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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.
(Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Tuesday November 15 2016, @04:39PM
I thought psychiatrists were against the use of the word "psychopath?" That it basically is a label you just slap on someone when "he crazy."
Sociopaths on the other hand...
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 3, Touché) by tangomargarine on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:09PM
Plus the linked "article" is a Quora discussion. Isn't that like half a step up from Reddit or StackExchange? Step and a half up from YouTube comments?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Tuesday November 15 2016, @06:51PM
I think Quora is a half-step down from StackExchange -- specificly, Quora is the narrow sheath of used latex protecting StackExchange against acquiring AIDS from Yahoo Answers. How is babby formed? [youtube.com] Yahoo Answers does not know; it was up to StackExchange to request a Quora.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:16PM
As a layman I use them interchangeably. But I looked them up just now (via Bing, of all things, because Google seems to be down today...) and psychology seems to consider psychopaths to be more functional than sociopaths [psychcentral.com], who have poor impulse control.
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