Defense Against the Psychopath: Part One

[trinketbox1]

Oh, I'm sorry - there he is.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@trinketbox1 Affirmative action!

[trinketbox1]

Wow - everybody in this video except Obama.

[Redflowers9]

and in turn they make themselves appear perfect=my grandmother

[shaolinmountainbike]

@Redflowers9 Been there, know that. Same with my family.

[Redflowers9]

@shaolinmountainbike I'm sorry to hear that

[shaolinmountainbike]

@Redflowers9 At least we aren't like them and that makes all the difference in the world eh?

[Redflowers9]

@shaolinmountainbike Yep, it's something to appreciate but I hope everyone keeps striving for better.

[yenishsun]

This is witch hunt!!

[shaolinmountainbike]

It is impossible to diagnose someone from afar, but someone without a conscience, and who enjoys making other people suffer, is someone you should keep a great distance from.

[missdarkangelxxx]

Do you think someone who has no remorse or guilt, is a psychpath or just traits. I know someone who has no guilt or remorse and hes very controlling and manipulative to get what he wants, and i think he gets off on hurting women emotionally , any ideas ????

[schnecki07]

the pope xD..i always knew it hehe

[schlumbucket]

Jeeezuuus Christ, another fucking bone-headed shrink pigeon-holing people into a category and claiming they are not even "fully human"! Now THAT is fucked-up!!!  These cocksucking shrinks would fit right in with SS!

[Clariccy]

@schlumbucket Poppycock

[llel11]

why did the lady throw the cat in the trash at the beginning of this, does anyone know the origin of this video and what happened to the cat?

[shaolinmountainbike]

@llel11 The woman had no relation to the people that owned the cat and was just doing what psychopaths do, random acts of evil.. The CCTV camera caught the incident on tape and the cat was rescued. The woman was identified through the video going viral but nothing ever happened to her. .

[shaolinmountainbike]

@shaolinmountainbike The woman later interviewed by reporters said she thought it would be fun.

Not surprisingly, she works for a bank.

[llel11]

@shaolinmountainbike

thanks for responding. I managed to find the story online. I totally do not believe her when she says this was just a random, uncharacteristic act. that's baloney. I am sure she has been doing stuff like this her entire life and this was just the first time she got caught.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@llel11 Exactly, that's my guess too.

[lauraalittle]

I LOVE the examples given here. The juxtapositon of the images with the information lends a bit of humor to an otherwise very serious subject.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@lauraalittle Thank you for the comments. I'm glad you saw the humour in some of the clips. Otherwise, yes, very depressing.

[44prot]

I will argue, to understand psychopathic behavior, one MUST have fallen victim to at least one in their life. If you haven't, STFU

[SororThothma]

Correction: Psychopaths can be geniuses in any field, including musical performance. The numerous highly intellectually gifted Nazi scientists are an excellent example of this. They can be ferociously passionate - if it is a thing of pleasure to them. They feel pleasure and enjoyment. Just no pity, no remorse, no empathy, no true sadness, and no real love. They can be passionate because passion is a form of intensity of an emotion. Passion to them equals a sustained rush.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@SororThothma Good points!

[SororThothma]

@shaolinmountainbike Another thing to consider is the accidental psychopath, best exemplified by people who were normal with good healthy active emotions, but who then suffer a blow to the head resulting in a traumatic brain injury (TBI) which causes irreparable damage to the frontal lobes (and/or any other parts of the brain) that results in flattened affect and other socially inappropriate behaviors which they cannot control.

It is worth looking into. I hope this helps.

[TheAmbiorixXx]

very good vid , ty

[DevineMagic]

This is very inaccurate

[MrJenik007]

Im a dentist and I have a question. How would a psychopath behave in the stressfull situation in the dental office? Cool under stress or bring out the worst in them? Anybody have any ideas?

[shaolinmountainbike]

@MrJenik007 My uneducated guess would be that they would normally stay cool. However the lack of control this puts them in may make them irritable.

[womanbeing]

@MrJenik007 I was married to a psychpath. I cannot speak about all psychopaths but the one I was married to would have when he was young reacted regardless of where he was and who triggered a reaction. As he became more clever he controlled himself until he could get home and take his rages out on me. He would postpone his reactions and he would live out his anger in a situation he engineered to be his safe zone and he could virtually get away with any cruelty he wanted to dish out, in marriage.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@MrJenik007 My guess would be the somatic psychopaths, since it is improving their looks, would put up a brave front. The cerebral, who hate their own bodies, would likely be worst since they view taking care of themselves a annoying burden.

[PeterRoeder31]

@MrJenik007 Psychopaths always brings out the worst in them.

