The Mind of a Sociopath

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[+4] - wandeljw - 01/22/2009In my opinion, the labels are useful to psychology professionals and are probably applied carefully by these professionals. This type of labeling would only be a problem if freely used by...
[+4] - dlowan - 01/22/2009People do not normally warrant such casual and, frankly, ill-informed labels as "psychotic" as a general description. It would be more accurate to say that people may have episodes...
[+4] - DrewDad - 01/23/2009I'm sorry that you're not able to swallow 35 years of research in a single gulp, but that doesn't make [i]him[/i] a crackpot. It makes [i]you[/i] uneducated on the subject. And your refusal...
[+4] - Joeblow - 01/23/2009The PCL-R like any other actuarial tool is helpful in assessing risk. The data can help us target [i]changeable[/i] factors that lead to recidivism and to determine where to allocate resources...
[+4] - dlowan - 01/23/2009Now you are behaving as you claim Hare to be behaving in your worst nightmares. I, for instance accept those who we are currently defining as psychopaths as human beings. I doubt there is anyone...
[+3] - gungasnake - 01/22/2009[quote]I question that explanation. I think here we have a chicken/egg scenario. Was the child born with a sociopathic nature (Bad Seed), or is it something that develops due to inconsistent and...
[+3] - DrewDad - 01/23/2009[quote="Setanta"] Jesus, DD, what stake do you have in this? Your response to E-Brown is over the top. It's snide and hateful, and it is not at all justified by anything E-Brown has...
[+2] - ebrown p - 01/22/2009Wandel, I think you are making another very important point...
[+2] - DrewDad - 01/22/2009Good lord. You got all that from a post on the Internet, eh? Perhaps you need to worry more about how [i]you[/i] label people, and less about how [i]I[/i] label people.
[+2] - dlowan - 01/22/2009[quote="DrewDad"] [quote="Setanta"] I believe that your friend Mr. Hare distinguishes between sociopathy and psychopathy, and [b]i believe that Miss Wabbit did also in an...

Errrr..... everything okay Montana, honey?

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@boomerang,

Yup, everythings fine Boomer Laughing

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Hey! I have some of these sociopath traits.

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@candide,

Oh yeah? Would you like to talk about them Amigo?

Great to see ya Very Happy

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@Montana,

No, to disturbing. But I do have empathy.

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@candide,

Empathy is good Very Happy

It's been a while Amigo. How ya been?

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@Montana,

I can't complain. How about you?

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@candide,

I'm doin ok. Keeping busy and planning for the future.

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The desire to take over the world is one of the traits. Now I susppect Obama!

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@NickFun,

Na, I don't think so. Ya never know though. Most psychotic people look like normal every day people

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I didn't see any mention made of "employed in middle to senior level management".

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@Mr Stillwater,

I know and I really think it should be there.

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@Montana,

Montana wrote:

Na, I don't think so. Ya never know though. Most psychotic people look like normal every day people

No they don't.

People in psychosis often look terrified, or highly agitated, or deeply withdrawn.

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@dlowan,

Thank you for correcting me, Deb. I actually haven't known many personally, but most of the ones that I did know looked perfectly normal. You could only tell there were issues when they started talking.
My last ex was psychotic and he was terrified, agitated and deeply withdrawn.

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@dlowan,

dlowan wrote:

People in psychosis often look terrified, or highly agitated, or deeply withdrawn.

Uh oh.

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I started this thread because I was talking with someone earlier about sociopaths and it got thinking about the creep that assaulted me at work. I knew he was psychotic just by looking at him, but others at work didn't see it.
Even when they got to know him and it was right in front of them, they just couldn't see it.
Well, not everyone. My bosses saw it.

Anyway, I just started this thread as an awareness thing so people would know how to recognize the signs.

I think it would be great with your background if you could share some information here, Dlowan.

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@Montana,

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I started this thread because I was talking with someone earlier about sociopaths and it got thinking about the creep that assaulted me at work. I knew he was psychotic just by looking at him, but others at work didn't see it.

Anti-Social Personality Disorder is not a psychosis. It is a character disorder, and very difficult, if not impossible to treat. Many people with this disorder end up in prison, not psychiatric hospitals.

This disorder is not confined to the lower levels of society. There are people in professional positions who have this character flaw. I am not joking, but you will find these folks amongst some CEOs and politicians.

The company with which my husband was connected had a man who worked with the head honcho. Behind his back, everyone called him, "Oddjob". For those familiar with early James Bond movies, you will understand exactly what that moniker meant. He delighted in taking on the nasty jobs for the boss.

Without knowing him, I have a suspicion that Bernie Madoff belongs in the ranks of those people with anti-social personality disorders. To pull off a scheme like he did, showing no concern for those that he screwed royally, I think would qualify him for that select group of people.

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@Phoenix32890,

Great observation re:Madoff, Phoenix.

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There's an important difference between psychotic and [/i]psychopathic[/i].

Psychotic means crazy. Out of touch with reality. Hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking.

Psychopathic means evil. Immoral, antisocial, no remorse, lying, cheating, narcissistic.

Psychopath and sociopath (the link provided by Montana) are often used interchangeably.

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