My subjective opinion is that subjective opinion sounds particularly fun and interesting in this case. Plus in the spirit of the topic unfortunate is just another type of fortunate so luckyyy
As someone with psychopathy I'm not sure if this has to do with anything personal or the diagnosis. I have had zero contact with anyone I'm related to in 23 years, the same goes with people in my past. If they don't contact me I won't contact them I literally completely forget about them. They don't exist until if I ever run into them again. I'm always asked why did I disappear, i just dont care one way or the other. I only remember immediate people who serve a purpose. I don't have social media of any kind because I have zero interest in something like that, I know alot of people but have zero friends (i like it like that).I never missed anyone before, ever! if anything I only missed something sexual with them or something they provided to me or if they can cook good.I don't do all that I explained on purpose it just happens that way naturally. I don't know if this is just how i am or If this is part of psychopathy can you write about it if it is part of psychopathy.
I am not asking you to write on these things but adding a comment that influences the entire context potentially.
I have recently been looking a little into psychology.
When I had "medically induced stress" was when I did most of this research, and it all seemed kind of legitimate to me but now that has calmed down I am... asking questions.
Asking questions I find to be something that is pushed back against extremely hard and is enough to sometimes completely dissolve a deeply held worldview of most people. Even though the questions, if you show them to someone without the same charge, could not be thought of as anything but reasonable.
These are some questions:
-) If it has been determined there is no blood test to determine that someone is low on serotonin and there is no proof of the entire "depression by brain chemistry" problem, then how can we be sure there are not other errors within psychiatry/ psychology?
-) If autism, as an example, is always individual and "each autist is individual and might not have all the traits", then is it falsifiable? Can anyone say at any point that someone definitely does not have autism?
-) If many issues are comorbid and confusing to most individuals, why do we assume that psychiatry is correct in its diagnosis'?
-) If the public is meant to have awareness of certain disorders traits in order to accommodate them. Then why is there so little effort within the psychiatric/ psychology community to make people aware of these in a way that they can understand them?
There are way more questions and point that poke a great big hole in this paradigm. Such as the effects of parasites on consciousness/ personality and a few other things.
These questions only tangentially effect psychopathy. But are we to assume psychopathy is the one area where a brain scan can give us a correct designation and that the diagnosis is more or less correct?
It's all just coming apart at the seams for me.
I think our society is going to completely collapse and something will come out of it that describes people that isn't psychiatry personally. That's the only way I can square all this in my head.
Athena, could you please write about the similarities, and differences between, "Psychopathy", and, "Antisocial Personality Disorder", (ASPD), next week, thank you?
It would be nice an article about your experience with deception, like how you using it and how you catching it. Also about reading peoples emotions would be nice.
Hi folks, I'm currently attending an online symposium on "Neurodivergence & Libraries". A lot of the content is general stuff on neurodivergence, not library-specific.
I find it unfortunate that psychopathy seems excluded from these conversations; likely the fear of it that our society floats around has a lot to do with that, lack of publicity around pro-social psychopaths would be another piece, etc. No one should assume that the perspectives of the (mostly autistic?) folks presenting in this symposium are representative of how autistics, ADHDers, etc. are viewed or treated by the vast majority of "experts". However there are some good thinkers in this symposium and maybe other folks would find it helpful.
Imo there are a lot of common issues between psychopaths and other neurodivergent peoples, such as the energy we have to put into "masking", the inability of NT folks to see from the others' perspectives while also maintaining that they alone have the empathizing neurotype, the exclusion of the neurodivergent perspectives and the pluses of their differences from the discourse of so many of the "experts" & research, etc. etc. Also a lot of differences between each neurotype of course.
This is happening now and also being recorded; you can register after the event and see the recordings. It's $55 unless you fit into certain categories.
Suggestion for next week: the link between psychopathy and the Buddha.
I have spoken about this in the past, but a great deal of it would be subjective opinion, unfortunately.
My subjective opinion is that subjective opinion sounds particularly fun and interesting in this case. Plus in the spirit of the topic unfortunate is just another type of fortunate so luckyyy
Interesting topic
good one
As someone with psychopathy I'm not sure if this has to do with anything personal or the diagnosis. I have had zero contact with anyone I'm related to in 23 years, the same goes with people in my past. If they don't contact me I won't contact them I literally completely forget about them. They don't exist until if I ever run into them again. I'm always asked why did I disappear, i just dont care one way or the other. I only remember immediate people who serve a purpose. I don't have social media of any kind because I have zero interest in something like that, I know alot of people but have zero friends (i like it like that).I never missed anyone before, ever! if anything I only missed something sexual with them or something they provided to me or if they can cook good.I don't do all that I explained on purpose it just happens that way naturally. I don't know if this is just how i am or If this is part of psychopathy can you write about it if it is part of psychopathy.
