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How to spot a sociopath - 10 red flags

 
Haelo

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And B blood type.
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B-
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Seriously, what does blood type have to do with it?
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#7 not always true and impossible to prove. how can you know what someone really feels and comparing the way 'you or i' feel to how someone else feels, is in itself, insane.

#10 also cannot be proved. things DO exist outside the physical realm and events can manifest, due to the influence of an outside realm.

pop psychology at its best.
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bullshit! 7 and 10 HAVE been proven via exhaustive psychological studies and brainscans. It's very dangerous to dismiss psychopaths as 'pop psychology'; this assertion shows your complete ignorance on this subject.
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Wait now you said psychopath in your post. So are we talking psychopath or sociopath? They're not the same thing.
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Might be a typo but theyre almost the same thing, I think psychopaths are just more organized and planning.
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there are many similarities, and many pathologies contain at least some element of other pathologies.
One must be cautious to not get too carried away with fractal minutiae, but defer towards identification and containment for the benefit of the afflicted and those associated with them.
The bottom line danger of psychologic pathologies is the effect on the survival of societies that contain them, for most pathology is based on the understanding that in either the long or short run emotional pathologies are dangerous to individual and group societal survival. That is, something is determined to be 'bad' because it affects innocent others adversely regarding their survival potential.
Eventually narcissists and similar types leave destruction of others, first, and eventually their own line. It's inevitable.
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beedy black eyes too.
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just remember, for the most of you, you shyte bigger than narcissists, that's why they first dismiss you, then exploit you, and eventually, inevitably try to exterminate you.

it's what they do, they cant tolerate anyone potentially noticing they dont evenlive up to their own hype
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Watch Charles Manson saying this at the 3:05 mark of this video:
[link to www.youtube.com]


Learn more: [link to www.naturalnews.com]
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Charlie Manson was a CIA project. Aileen Wuornos believed she was LE's pet project. I'm inclined to believe her... no matter how wild-eyed she appeared in her rant the day before she was put down.
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Chances are, the OP is on a "Smear" campaign to make "truthers" look like "sociopaths"...

Just more attempts to discredit those who know the truth...

Funny thing about that is, they must be "scared"
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I agree.

Almost everybody is a sociopath in my opinion.

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There really such thing as a true sociopath now that you mention it? Sociopath like maybe though, and we've probably all acted like sociopaths at times. Even Hitler loved his mother.
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This is fuckin bullshit, this is not backed by modern psychology at all.

OP is a retard.
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it is backed by common sense and observation which counts for a lot more than psychobabble.
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This is fuckin bullshit, this is not backed by modern psychology at all.

OP is a retard.
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it is backed by common sense and observation which counts for a lot more than psychobabble.
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Oh it's quite true. Melagomaniacs exist at all levels of society.
Although psychology and psychiatry is somewhat of a cultural construct and varies, it still holds predictive value within it's own originating society, if not world wide.
All cultures rely on functional cooperation of some sort for survival, and mental illness, is, at it's root, a breakdown and distress in the social contract, wherever it happens to be.
Certainly, narcissism has a comfortable home with monarchies, and dictatorships, but even in more benign forms of gummint, narcissists seek gate-keeping positions, in law, finance or other managements so as to keep others in their grasp and deflect any potential critisism.
The sad fact is those that seek power over others, are exactly those least capable of wielding it benignly for anyone but their ow
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The easiest way to know if someone is a sociopath is just ask them if they are a republican.

If they say yes, RUN...and I mean RUN away as fast as possible.
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In dealing with psycho/sociopaths, (I am dealing with one now no kiddin')
What are their weak spots, the achilles heel, their vulnerabilities so I can be most effective exposing (if I don't expose I will be damaged in more than one way).

I am not afraid I just have to do this right.

Grateful for any suggestions. (got a headache otherwise would have gone further into it).
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Re: How to spot a sociopath - 10 red flags
In dealing with psycho/sociopaths, (I am dealing with one now no kiddin')
What are their weak spots, the achilles heel, their vulnerabilities so I can be most effective exposing (if I don't expose I will be damaged in more than one way).

I am not afraid I just have to do this right.

Grateful for any suggestions. (got a headache otherwise would have gone further into it).
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Silence.
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In dealing with psycho/sociopaths, (I am dealing with one now no kiddin')
What are their weak spots, the achilles heel, their vulnerabilities so I can be most effective exposing (if I don't expose I will be damaged in more than one way).

I am not afraid I just have to do this right.

