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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday November 15 2016, @02:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the mind-games dept.

The subject of psychopaths comes up frequently on Soylent in many contexts, so this story caught my eye:

How do you think a psychopath can be affected despite all that has been written about the psychopath being so devious etc.? I am sure there are weaknesses which one can dig into to break him 'psychologically'. I read somewhere that they are basically people who are very insecure and they love to control people so that they feel they have a power within themselves.
I know of a psychopath who insists on people doing what he wants and anyone defying him will see his vengeful self lashing out. But I am sure there must be something that can break such a psychopath. How about belittling or bring him to shame?

The first part of the answer is to be able to distinguish a narcissist from a psychopath:

I agree with the other post that points out that the person described is a narcissist, not a psychopath. Psychopaths are very secure and they to not seek control for the sake of feeling powerful, nor are they vengeful or spiteful. You could say that psychopaths are very practical, they want pure gain for the sake of the gain (e.g. money, a sexual favor, special access to something such as convince) rather than the ego stroke or prestige. A smart psychopath would probably keep things as low key as possible, as to maximize potential gain and minimize the danger of being caught. They are cool and calm, unlike the person described who lashes out for personal reasons.

Read the rest of the article for the takeaway.


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by ikanreed on Tuesday November 15 2016, @04:08PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 15 2016, @04:08PM (#427015) Journal

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by AnonymousCowardNoMore on Tuesday November 15 2016, @06:48PM

    by AnonymousCowardNoMore (5416) on Tuesday November 15 2016, @06:48PM (#427108)

    Sorry, ikantreed.

    • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday November 15 2016, @07:13PM

      by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 15 2016, @07:13PM (#427120) Journal

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      • (Score: 2) by AnonymousCowardNoMore on Tuesday November 15 2016, @08:51PM

        by AnonymousCowardNoMore (5416) on Tuesday November 15 2016, @08:51PM (#427186)

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:30AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:30AM (#427410)

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:54AM

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @12:54AM (#427299) Journal

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