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Psychopaths and Humor

It was over a year ago.  I was driving down an interstate through a major city and a car to my left lost control.  They sped across all four lanes, perpendicular to the road, and crashed into a concrete embankment on the other side.  My reaction at the time was not that of fear of […]

Why Psychopaths Are Feared

Tell people that you’ve had a few run ins with the law and that you were a little devil as a child and they nod.  Tell them that you are a psychopath and they run.  While people are afraid of mental abnormalities and / or mental illness to begin with, it seems that there is heightened […]

When a Psychopath Ends Relationships

I’ve noticed that many psychopaths are very quick to ditch deadwood.  The psychopath does not humor that which ceases to provide value or is otherwise frustrating.  This is especially apparent with acquaintanceships.  The Borderline individual may shift from idealization and devaluation and back, but the psychopath only devalues in this context.  Whereas the Borderline will […]

Psychopaths and Regret

I don’t understand the point of regret.  I suppose this is tied indirectly to the psychopath’s inability to feel guilt or remorse.  Ultimately, as a psychopath, the only person that matters is myself and I just can’t be bothered to get worked up over actions, due to shallow affect, that have occurred in the past. […]

Psychopath / Neurotypical Relationships … Aardvark and Ant

It is hard to imagine that the psychopath and a neurotypical could have a rewarding friendship.  The anteater and the ant tend to be mortal enemies, after all.  However, it need not be impossible nor lacking mutual benefit.  As long as boundaries are maintained as well as expectations set, the two can have a complementary […]

No Pity for Bloodsuckers: Neurotypical Disdain For Psychopaths

The parasite is merely possessing an evolutionary niche.  If there was not an ability to thrive in that niche, it would not exist.  The same can be said with psychopaths.  Whether our existence serves an evolutionary purpose or not, does not matter.  What does matter is that in a prosocial world, a relatively small demographic […]