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Is someone only born a psychopath or can the traits develop over time?
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:31 pm
Contempt for others, ingratiating false personality, no empathy, etc.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:33 pm to PatDyesPants
? I know mental disease presents itself often in the 20s.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:35 pm to PatDyesPants
I used to be schizophrenic but we're OK now.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:35 pm to PatDyesPants
I was born one. Gotten worse over the years though
This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:36 pm to PatDyesPants
Do psychopaths ever know they are psychopaths?
or maybe if they think they are they are really cray in another way
or maybe if they think they are they are really cray in another way
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:36 pm to Walt OReilly
Hmm how early in 20s?
I.e. at what age can I go "phew!!!"
I.e. at what age can I go "phew!!!"
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:39 pm to gthog61
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Do psychopaths ever know they are psychopaths?
I have seen some good documentaries on this and it seems that they are well aware of these tendencies...they know that they have done terrible things and feel no remorse at all. they know that is not at all normal and feel that if they get out of prison, they will do the same thing again.
it is strange to hear someone freely admitting to such a thing...
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:39 pm to PatDyesPants
How many psychopaths has the OT spawned?
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:40 pm to PatDyesPants
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Contempt for others, ingratiating false personality, no empathy, etc.

Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:40 pm to PatDyesPants
I think signs present themselves in early childhood, like kids that torture bugs & frogs, then move up to animals.
Why a kid would do that or have the idea to do that baffles me, which makes me think that is something they are born with/without.
Why a kid would do that or have the idea to do that baffles me, which makes me think that is something they are born with/without.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:41 pm to PatDyesPants
I think true psychopaths are much more rare than the OT thinks. Violent psychopaths that is.
It is something like 1% of the population that are psychopaths and probably 1% of those are violent, if that.
It is something like 1% of the population that are psychopaths and probably 1% of those are violent, if that.
This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:43 pm to LSUJML
Like you never killed a frog before... Quit being so fricking dramatic
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:44 pm to SG_Geaux
Eric Harris of the Columbine massacre comes to mind.
Some CEO's apparently have the same traits.
Some CEO's apparently have the same traits.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:45 pm to PatDyesPants
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Contempt for others, ingratiating false personality, no empathy, etc.
All symptoms of watching too much CNN!
Posted on 9/7/16 at 10:50 pm to PatDyesPants
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Contempt for others, ingratiating false personality, no empathy, etc.
You just described HRC to the letter.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 12:04 am to PatDyesPants
You need to differentiate between the ones that act out with violence, the ones that don't, and sociopaths. They're not all the same, but are similar in many aspects
Posted on 9/8/16 at 1:06 am to Spankum
We can stop pretending that we are remotely close to understanding how easily fricked up a human being can become, whether by nature or nurture or a combination of both. It's unsettling. We aren't there yet. We may never be. But if something is "bad" by choice or by biology or by influence it needs to be stopped. That's about all I can figure...
Posted on 9/8/16 at 1:22 am to PatDyesPants
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Contempt for others, ingratiating false personality, no empathy, etc.
You're describing a significant number of OTers.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 1:24 am to Jim Rockford
It's hard to pin people down as one thing or another because people go through different phases in their lives. Some are short, and some last a long time
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