Grateful for any suggestions. (got a headache otherwise would have gone further into it).
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there is but one thing you can do, and that is to not let them control you.
Basically they have to be destroyed, and barring that, they must be isolated and rendered unimportant. Sadly exposure to their lies and deception will always sway the weak or those like them.
There is no salvage to be had with them.

They are defective, and they know it instinctivly, and the only way for them to become normal is destroy the normals that they feel threatened by
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Re: How to spot a sociopath - 10 red flags
My father was a sociopath, so by growing up with one in the house, I thought I knew enough to spot one anywhere. And for the most part, I always could and steered clear.

Then entered 'the Succubus'. A tiny, stunningly beautiful woman...divorced, mother of three. As a relationship developed, I kept my eyes wide open...and still didn't pick up on it. After many months, for the first time ever, I fell in love.

Fast forward a half year or so...when she finally revealed her true colors, it was spectacularly, freakishly surreal. I won't go into the details (I don't especially wish to relive them in all their deranged detail), but suffice it to say the Lifetime network never dreamed of a character anywhere near this gal's league.

I was lucky to have gotten out alive, with a broken heart, a mangled life, and a whole new level of awareness of the signs of a sociopath (mostly in hindsight, of course).

The article in the original post is certainly not wrong, but it seems to merely deal with an 'average' sociopath. The Succubus raised sociopathy to both an art and a science.

Then, about a year ago (MANY years after my time with her), one of her kids committed suicide, which is not an uncommon fate for people whose lives intertwine with hers. I observed silently, from a safe distance, her reaction: nuthin'. She was no more bothered by it than one would be over getting a slightly ovate orange at the supermarket.

I learned that female sociopathy reveals itself in quite different ways than its male counterpart.
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Thank you for posting the above. What the OP, and you have described, sounds very much like what my 13 year old daughter is growing into. I started to recognize this , a few months ago, and I have taken her to various places for an evaluation, counseling and psychotherapy. Thus far, nothing has worked or made any difference, and just today, we are waiting to start an intense therapeutic program. I'm not sure if this will work, and help her, especially because she is so young.
I actually feel sorry for anyone that will come into her life or have a relationship with in the future. She already manipulates and verbally abuses her friends
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In dealing with psycho/sociopaths, (I am dealing with one now no kiddin')
What are their weak spots, the achilles heel, their vulnerabilities so I can be most effective exposing (if I don't expose I will be damaged in more than one way).

I am not afraid I just have to do this right.

Grateful for any suggestions. (got a headache otherwise would have gone further into it).
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16332682


Silence.
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Yes. I am not feeding the situation and giving her a sense of being invisible to me.

But there's more...
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But there's more...
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I actually feel sorry for anyone that will come into her life or have a relationship with in the future. She already manipulates and verbally abuses her friends
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How to mitigate the effects of overwhelming pain in someone (awareness), and realization of how things truly are underneath the veneer of civility.

In other words, how do you let somebody know that it's not ok to mentally dominate their environment, and force things to follow prearranged sterotypes and patterns, without doing it yourself and undermining your argument. And perhaps reinforcing the condition in yourself.

And how do you even validate attempting to dominate this person, when the lesser definition of the same is the undercurrent and norm of society...

And we celebrate this dominance in it's absolutes...
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In dealing with psycho/sociopaths, (I am dealing with one now no kiddin')
What are their weak spots, the achilles heel, their vulnerabilities so I can be most effective exposing (if I don't expose I will be damaged in more than one way).

I am not afraid I just have to do this right.

Grateful for any suggestions. (got a headache otherwise would have gone further into it).
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16332682


there is but one thing you can do, and that is to not let them control you.
Basically they have to be destroyed, and barring that, they must be isolated and rendered unimportant. Sadly exposure to their lies and deception will always sway the weak or those like them.
There is no salvage to be had with them.

They are defective, and they know it instinctivly, and the only way for them to become normal is destroy the normals that they feel threatened by
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Good advice, yes this is what I'm setting out to do, don't care about salavaging any of this but am concerned this person could be dangerous and come out of nowhere and really hurt me. You never know.

All I need are facts and backup to prove quite a few points.
So I'm confident.
As you said how these people are they get control where it doesn't belong purely through rumor.
I have nothing to defend and don't plan to address pure crap.

She needs to be taken down.
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"Oh, so you now understand the role of dominance in what we call society? And you dare exercise it?

Watch me do it first, while telling you that YOU'RE fucked up..."

