It's interesting how you addressed everyone else on this thread by their db name but me. You were completely neutral with me on Yahoo as well. Pehaps it was that you saw you could neither get under my skin nor turn me into a Hygh-groupie. lol BTW, I am neither a "broad" or a "dude."
You may be surprised that most on this board are far from your "lessers." This isn't Yahoo and the fun thing is Simon has the controls to this game.
Psychopaths Online These men are often found on the net. It is a very good hiding place for them to carry out their deceit, playing and acting out a part. Power is the goal for the Joker...he is in love with it. He bullies, humiliates and terrorizes his victims and is arrogant, cold and full of himself. He is contemptuous to inferiors and he lives without considering the consequences of his acts to other people. He is out to get what he wants when he wants it by any means. They hide in the body of themselves acting out someone who they want you to think they are. They don't care who they hurt. They have no empathy, nor do they forgive, but act out to terrorize you for false beliefs they hold. They simply use other people without considering the cost of that for them.
They pretend to be very important, more important than they are. Brags and exaggerates achievements, claims to be an 'expert' about most things.
It is impossible to reason with them. They cannot view the world from our viewpoint
The psychopath is primarily distracted and impressed by his own grandiose self-representation.
The psychopath knows how to manipulate and enjoys it because it feeds his need for power and control.
The most obvious signs of psychopathy is the way the individual will brag about his experiences, no matter "how unsavory...his apparent comfort with his deviant behavior, the ease with which he discuss(es) breaking every rule, (is) consistent with ASP (psychopathy)."
The psychopath is also unduly preoccupied with his sexuality albeit in a very animalistic way. Sex for the psychopath is an endless number of exploits and he will often brag about his sexual prowess. Psychopaths have an "inability to form close relationships and (have) a 'promiscuous sexual life.'" (This can be played out online instead of real life)
In a more in-depth psychological perspective, women who are attracted to psychopaths may also have masochistic (and hidden sadistic) tendencies, and wish to be dominated (and take part in the sadism of the psychopath) by this sense of omnipotence he seems to hold sway over; she may feel like she is taking part of his cruelty when he degrades others, and feels a subconscious power from her union with him -- which brings us to the subject of the psychopath's intimidation tactics.
Despite their acting, psychopaths are not able to experience profound emotions. They only relate to others on a basis of power rather than affection. They are are also incapable (or do not want to) maintain real attachments, although they are very good at forming them in a superficial manner and talented at conjuring extreme devotion from others.
One must remember that while manipulative and appearing to need you, psychopaths also enjoy very much their autonomous self-image; it feeds a sense of a grandiose self. This grandiose self-structure demands the aforementioned "scornful and detached devaluation of others." They have a grave dislike of attachments to others.
Most people who deal with a psychopath will be bewildered by their utter lack of remorse -- the important thing to remember is that they do not share our morals or values. In truth, they want to do anything which goes against the moral norm or standard of their society. Once again, the normal person will wonder what there is to be gained from such behaviour -- but for the psychopath, it's a way of life.
As for conversations, you may have trouble with the psychopath in this regard, the truth is, he probably won't even let you talk that much -- a conversation with a psychopath is truly a unique experience; these people usually won't let you get a word in edgewise, for they like to dominate the conversation.
Psychopaths are "hard-wired" for life-long bad behaviour...people who have this disorder have symptoms which include lying, cheating, cruelty, criminal behaviour, irresponsibility, lack of remorse, poor relationships, exploitation, manipulation, destructiveness, irritability, aggressiveness, and job failures.
Alcohol makes the disorder worse, and psychopaths are very prone to substance abuse.
Everyone should learn to identify psychopathy and watch for red flags.
Some traits of the psychopath:
--Impervious to fear, anxiety, depression, or remorse (unremorseful)
--Superficially charming, a real cool cat (manipulative and conning)
--Inability to love or express emotions deeply, can't respond to kindness (cold)
--A fairly high IQ (good grades in school or disparity in achievement)
--Uses neologisms (makes up strange new words, abbreviations, or sayings)
--Cruelty to animals (or doesn't like animals)
--Lack of probity, courtesy, or doesn't tolerate society's "niceties" or obligations
--Moody, obsessive-compulsive, suffers from one or more phobias
--Does not tend to learn from mistakes unless immediate punishment given
--Lack of formal-operational thinking (tends to think in concrete, black-or-white terms)
--Identity conflict (often with delayed adolescence, hasn't grown up in certain ways)
--Preconventional morality (thinks things are wrong only because it might lead to punishment or it's not in his/her best interests right now, failure to understand disparities between own behavior and socially acceptable behavior.
I apologize for the error as to your fatherhood. Listening to the children in the background as you chatted, your responses about them and to them you seemed to be a father-figure to them. The other remark was based on someone else's first hand experience with you....so, I will withdraw both.
