Psychopaths + sociopaths

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simonali

simonali

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I'm both. What is the percentage for that?
 
Brandane

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I've come across a few of these over the years, most of them being ex girlfriends! One in particular certainly springs to mind. Fortunately I took the piece of advice given as a footnote after the definition. Quote is taken from the Urban Dictionary.

Sociopaths are people who have little to no conscience. They will lie, cheat, steal and manipulate others for their own benefit. They know exactly what they are doing, they just don't care because they don't think that way. If you are naive enough, they will brainwash you into doing exactly what they say and what they want which is the only time a sociopath is truly happy.
Sociopaths can hide this well if you haven't known them for long. They're really nice and charming at first, almost too nice, but it's extremely fake. The niceness will last until a problem occurs in which they are at fault however, you will be manipulated to believe that you are in the wrong. There is no reasoning with this person. Things have to be their way or it's the highway. They will blame you for hurting them (even if they're the ones who hurt you) or blame the world for all their problems (knowing full well they do shitty things in general). They are compulsive liars and even if they do apologize, it's never genuine. Most are anti social and have few to no friends because most people around them don't want to associate with them. However the sociopath will again tell you that "people hate me for no reason/the world is against me". The only person who will put up with a sociopath is someone who is off their rocker or someone who has absolutely no self respect, or both of those two combined.

Piece of advice: Once you realize that you are dealing with a sociopath, RUN.
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Levo-Lon

Levo-Lon

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Brandane said:
I've come across a few of these over the years, most of them being ex girlfriends! One in particular certainly springs to mind. Fortunately I took the piece of advice given as a footnote after the definition. Quote is taken from the Urban Dictionary.
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Me too, in fact that is her to a tee..scary how quickly i got sucked into the web of lies
 
Dirk

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Yellow Fang said:
I have been watching some YouTube vids about this. They say that about 1% of people are psychopaths and about 4% are sociopaths. Are the rates really as high as that?
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It's a spectrum like most traits.
Being a psychopath doesn't necessarily mean you are a murderous fiend.
Alfred Hitchcock has a lot to answer for.
 
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Yellow Fang said:
I'm 30% psychopathic on that one. Odd the last question about where you get most your news from. Guardian readers only average 42% and Financial Times, 70%. I read The Guardian online, but that's because it's free, and it often pisses me off. I prefer The Morning Star.
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I've read elsewhere that psychopathic traits are useful in higher management positions as they make the tough decisions easier. So the FT data point is no surprise.
 
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Yellow Fang said:
Psychopaths are born, sociopaths are made, apparently. When you read about what some psychos do, it is difficult to imagine 1% of people would want to do those things. I can understand people being selfish and not having much sympathy with others
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I thought it was empathy not sympathy? Pretty sure my boss is a sociopath.
 
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Yellow Fang

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Phaeton said:
I thought it was empathy not sympathy? Pretty sure my boss is a sociopath.
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I thought sympathy was where you have fellow feeling with some person or creature even. Empathy is where you understand someone's mind. Like some autistic people might feel sympathy with with an abused animal, but don't understand why they upset people. Psychopaths can understand what makes other people tick, but are only interested in using that knowledge for their own advantage.
 
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