"Even better, I'll blame it on an embossed paper that I bought from some brick building. I keep it hanging, framed, on my wall..."
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She needs to be taken down.
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Kneepads bitch.
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Mossies are out thick tonight, aye?
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Takes one to know one.
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YEA dawg.
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In dealing with psycho/sociopaths, (I am dealing with one now no kiddin')
What are their weak spots, the achilles heel, their vulnerabilities so I can be most effective exposing (if I don't expose I will be damaged in more than one way).

I am not afraid I just have to do this right.

Grateful for any suggestions. (got a headache otherwise would have gone further into it).
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16332682


there is but one thing you can do, and that is to not let them control you.
Basically they have to be destroyed, and barring that, they must be isolated and rendered unimportant. Sadly exposure to their lies and deception will always sway the weak or those like them.
There is no salvage to be had with them.

They are defective, and they know it instinctivly, and the only way for them to become normal is destroy the normals that they feel threatened by
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1310640


Good advice, yes this is what I'm setting out to do, don't care about salavaging any of this but am concerned this person could be dangerous and come out of nowhere and really hurt me. You never know.

All I need are facts and backup to prove quite a few points.
So I'm confident.
As you said how these people are they get control where it doesn't belong purely through rumor.
I have nothing to defend and don't plan to address pure crap.

She needs to be taken down.
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True, but be cautious. If you get too close to dealing with it effectively, you will be offered a seat on their bus. Once they see you could prevail, they will try to make you one of them.
Pretty much they are vampyres and need the same cure
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I shall now possibly entertain missives from the narcissists in the thread.
I make no promises,
I may read them.
I may not.

Do your best
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Re: How to spot a sociopath - 10 red flags
Psychopaths, Malignants, Sociopaths, Megalomaniacs

Know their Pathology, and Vectors...

Or...Be their Victim.

This is a very serious social issue.

These derranged creatures are probably more common than conservative statistics indicate.

What I think may be common characteristics.

Desperate need to "CONTROL".

A minimalized, or absent CONSCIENCE.

A delusional grandiouse feeling of "SUPERIORITY" over others.
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ignore the warnings at ur peril, platitudes won't keep you and yours safe.

has anyone here heard of the pottenger cat studies? pottenger put cats on 3 different diets and found that after 3 generations the deficient cats had horrible behavior and were almost unable to reproduce.

it took 3 generations to restore mental and physical health.

this would explain the suicides of sociopath's children. they are just the next generation of poorly made animals.

i do think that there is a sliding scale for sociopaths. some just thrive on bad energy and egotism while others are truly dangerous. when i'm around a "mild" version of sociopath i feel drained, and when i'm around the worst of them i actually feel fear in the pit of my stomach.

the best strategy is to 100% avoid, and if that is not possible at least keep the lowest, most boring profile around them so that you are not on their radar. in other words, run! and if you can't run, hide!
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Anyone heard of Shroedinger's Cat? Two states (life and death) exist and the observer has an effect on which states collapses and which one appears.

Take repsonsibility for what you choose to observe, realize what your mind is looking to see, because Universe will provide.
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sigh. ur naive! hope you get to stay that way!
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Your judgment has no relevance in my life. Living up to your expectations is not my objective. It honors me to disappoint you, it means I am no longer trapped in the societal boondogel FEAR bullshit. LOL


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denial of reality is the ultimate escape! but i truly do hope you aren't ever f-ed over by a socio or psycho path, don't mistake me, i bear you no ill will.

you don't disappoint me, i only want to increase your awareness. the funny thing is you think you are trying to increase mine. thanks, but after 49 years, this ain't my first rodeo! i love the world as it is, perfect in its imperfection, and my eyes are wide open.

a socio/psycho path is like a vampire. if you know they exist, you can have a better chance of survival. not all of us are "buffy", and some may need to shrink away rather than violently oppose.
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Re: How to spot a sociopath - 10 red flags
Psychopaths, Malignants, Sociopaths, Megalomaniacs

Know their Pathology, and Vectors...

Or...Be their Victim.

This is a very serious social issue.

These derranged creatures are probably more common than conservative statistics indicate.

What I think may be common characteristics.

Desperate need to "CONTROL".

A minimalized, or absent CONSCIENCE.

A delusional grandiouse feeling of "SUPERIORITY" over others.
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Not to mention that these types are drawn to absolutist, theocratic beliefs and religions that seek worldly domination and exclusive worldly benefits for their tribe or kind.
When these assemble they are indeed fearsome entities. Again, if they appreciate any potential threat, they either take control it directly or through converts or utterly destroy it if no further value can be bled from it.
You may have already noticed...
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My first husband was one and god, he made my nerves so bad that I was glad when he died yrs later from pancreatic cancer becuase i was always terrified that he would try to come back into my life.





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