That is exactly like me and the other psychopath that I know, so I can say that it appears to very much related to psychopathy.
Yes, I can certainly write about that.
Thanks.
I am not asking you to write on these things but adding a comment that influences the entire context potentially.
I have recently been looking a little into psychology.
When I had "medically induced stress" was when I did most of this research, and it all seemed kind of legitimate to me but now that has calmed down I am... asking questions.
Asking questions I find to be something that is pushed back against extremely hard and is enough to sometimes completely dissolve a deeply held worldview of most people. Even though the questions, if you show them to someone without the same charge, could not be thought of as anything but reasonable.
These are some questions:
-) If it has been determined there is no blood test to determine that someone is low on serotonin and there is no proof of the entire "depression by brain chemistry" problem, then how can we be sure there are not other errors within psychiatry/ psychology?
-) If autism, as an example, is always individual and "each autist is individual and might not have all the traits", then is it falsifiable? Can anyone say at any point that someone definitely does not have autism?
-) If many issues are comorbid and confusing to most individuals, why do we assume that psychiatry is correct in its diagnosis'?
-) If the public is meant to have awareness of certain disorders traits in order to accommodate them. Then why is there so little effort within the psychiatric/ psychology community to make people aware of these in a way that they can understand them?
There are way more questions and point that poke a great big hole in this paradigm. Such as the effects of parasites on consciousness/ personality and a few other things.
These questions only tangentially effect psychopathy. But are we to assume psychopathy is the one area where a brain scan can give us a correct designation and that the diagnosis is more or less correct?
It's all just coming apart at the seams for me.
I think our society is going to completely collapse and something will come out of it that describes people that isn't psychiatry personally. That's the only way I can square all this in my head.
Have a great break!
Thank you
The self focus is for realizies. Hehe 🧿😁🧿
Why did you take the week to off? Are you busy? Lol
It happens from time to time, more often recently.
Athena, could you please write about the similarities, and differences between, "Psychopathy", and, "Antisocial Personality Disorder", (ASPD), next week, thank you?
I have addressed that previously here:
https://athenawalker.substack.com/p/psychopathy-and-aspd
Is there something that post didn't cover that you would like me to address?
Not really, but I just thought of an interesting topic for this week, "Can psychopathy occur in animals?"
All right
I would like it if you covered the history of psychopathy. As in, how it was first discovered and how our understanding has evolved over time.
All right, thank you, Ellie
Good days off!!
Thank you
It would be nice an article about your experience with deception, like how you using it and how you catching it. Also about reading peoples emotions would be nice.
All right, thank you for your suggestion
I wonder if you have gone back at all to find these? I just found this article when scrolling back a bit:
Tip the scales in your favor
How to find the currency of another person
https://athenawalker.substack.com/p/tip-the-scales-in-your-favor
One a bit later said: How to deal with toxic manipulators, and make them find an easier target.
I'm sure you'll find something.
Hi folks, I'm currently attending an online symposium on "Neurodivergence & Libraries". A lot of the content is general stuff on neurodivergence, not library-specific.
I find it unfortunate that psychopathy seems excluded from these conversations; likely the fear of it that our society floats around has a lot to do with that, lack of publicity around pro-social psychopaths would be another piece, etc. No one should assume that the perspectives of the (mostly autistic?) folks presenting in this symposium are representative of how autistics, ADHDers, etc. are viewed or treated by the vast majority of "experts". However there are some good thinkers in this symposium and maybe other folks would find it helpful.
Imo there are a lot of common issues between psychopaths and other neurodivergent peoples, such as the energy we have to put into "masking", the inability of NT folks to see from the others' perspectives while also maintaining that they alone have the empathizing neurotype, the exclusion of the neurodivergent perspectives and the pluses of their differences from the discourse of so many of the "experts" & research, etc. etc. Also a lot of differences between each neurotype of course.
This is happening now and also being recorded; you can register after the event and see the recordings. It's $55 unless you fit into certain categories.
WLA Neurodivergence & Libraries 2023
https://www.wla.org/2023-summit-schedule