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Mar 22, 2022Liked by Athena Walker

I literally hurt my sides laughing. I took a nap and woke up laughing. I know these people. They are oh so proud of their advanced degrees in abnormal psychology, etc. I drop your name so often, they think I am part of some dark scheme. Idiots are idiots. The world awards them. They have progeny. What a mess! Thank you, Athena.

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Mar 22, 2022Liked by Athena Walker

Athena, I have been reading your posts over and over for many years (at least 5) and, I believe I am becoming knowledgeable and Do understand psychopathy (perhaps not completely, but as well as can be understood by a non-psychopath) based upon your writing and my 34-year experience of being part of a relationship with a psychopath. Thank you for the time you have taken to address psychopathy and presenting it in many ways -- today's comparison/dissecting is icing on the cake! The history you give to us enriches and is most valuable.

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I love the way these writers will just toss a lot of entirely different things into a sort of intellectual stew and think they've done something profound.

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Mar 23, 2022Liked by Athena Walker

After following your writing for a while, I find that it is really unsettling how much misinformation there is about psychopathy literally everywhere. It makes me feel better to know that psychopaths don't care about these unpleasant opinions of others .

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Mar 23, 2022Liked by Athena Walker

This is great. I had been thinking of sending some of your material to a therapist friend who still uses the word psycopath in the colloquial sense and might be interested in what you have to say. This post is ideal beacuse of the embedded links to further discussion.

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Mar 28, 2022Liked by Athena Walker

Source article got deleted or?

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Well anyway... thank you for giving more insight on the psychopathy subject. It is both:

- very fun and interesting to read

- and i think with every sentence i read here - there is small increase in chance i might stop and think later in life if odd situations happen and ask about someone thought process to mayby understand it (instead of straight judging it)

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Mar 25, 2022Liked by Athena Walker

I rolled my eyes so many times at what this "author" wrote that I went to sleep.

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Mar 22, 2022Liked by Athena Walker

Brava. It’s very frustrating to see so much erroneous information out there. People looking for answers certainly don’t need to be inundated by these types of posts, quickly written to gain followers for money. A degree in psychology does not necessarily make one an expert, yet people who cannot (or just do not) think critically may see it as a ‘professional’ credential. Thank you, on behalf of all those out there who deserve those thoughtful, well-supported insights who may be a bit naïeve in this regard. I will make time to read them as soon as I’m able. :)

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Mar 22, 2022Liked by Athena Walker

After reading a number of your posts, the following dawned on me: How do psychopaths experience sex? It is really oxytocin heavy in the process, and I would suppose that since all of that is muted, the experience is very different... What have you heard from peers, for example?

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