[Ebvardh]

To everyone saying that there is such a thing as functional psychopathy: Remember that psychopathy is indeed an emotional disorder. No, it is not functional to be incomplete. It can give you certain perks to act like a psychopath if you're not one, but at the end of the day you need to react to your own emotions and how it would be natural for you to react, not to your mask.

The problem with psychopaths is that there is nothing beneath the mask, but a deep hatred and a will to spread it around.

[MarkProffitt]

@Ebvardh According to the definition they don't hate, that simply don't care. It is complete indifference to the emotions of anyone else. They feel their own pleasure and pain and not other people's. Most people don't harm others because they feel the pain of the other person. Psychopaths don't feel your pain. Its the exact same as you using a rock as a tool. Other people are just objects in the environment.

[blkcola]

Spirits incarnate, living as humans in our midst; moving openly & freely, yet undetected by the masses, or even their hosts. Like the spasms of a decapitated body, the fact of the matter, thats precisely what it is; if you really think about it. Their illusions are many, which overtake the sleepwalking masses. Now know that they do take flesh & walk among men, to mold a new species. Puppet masters, the supersession of humanity. Just a message for the stoke.

[Will224000]

...2 Psychopaths do not like this series...

[Will224000]

...he is describing the Reptilian Mind...

[charlesfuchs]

This is odd, once needs self awareness. He seems to explaining about people whio are conditioned and programmed in a certain way. Brain washing here i see.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@charlesfuchs Some are natural born psychopaths, but many others are merely the product of our psychopathic culture. A form of brainwashing by psychopath dominated corporations, media, politics, and religion.

[Torgo1969]

With all due respect, how can one have healthy psychological boundaries without being accused of psychopathy? In my experience, there must be limits to one's empathy, and I've become a much happier person since I developed boundaries. Yet I was accused by a family member of being psychotic because I didn't feel guilty over certain things.

It seems to me that labeling someone a psychopath can be a dangerously dehumanizing weapon, akin to Soviet persecution of dissenters and individualists.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@Torgo1969 Having boundaries is important for both self preservation, and defense against psychopaths. No one person can possibly care about all the injustice and suffering in the world.

Your family member sounds like he/she is being passive/aggressive.

It is not important what people may or may not label each other. Rather, learn to recognize the type of behavior patterns that would warn you that you are being deceived.

[pistraurder]

@Torgo1969 of course there are limits. that is not the point. it is that psychopaths do not feel empathy or remorse. ever. I mean, say you had actually done something to that family member who was accusing you of being a psychopath, something really horrible, then went on to express no remorse, sorrow, or empathy and even continued to do horrible things whilst they were suffering from what you, hypothetically, initially did. then they would be very accurate in stating you are a psychopath. no?

[TreachMarkets]

Psychopaths are often found in the highest reaches of government. Having the ability to acquire power without regard to the damage done to other people, in particular initiating force against other people for their own gain, is a useful skill in many government positions.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@TreachMarkets I was reading the history of the emperors of China and I realized I would have never made it as an emperor. I simply don't have it in me to murder so many people. Then I read the history of the emperors in Rome and I realized I would have never made....

Then I read the history of the Kings of England...

The history of the popes...

[TreachMarkets]

@shaolinmountainbike True. Check out psychohistory(dot)com. Due to the abusive way that almost all children were raised back then, most of the population would qualify for a psychological disorder today. It's horrifying. It's hard to find a parent before 1700 who wouldn't be put in jail today for abuse.

[sstrich1]

May I suggest you read DSM-III-R Case Book. I would suggest your own bias is affecting your videos of who is a Psychopath.

[TreachMarkets]

@sstrich1 Is that the one that said that homosexuality was a mental disorder? I forget...

[sstrich1]

@TreachMarkets I believe they took a vote on that. I would suggest you stick to the science. We do not need more arm chair doctors.

[TreachMarkets]

@sstrich1 No, it was in the DSM at some point. Just saying, these guys are not all-wise, they have had their own prejudices over the years. I'm glad they took that one out, but there's probably other BS disorders in there still.

[shaolinmountainbike]

@sstrich1 Yes I am biased, It's my opinion, you don't have to agree to everything in the vid.

[Renegen1]

I like how the movie doesn't miss any punches. Good job!

[emofaraway]

wrong wrong wrong. to understand a true psychopath you first have to think like one.

i know this because im training to kill people and animals

[shaolinmountainbike]

@emofaraway Everyone kills people and animals, for most it's by proxy.

[Clariccy]

@emofaraway And braincells ?

[kikzit]

avid long time reader of les also.. years :)

[kikzit]

nice job stefan :) thx for the link over on petri dish...

[shaolinmountainbike]

@kikzit Thank! I've Been a long time reader of Les.

[peacerebelgirl]

good info!