What are the symptoms of psychopathy?

- Grandiose Sense of Self-Worth/Extreme Ego-Centricity

- Need for Stimulation/Proneness to Boredom

- Pathological Lying

- Conning/Manipulation

- Lack of Remorse or Guilt

- Shallow Emotions

- Callous/Lack of Empathy

- Parasitic Lifestyle

- Poor Behavior Control

- Promiscuous Sexual Behavior

- Early Behavior Problems

- Lack of Realistic, Long-Term Goals

- Impulsivity

- Irresponsibility

- Failure to Accept Responsibility for Own Actions

- Many Short-Term Marital Relationships

- Juvenile Delinquency

- Revocation of Conditional Release

- Criminal Versatility

*Above are the 20 items on the PCL-R scale. The PCL-R is the tool most commonly used for diagnosing psychopathy. The current estimate of the prevalence of psychopathy is said to be 5% of the population, that is about 1 out of every 20 people. Psychopathy is a mental illness that is fast becoming a pandemic. It is out of control. Unfortunately, psychologists have found little, if any, way of treating or curing this disease. Psychopaths are basically considered lost causes, and the only real thing that you can do is learn to identify their behavior patterns and stay as far away from them as possible. From all of my own personal research, I have come across a list of traits that if I see any of in a person, I immediately cut off all contact with that individual. And, it has worked wonderfully for me.

These are my own personal (unfailing) red flags of psychopathy:

- Extremely charming, charismatic, and enthusiastic in the initial meeting or beginning of relationship. A psychopath will act like a supreme gentleman.

- Irritability, it doesn't take much at all to offend a psychopath. They are supremely self-absorbed, and even just a little criticism will send them into a rage or wild self-defense. They are utterly incapable of laughing at themselves. They are dead serious about themselves, they think they know it all, and they will not bend or move in any way whatsoever. It's their way or the highway. I choose the highway.

- Language. They are extremely perverse and have filthy minds, and this will soon show in the way they speak. Curse words and degrading language, particularly towards the opposite sex, will ensue shortly after. They put on a gentleman act in the beginning, but they are unable to keep this up for any considerable length of time. You'll soon start to hear the swear words.

- They have an extremely high sex drive. If you are a female, ALWAYS make a man wait at least a couple of months before engaging in any kind of sexual behavior with him. A psychopath will absolutely, 100% NOT be able to wait that long. This is, again, one of the best indicators. Sex is a psychopath's way of proving his GOD-ALLMIGHTY image of himself, and women to him are nothing but objects to reaffirm this image, to be used, degraded, and then dismissed once used up and no longer useful or a "better" woman comes along.

- A psychopath wants only ONE (or more) of FOUR things. Always. Know these four things, and do not give anybody that you haven't known for less than three months any. A psychopath will not stick around unless he is getting what he wants. He is a predator, you are his prey, and if he isn't getting fed he will leave and find another one. (1) SEX (2) MONEY (3) POWER (4) CONTROL

- Psychopaths are usually quite intelligent, intellectually speaking. Emotionally speaking, they are the equivalent of a five-year-old. THERE IS NO DEPTH OR MEANING TO THEM WHATSOEVER. They cannot LOVE, they cannot feel SHAME or GUILT, they have absolutely NO EMPATHY OR COMPASSION FOR ANY OTHER LIVING BEING. This is a FACT. And once you know this about psychopaths, they are extraordinarily easy to spot.

- Psychopaths are actually not so easy to spot even though there are general symptoms. Some of them can become prominent figures in society. A common disbelief is that they cannot be changed even though doing so may seem extremely difficult. There is therapy and REAL rehabilitation out there for individuals with mental illness, but even if this treatment is found know that they can only suppress their behavior but deep down they still have that dormant mentality of a psychopath.

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