2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-08-08 14:21
What is the most important criterion for psychopaths? They have absolutely no feelings. The manifestation of various emotions and feelings is important for social life, the main ones regulating our behavior in society - fear, guilt and shame. Due to the fact that psychopaths do not feel fear of danger, do not feel shame for their actions and guilt for their actions, they commit various tricks that are unacceptable for society and worthy of condemnation, without thinking about the possible consequences. That is why there is a fairly high percentage of psychopaths among maniacs and criminals
Lack of understanding and awareness of what is good and bad, remorse in relation to "wrong" actions, however, does not prevent psychopaths from being excellent actors in the manifestation of the necessary and "sincere" feelings in the right moments. In addition, such individuals are very cleverly able to twist the situation in their favor in such a way that others simply cannot doubt that, on the contrary, a wonderful person who acted exclusively from ethical and lofty motives, therefore, even the most indecent act will look decent. Psychopaths are very observant and never overextend in emotions, unlike hysterically organized people, their behavior does not go beyond the bounds of decent and socially acceptable
The author of the book "Deprived of conscience: the frightening world of psychopaths" Robert Haer devoted almost his entire life (about 20-30 years) to the study of the phenomenon of psychopathy, the factors of its occurrence and methods of recognizing psychopaths. However, at the presentation of his study, a Canadian psychologist, having met a psychopath, was not immediately able to determine who was in front of him. That is why, if you think that a loved one is a psychopath, this opinion is probably erroneous, since a psychopathic personality is quite difficult to calculate, and in some cases impossible
In psychology, two concepts are distinguished - psychopath and sociopath. It is believed that a psychopath is a congenital pathological type of psyche, and a sociopath is a dissocial personality disorder acquired in early childhood
Take Dexter as an example. The protagonist is a sociopath. Why? The storyline traces the events of childhood, which became a decisive factor in the development of the child's sadistic inclinations. Perhaps until the age of 2 (before the murder of his mother in front of him), Dexter was a psychopath, but this case intensified the manifestations of psychopathy. To understand the reasons for the formation of the character of the hero and his real type of psyche, it was necessary to observe him for up to two years. However, even in this case, it is difficult to draw the right conclusions - in children, empathy, shame and guilt are formed only after 2-3 years
In any case, people who interact with such pathological characters do not care about the exact classification of pathology, especially if a person harms others
At the moment, psychopathy does not belong to psychiatric disorders, since according to the criteria of psychosis (denial of reality, fragmented identity, disturbances in thinking and perception, hallucination, delirium, etc.), the psychopath is not differentiated into this category. Communication with reality, a clear understanding and analysis of current situations, a well-thought-out strategy of behavior are characteristic features of psychopaths, therefore they are not considered “sick” at all. However, such individuals are dangerous to society
There are 3 main criteria for psychopathy:
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The severity of pathological personality traits, up to a violation of social adaptation
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The stability of these qualities and the inability to change them. Psychopathy is not cured
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Totality and severity of pathological personality traits. For example, if a psychopathic killer is asked why he did it, the answer can be terrifying - for people with this type of psyche, such behavior is considered the norm
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