Thanks Athena! There’s so much interesting information and aspects of what you write about within the field of psychopathy - that I think it needs to be shared with as many people as possible!
Most, but not all insights you share about your cognitive outlook and perceptions in general - I can totally identify with. And tbh some of the ones I think I don’t identify with - are due to myself obscuring these from myself, because I’ve learned to believe I feel certain things I don’t - which I don’t actually know anyway!
Regardless of before any drug consumption, I had to frequently emulate emotional responses to events - which would appear to shock other people, so as not to stand out as being callous! (Much like how I learned to pretend to pay attention, by nodding and repeating certain words back - this being due to my ADHD inattentiveness). Obviously this is a completely separate, but potentially coexisting condition. However dealing with the required acting skills, in order to deal with the attentive mask - was something I had learned to put in place already - making its application in other areas more natural for me.
However, hearing news which would dismay others; this would (more often than not ) result in a mounting, sense of dreaded boredom - knowing I had to produce the verbal and visual responses required of me. I recall wondering why everybody else had to pretend to have them - this being my assumption at the time.
Personally, I’ve refrained from further self-reflection on this, and what it may, or may not mean for myself - but I continue to find the whole topic of psychopathy, as well as the more environmentally acquired PD in general to be of immense fascination!
Thanks for writing such fascinating articles Athena!
Spending time interacting with those on the psychopath spectrum, you may pick up poker tells
They are tells that have a similar feel as high functioning aspergers do.
The individual tells by themselves don’t lend to conclusions, but a pattern of tells emerges eventually.
Everyone perceives the tells, but they are just low level noise until you can sense the pattern.
That’s what psychologists should be taught.
And then what about it?
Regarding the self diagnosed psychopath.
His identity is hooked into his belief structures, so direct evidence against this will just cause cognitive dissonance
One can meet them where they are (pace) and nudge them to where they aren’t (lead)
Find a few things to agree with them with.
Then I might ask “ you know I’m curious, how would you know if you weren’t a real psychopath, but maybe something like that, what evidence would you need to see hear have?
Pretty neat observation on the system. Although psychopathy is not considered within the insurance repayment manual, it is a deviation from the standard. How do you tell other psychopath he or she needs to change if you are one?
Thanks Athena! There’s so much interesting information and aspects of what you write about within the field of psychopathy - that I think it needs to be shared with as many people as possible!
Most, but not all insights you share about your cognitive outlook and perceptions in general - I can totally identify with. And tbh some of the ones I think I don’t identify with - are due to myself obscuring these from myself, because I’ve learned to believe I feel certain things I don’t - which I don’t actually know anyway!
Regardless of before any drug consumption, I had to frequently emulate emotional responses to events - which would appear to shock other people, so as not to stand out as being callous! (Much like how I learned to pretend to pay attention, by nodding and repeating certain words back - this being due to my ADHD inattentiveness). Obviously this is a completely separate, but potentially coexisting condition. However dealing with the required acting skills, in order to deal with the attentive mask - was something I had learned to put in place already - making its application in other areas more natural for me.
However, hearing news which would dismay others; this would (more often than not ) result in a mounting, sense of dreaded boredom - knowing I had to produce the verbal and visual responses required of me. I recall wondering why everybody else had to pretend to have them - this being my assumption at the time.
Personally, I’ve refrained from further self-reflection on this, and what it may, or may not mean for myself - but I continue to find the whole topic of psychopathy, as well as the more environmentally acquired PD in general to be of immense fascination!
Thanks for writing such fascinating articles Athena!
Spending time interacting with those on the psychopath spectrum, you may pick up poker tells
They are tells that have a similar feel as high functioning aspergers do.
The individual tells by themselves don’t lend to conclusions, but a pattern of tells emerges eventually.
Everyone perceives the tells, but they are just low level noise until you can sense the pattern.
That’s what psychologists should be taught.
And then what about it?
Regarding the self diagnosed psychopath.
His identity is hooked into his belief structures, so direct evidence against this will just cause cognitive dissonance
One can meet them where they are (pace) and nudge them to where they aren’t (lead)
Find a few things to agree with them with.
Then I might ask “ you know I’m curious, how would you know if you weren’t a real psychopath, but maybe something like that, what evidence would you need to see hear have?
Excellent post Athena! I’m going to share this on FB if you don’t mind?!
You had me at, the title. I couldn't agree more.
Pretty neat observation on the system. Although psychopathy is not considered within the insurance repayment manual, it is a deviation from the standard. How do you tell other psychopath he or she needs to change if you are one?