"Carefully titrating (drip by drip) the dosage of abuse they can deliver without triggering a total rupture and loss of trust/compliance by their current object of desire." Yes, my psychopath (female friend about 15 years ago) definitely did this. Horrifying creature. Last I heard, years ago, her poor husband had divorced her, her kids had disowned her and she'd found a new husband and gone off to live in the UK under a new name. Thank God, Venus would not be far enough. The book "Without conscience, psychopaths among us" by Dr Robert Hare was eye opening and really useful for me. It's incredibly disorientating when you become involved with an honest to God psychopath.
I propose an all-purpose defense against all psychopaths, a habitual and pervasive pathological distrust and suspiciousness, not to mention paranoia! They really are out to get you! Of course its gonna be hard on healthy relationships too! Still, don't trust anyone, not even yourself!
Humorous remarks aside- excellent guide Baird. It's unfortunate there are such folk out there and scary to learn how skillfully they practice their craft.
Thanks Michael. I agree with you. Social media has revealed a lot of the dark side of human nature which has been encouraged and inflamed by some truly evil influencers. We need to believe the evidence and protect ourselves accordingly. Sad but true.
You hit the nail on its most chilling head. This is the sort of person I dread in life; one I always have my antenna up, scanning for. Not sure why I'm so vigilant, but I think it has a lot to do with the amount of books I've read and newspaper articles and my imagination. But this type of person truly scares me.
If we don't fear/dread these wolves, we're just not paying attention. As you say, we should be constantly vigilant and maintain our perimeter defenses.
Thanks for that important question Michelle. I view psychopathy as pure self-interest. Won’t take NO for an answer. Advocating for self has big survival value, so it is naturally “selected” per Darwin’s paradigm. Thus, psychopaths. But the best survival formula is a blend of self-interest and caring about others. Most psychopaths eventually get killed or imprisoned, so they generally exist as a minority phenotype in the population.
"Carefully titrating (drip by drip) the dosage of abuse they can deliver without triggering a total rupture and loss of trust/compliance by their current object of desire." Yes, my psychopath (female friend about 15 years ago) definitely did this. Horrifying creature. Last I heard, years ago, her poor husband had divorced her, her kids had disowned her and she'd found a new husband and gone off to live in the UK under a new name. Thank God, Venus would not be far enough. The book "Without conscience, psychopaths among us" by Dr Robert Hare was eye opening and really useful for me. It's incredibly disorientating when you become involved with an honest to God psychopath.
So sorry you ran into one. They always do real damage. Ugh!
I propose an all-purpose defense against all psychopaths, a habitual and pervasive pathological distrust and suspiciousness, not to mention paranoia! They really are out to get you! Of course its gonna be hard on healthy relationships too! Still, don't trust anyone, not even yourself!
Humorous remarks aside- excellent guide Baird. It's unfortunate there are such folk out there and scary to learn how skillfully they practice their craft.
Thanks Michael. I agree with you. Social media has revealed a lot of the dark side of human nature which has been encouraged and inflamed by some truly evil influencers. We need to believe the evidence and protect ourselves accordingly. Sad but true.
You hit the nail on its most chilling head. This is the sort of person I dread in life; one I always have my antenna up, scanning for. Not sure why I'm so vigilant, but I think it has a lot to do with the amount of books I've read and newspaper articles and my imagination. But this type of person truly scares me.
If we don't fear/dread these wolves, we're just not paying attention. As you say, we should be constantly vigilant and maintain our perimeter defenses.
Thinking more on this. Why do you think we have psychopaths? What benefit to they bring to survival?
Thanks for that important question Michelle. I view psychopathy as pure self-interest. Won’t take NO for an answer. Advocating for self has big survival value, so it is naturally “selected” per Darwin’s paradigm. Thus, psychopaths. But the best survival formula is a blend of self-interest and caring about others. Most psychopaths eventually get killed or imprisoned, so they generally exist as a minority phenotype in the population.