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INK User ID: 1084507 United States 09/15/2010 05:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I get the impression that every psychotic is also a psychopath, but psychosis is further complicated by the loss of touch with reality. Quoting: QUESTION ? ? ? 1077720Is that correct? I think a psychopath is now called a sociopath, and they are usually people who have little or no empathy for others. They are the ones who have no remorse after killing another human being, or animal. A psychotic is someone who is not in touch with reality. Most schizophrenics are psychotic, but not all psychotics are schizophrenic. |
Marquis User ID: 1099826 United Kingdom 09/15/2010 05:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, psychopathy is a disorder marked by a lack of empathy, guilt, or conscience. Psychosis is delusions, hallucinations, etc... not really a specific disorder but more a class of symptom. Someone with psychosis isn't necessarily a psychopath, in fact they are quite separate. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 905924 United States 09/15/2010 06:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, psychopathy is a disorder marked by a lack of empathy, guilt, or conscience. Psychosis is delusions, hallucinations, etc... not really a specific disorder but more a class of symptom. Someone with psychosis isn't necessarily a psychopath, in fact they are quite separate. Quoting: MarquisThis. Psychopaths (or sociopaths) are scary dangerous people who just don't have any remorse, etc. Psychotics see/hear things that aren't there. Might be dangerous, but maybe not. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 905924 United States 09/15/2010 06:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think that they are both equally crazy, in my opinion. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1077720I don't know how you say "equally crazy". One person's psychosis may not be as severe as someone else's. You can actually be a psychopath and realize it and choose not to harm people. Or you can be a mass murdering loony. Every person is an individual. |
Marquis User ID: 1099826 United Kingdom 09/15/2010 06:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In some ways psychosis isn't quite as bad, because you can treat some of the symptoms with antipsychotic drugs. The drugs won't always work and some people get pretty bad side effects, but at least it's something... you can't give someone a conscience by giving them a pill. Last Edited by Marquis on 09/15/2010 06:17 PM |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1099508 United States 09/15/2010 06:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I get the impression that every psychotic is also a psychopath, but psychosis is further complicated by the loss of touch with reality. Quoting: QUESTION ? ? ? 1077720Is that correct? psychopaths have simply never developed compassion. he want what they want when they want to, like infants. The other is just plain whackadoodles. |
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Marquis User ID: 1099826 United Kingdom 09/15/2010 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also, psychosis can be temporary... you can just go a bit bonkers for a little while after some traumatic event (death of a loved one, drug withdrawal, etc) and eventually recover from it. But psychopathy is more or less a life sentence. |
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rasputin User ID: 1054923 United States 09/15/2010 06:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It really boils down to knowing right from wrong. Example: A Zionist or people who believe zionists are God's chosen people are sociopaths. For instance....Murdering people for their land and organs know this is wrong but they do it anyway. Also, advocating and defending these actions by these cold blooded murderers additionally makes one a sociopath......I hope this helps. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1099861 United Kingdom 09/15/2010 06:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I get the impression that every psychotic is also a psychopath, but psychosis is further complicated by the loss of touch with reality. Quoting: INK 1084507Is that correct? I think a psychopath is now called a sociopath, and they are usually people who have little or no empathy for others. They are the ones who have no remorse after killing another human being, or animal. A psychotic is someone who is not in touch with reality. Most schizophrenics are psychotic, but not all psychotics are schizophrenic. can a psychopath learn to fake empathy, fake emotions, fake caring? if so i think i know one who happened to shag my boyfriend |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1099508 United States 09/15/2010 06:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | can a psychopath learn to fake empathy, fake emotions, fake caring? if so i think i know one who happened to shag my boyfriend Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1099861Absolutely its one of their main tools. Suck somebody that you care and then manipulate as you wish. They think its funny and the their victim is stupid and deserves what they get. 5% of the population, ever wonder why the world is the way it is? This is heart of the problem. Its as bad as eradication and sterilization is needed, sad to say so, but heck they want to do the same to us. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1099508 United States 09/15/2010 07:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Absolutely its one of their main tools. Suck someone in that you care and then manipulate as you wish. They think its funny and the their victim is stupid and deserves what they get. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10995085% of the population, ever wonder why the world is the way it is? This is heart of the problem. Its as bad as eradication and sterilization is needed, sad to say so, but heck they want to do the same to us. fixed As for your boyfriend issue. If she brags, tell stories about herself like she is super duper or weird stories about messing people up, yup for sure. |
X User ID: 1092592 United States 09/15/2010 07:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I get the impression that every psychotic is also a psychopath, but psychosis is further complicated by the loss of touch with reality. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1099861Is that correct? I think a psychopath is now called a sociopath, and they are usually people who have little or no empathy for others. They are the ones who have no remorse after killing another human being, or animal. A psychotic is someone who is not in touch with reality. Most schizophrenics are psychotic, but not all psychotics are schizophrenic. can a psychopath learn to fake empathy, fake emotions, fake caring? if so i think i know one who happened to shag my boyfriend A psychopath is a parasitic entity, they mirror back or mimic the behavior of their host as a survival mechanism. A psychopath without a host is a void. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1099861 United Kingdom 09/15/2010 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Absolutely its one of their main tools. Suck someone in that you care and then manipulate as you wish. They think its funny and the their victim is stupid and deserves what they get. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10995085% of the population, ever wonder why the world is the way it is? This is heart of the problem. Its as bad as eradication and sterilization is needed, sad to say so, but heck they want to do the same to us. fixed As for your boyfriend issue. If she brags, tell stories about herself like she is super duper or weird stories about messing people up, yup for sure. she brags, tells stories about herself like she is super duper and booked an appointment with a psychiatrist because she realised she likes to cause trouble in other peoples lives, i ran for the hills a while ago! |
D. Bunker 09/15/2010 07:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Psychotics are delusional whereas Psychopaths are emotionally and morally disconnected from society at large. Psychotics are disconnected from reality. Psychopaths know exactly what they are doing, but do not care. :savetata: Favorite Quote - "I just fucking love outer space, it has all those planets and stars and shit." - Mister Obvious 2009 |
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AIM User ID: 869991 United States 09/15/2010 08:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A psychotic is not in touch with reality...he is confused and violently so. A psychopath is not at all out of touch with reality, he simply does not care about you or things others seem to care about. He has no qualms about doing whatever it takes to achieve his goals and understands that you do, so he keeps queit about it. Some say that I am a psychopath... I understand that... And I do not deny this. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1077720 Canada 09/16/2010 01:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A psychotic is not in touch with reality...he is confused and violently so. Quoting: AIM 869991A psychopath is not at all out of touch with reality, he simply does not care about you or things others seem to care about. He has no qualms about doing whatever it takes to achieve his goals and understands that you do, so he keeps queit about it. Some say that I am a psychopath... I understand that... And I do not deny this. Nice to know ! |