as the days go on. I’ve always had an insatiable ego and have tested the limits of interpersonal relationships with my intellectual vanity. As I continue to write on the subject of psychopathy, in part due […]
January 16, 2015
When Others are Paralyzed by Empathy – Psychopathic Immunity
I would argue that the psychopath’s lack of affective empathy is a great advantage that she holds over the neurotypical. I was having breakfast this morning at a local diner when it came time for my check. The waitress was interrupted by a couple that she hadn’t seen in a long time. She was informed […]
January 15, 2015
Psychopaths and Guilt
Psychopaths do not feel guilt. I have a hard time understanding why the neurotypical would experience guilt. The other day, I was out to lunch with an acquaintance when I noticed a peculiar bumper sticker on the car we parked next to. The exact words escape me, but the message was that we should feel […]
January 14, 2015
Spiritual Void … Psychopaths and Identity (Part 2)
A tumblr follower asked me the following question regarding identity: I’m a little lost on something, people with aspd claim to have a weak sense of identity. But many seem perfectly capable of using adjectives to describe their genuine personality. Could you explain this a bit? I recently posed a similar question to the forum […]
