 10 Signs A Psychopath Is Targeting You Psychopaths are very dangerous individuals, but perhaps the most dangerous thing about them is the fact that they are hard to spot Until it's too late. Too many individuals have been drawn in and charmed by a psychopath only to realize that a monster was lurking behind their seemingly charming facade. So how do you tell if a psychopath is targeting you? Thankfully, Psychopathy has been an area of high interest for many psychological researchers and they've discovered many traits of psychopaths that will give them away At least if you know what to look for Number one grooming Grooming is when psychopaths target and prepare their victims Grooming can include a variety of different activities and tactics like giving gifts help or favors But the aim is always the same win their trust and encourage submission in order to facilitate mental physical or sexual abuse Number two psychopaths will watch you carefully Psychopaths view people very differently than you or I would look at someone They see them as little more than prey and the way that they watch their prey is not that different from the hunting tactics of a lion Many reveal that when talking to a psychopath, it seems like they're not blinking or showing any emotion That's because they're scanning you for any weakness Number three appear as a savior Sometimes psychopaths watch you carefully to attack in a non-physical way They will often come to you as a savior pretending to have something you want or need They will give them what they need earn their trust and then threaten to take it away in order to manipulate them Number four psychopaths use aliases Interestingly enough there are possible overlaps between psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder People with antisocial personality disorders tend to use an alias when targeting people as do psychopaths Number five psychopaths can be charming when a psychopath approaches a victim He or she will often seem incredibly charming But the more sensitive and wary individuals will note that there is something wrong or off about this charm It just doesn't seem right. That's because it's all an act and the psychopath doesn't actually care about you Number six psychopaths will try to use you The end goal of a psychopath is to get something from you many times This is simply to watch you die or to rape and sexually humiliate you Other times it can involve manipulating you into achieving their goals Number seven you might never see a psychopath coming The most disturbing thing about psychopaths might well be their ability to blend in this makes them difficult If not impossible to detect you might not be able to tell if someone is a psychopath Remember they can appear anywhere even in positions of power and responsibility Positions that are supposed to be occupied by people that you can trust Number eight psychopaths will talk in a certain way Psychopaths have trouble controlling their desires and this can manifest itself in a very visible way Psychopaths often seem very impulsive and are unable to focus on one thing for a long time Especially if they are attracted to numerous things at once. This can become obvious in the way a psychopath talks and communicates Number nine learned helplessness Learned helplessness is an interesting phenomenon It's defined as a condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness Arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed It is thought to be one of the underlying causes of depression This is a commonly used tactic by psychopaths to psychologically break people If you can instigate learned helplessness in someone it will destroy their self-esteem and deeply humiliate them Number ten Psychopaths will isolate you another thing that psychopaths will often try to do is get you alone This is because psychopaths can better manipulate you or harm you when you're in a one-on-one setting They know that individuals especially shy ones will be more submissive and more likely to obey when they don't have the safety of others to turn to In addition psychopaths know that they are more likely to get away with their crimes if no one is watching Do you know anyone with five or more of these signs? Share your thoughts below. If you like this video, be sure to like and subscribe to see more content like this from Psych2Go Thank you for watching