Why are psychopaths so nice?

“The human features that some of the psychopaths have — like reduced fear, reduced anxiety, ability to control your emotions better — they are not bad, per se, by themselves, because if a moral person used them they are going to use them to good ends,” says Galynker.
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Can a psychopath be a good person?

A Psychopath is someone who displays anti social behaviour and lacks strong feelings I.e. Guilt or remorse. But this does not make them a bad person - being different from people doesn't make you bad. It is only when a psychopath hurts someone, that they can be considered bad.
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What makes psychopaths so charming?

They know exactly how to react in each given situation simply because they have experienced it before many times. So their 'charm' is simply learned behaviour from many many encounters - they know what works with each person and can adapt fast to accommodate what it is that WE want.
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What kind of person is attracted to a psychopath?

Those with histrionic, narcissistic, obsessive-compulsive, schizotypal, passive-aggressive, self-defeating, antisocial, paranoid, borderline, avoidant, dependent, and sadistic personality traits also were attracted to psychopaths.
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Do psychopaths have charisma?

Psychopathic individuals are not always charismatic or vice versa, but Welsh found there is an overlap in people. This means charismatic people with psychopathy tendencies were more likely to avoid detection and punishment for their poor behavior.
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What does the Bible say about psychopaths?

Psychopathy in the Bible

They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him' (Titus 1:15- 16, NIV). The core characteristics of these individuals are their defective or deficient conscience, their duplicity, their callousness and, importantly, their potential to cause great harm to congregations.
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Are psychopaths smart?

Additionally, individuals scoring high on interpersonal features of psychopathy were significantly more intelligent than those scoring high on antisocial features, but less intelligent than those scoring low on both psychopathy features (the “non psychopathy” group).
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Do psychopaths hate other psychopaths?

According to a study published in the Journal of Personality in April, by researchers at Emory University, it was found that psychopaths are, indeed, attracted to others who had psychopathic tendencies. Others with non-psychopathic dispositions of course did not find the majority of these traits attractive.
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Why do Empaths attract psychopaths?

What attracts the psychopath to the empath is the sweet, kind and full of life and willingness to give qualities of an empath in which none of these traits exist in a psychopath. The psychopath's way of dealing with their childhood trauma is to suck the life from others because they themselves feel hollow inside.
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Are female psychopaths attractive?

While popular accounts of attraction to psychopaths have focused on women, there was no evidence for a gender difference in attraction to psychopathic characteristics. Both males and females on average were about equally unimpressed with psychopathic characteristics in a potential romantic partner.
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Do psychopaths have a short temper?

As a result, psychopaths are short-tempered or hotheaded and tend to respond to frustration, failure, discipline, and criticism with sudden violence, threats or verbal abuse. But their outbursts, extreme as they may be, are often short-lived, and they quickly act as if nothing out of the ordinary has happened.
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How do psychopaths talk?

A 2016 review of studies, published in the journal Aggression and Violent Behavior and highlighted on Inc., found that psychopaths tend to speak slowly and control their speech more so than non-psychopaths. They also use fewer emotional words, keeping a relatively neutral tone.
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Do psychopaths love their children?

Like healthy people, many psychopaths love their parents, spouse, children, and pets in their own way, but they have difficulty in loving and trusting the rest of the world.
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Who is a famous psychopath?

To this day, many of their crimes remain a subject of study to behavioral health experts.
  • Ted Bundy. Perhaps one of the most prolific and famous sociopaths and psychopath figures in modern history. ...
  • Jack Henry Abbott. ...
  • John Gacy. ...
  • Joey Buttafuoco. ...
  • Diane Downs. ...
  • Deidre Hunt. ...
  • Billy McFarland. ...
  • Elizabeth Holmes.
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How do psychopaths sleep?

As Dr. Sal Raichbach PsyD, LCSW of Ambrosia Treatment Center tells Bustle, “There is some research to show that people who demonstrate psychopathic traits tend to sleep for few hours very restfully, without much tossing and turning at night.
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What is a psychopaths weakness?

lack of empathy, guilt, conscience, or remorse. shallow experiences of feelings or emotions. impulsivity, and a weak ability to defer gratification and control behavior.
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What's a dark empath?

In 2020, psychologists coined the term "dark empaths" to describe people who tend to have trouble with emotional empathy or physically feeling the emotions someone else is experiencing.
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How do you spot a dark empath?

  1. Dark Empaths Display Heightened Sensitivity. ...
  2. Relationships Revolves Around Their Wants and Needs. ...
  3. Dark Empaths Have Low Self-Worth. ...
  4. They Struggle with Their Mental Health. ...
  5. They Use Your Feelings Against You. ...
  6. They Have a Dark Sense of Humor. ...
  7. They Are Experts at Using Other People. ...
  8. They Guilt Trip and Gaslight You.
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What happens when you dump a psychopath?

And if you dump a psychopath and later try to get them back you are unlikely to be successful. Their lack of empathy means that they will take no responsibility for what went wrong in the relationship and offer to change going forward.
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What happens when 2 psychopaths date?

When a psychopath becomes involved with another psychopath, however, neither partner is able to provide this type of emotional support. Manipulative and unfeeling, both members of the couple lie whenever it's convenient to do so and take advantage of opportunities for personal gain.
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What does a female psychopath look like?

Research, limited though it is, suggests female psychopaths are manipulative and controlling, cunning, deceitful, don't take responsibility for their actions, are exploitative and, of course, they lack empathy.
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Are psychopaths fearless?

People who are psychopathic have a fearless personality. Amygdala dysfunction impairs their ability to generate fear response, and identify other people's fear. They actually can't empathize with it.
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Can you love a psychopath?

While loving a psychopath may seem like a potentially risky prospect for the partner in question, it's certainly easy to be seduced by one. Studies have shown that men who exhibit mild narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—the “dark triad” of personality traits—are deemed more attractive by women.
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How do psychopaths think?

Psychopaths have an inflated sense of importance. Much like narcissists, they think the usual laws and rules don't apply to them. They also tend to have grandiose ideas about their potential. They believe they deserve to be the CEO or they're convinced they're the best at everything they do.
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Which is worse psychopath or sociopath?

Both psychopaths and sociopaths present risks to society, because they will often try and live a normal life while coping with their disorder. But psychopathy is likely the more dangerous disorder, because they experience a lot less guilt connected to their actions.
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