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originally posted by: Cymru
a reply to: livinglight108
Not wanting to promote thread drift but the traits below sound like my Ex !!!
Have a
They are aggressive and callous, and show an abnormal lack of conscience and empathy.
They are cunning, and extremely adept at manipulating others.
They take what they want and do as they please.
They possess a deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent, and can behave in superficially charming ways to hide their purely selfish motives.
They do not experience or express any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others, but instead they rationalize their behavior, blame someone else, or deny it outright.
They view the feelings and desires of their fellow beings with utter contemptuousness.
They lie pathologically, and are willing to say anything without any concern for accuracy or truth in order to advance their own hidden agendas.
They have a severely distorted sense of the consequences of their own actions.
They display a total failure to accept any responsibility for their own parasitic, socially irresponsible ways.
originally posted by: livinglight108
originally posted by: Cymru
a reply to: livinglight108
Not wanting to promote thread drift but the traits below sound like my Ex !!!
Have a
They are aggressive and callous, and show an abnormal lack of conscience and empathy.
They are cunning, and extremely adept at manipulating others.
They take what they want and do as they please.
They possess a deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent, and can behave in superficially charming ways to hide their purely selfish motives.
They do not experience or express any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others, but instead they rationalize their behavior, blame someone else, or deny it outright.
They view the feelings and desires of their fellow beings with utter contemptuousness.
They lie pathologically, and are willing to say anything without any concern for accuracy or truth in order to advance their own hidden agendas.
They have a severely distorted sense of the consequences of their own actions.
They display a total failure to accept any responsibility for their own parasitic, socially irresponsible ways.
Cheers mate. Actually your ''derailment'' is appreciated AND accurate. Learning about both primary psychopathy and secondary psychopathy is certainly important if one cares to deeply understand our condition. Sociopaty, narcissism, and neuroticism come under psychopathy and also ought be understood by all.
I have had the same experience from one of my exs. In my case, she sociopathically caused me profound suffering and should be held accountable for the violence she covertly initiated upon me.
But..... we can start another thread about sociopathic/narcissistic/psychopathic exs! :-)
...But to me that description of psychopath sounded like an overall societal mentality. AKA "the new norm."
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
TLDR version:
They're evil.
Somehow we ended up with a system that actively recruits these types and rewards them as part of the club infernale.