have you ever come into contact with a psychopath?

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Me and dh love discussing psychology and people's traits/ thinking.

I have a strong suspicion that my father is a high functioning psychopath. He's incapable of expressing any emotion other than anger. He is a pathological liar, a cheat, aggressive and manipulative. He's also very grandiose and resourceful, he seems to have no fear and often leaps into things other people wouldn't dare do.

One of dh's uncles also possesses many of the traits.

Aibu to ask- do you suspect anyone?

My CEO is definitely a narcissistic psychopath. I cannot stand him. He is to most people:-
handsome (vain)
charming (manipulative)
Friendly (self-serving)
Confident (egotistical and narcissistic) and
Life and soul of the party (attention whore).

I loathe him and avoid him and his followers at all costs. Unfortunately he's not going anywhere anytime soon so I avoid avoid avoid at all costs including missing work functions and outings. I'd rather wash my hair (or the kitchen floor) than be around an egomaniac.

Just the thought of him makes me itchy and angry.

Not a psychopath but I'm fairly sure that a relative of mine fits the bill for being a sociopath/narcissist.

In fairness, I meet half the criteria

It's rather broad!

Yes, 2 I'm pretty sure of.

One was my sisters ex, left her a shell of her former self and creepy as fuck. Thankfully my dsis has since met someone lovely and the mental scars are slowly healing.

The other I was very close to and it scares me what could have been

Statistically it's probably the boss, or the person just about to steal their job

Its one of the doctors then for they are the big bosses (Partners) The manager is blunt but I dont get the vibes from them.

My exes were just twats thankfully!

I watched an interesting documentary on Channel four a few years ago on psychopaths. I think they voted James Bond as the ultimate one.

Ex DH was classified as a narcissistic sociopath in his army medical records. (I found them whilst packing up his stuff). It made for very interesting reading.

A friend of my dps. He had all the charm and lies, but nothing behind his eyes. He bought a very expensive flat with his lovely wife, it was all built on fraud. Mum and dad lost touch and found out she had had to take him to court in a nasty divorce. He always said she wouldn't divorce him. Somehow he took a bottle of acid into court and drank it.

I don't know them, thankfully, but I read an article that listed these lot as demonstrating psychopathic tendencies:
Margaret Thatcher
Katie Hopkins
Julie Burchill
can't remember the others.

psychopath.channel4.com/quizzes.html

Narc boss - nearly broke me. Never forget the look in the eyes. They never truly smiled when she did, but they did glint when she said/did something cruel. The ranting and raging out of her was something else. The ability to talk around a subject for upwards of an hour without actually being specific at all, just to stop me from understanding a task so I'd have "got it wrong" and would endlessly re-do it.

I think my former manager was/is. Most people dont see it, but the mask slips on occasion and it's chilling. I resigned the day she got the job.

I'm convinced a former boss was one. I worked for him for 9 months and he was a nightmare. He then expanded the business to a Call Centre.

Diagnostically there is no such thing as psychopath or sociopath.

Just saying.

Tony Blair is another that is supposed to have strong narcissistic tendencies. And I agree with the person who said that therapists/psychiatrists are sometimes psychopaths. Psychopaths thrive on manipulation and control.

Is there not, NoMud? What is it then? Genuine question.

I've posted about this before but mY DM is a diagnosed sociopath.

I have an uncle (her brother) I'm 95% sure is a psychopath

My grandmother is. Fills me with rage every time someone says, 'But she's just an old woman now' in reference to her past behaviour. No emotion or remorse. Realising that she is a psychopath and studying psychology has really helped me move on and realise that it's no one's fault.

I score 73% on that ch4 test wally linked to.

A headmaster at a school I worked in was the most psychopathic and evil man I have ever had the tragedy to meet. I'm Irish and went to England for this job....he bullied and traumatised me so much I hate Englishmen to this day. I have NEVER encountered the likes of him again thank God!

*Diagnostically there is no such thing as psychopath or sociopath.

Just saying*

Well, maybe not the exact term psychopath is used, but it falls into the category of Antisocial Personality Disorder which most certainly is a diagnosis. What people term psychopath tends to be people suffering from severe form of APD.

fell I can certainly see why with those traits they make it to the top of the corporate tree.

Yes I know someone with those traits.

Yes that's what my DM has. She was a sociopath in old money!

Very manipulative, but also quite vulnerable in a strange way.

A psychiatrist said my ex BIL is an amoral sociopath. Doesn't surprise me - evil bastard. We tried for years to get my DSis away from him - she finally took an overdose. Thankfully she wasn't successful. But he has blighted her life and her children's.

I thought psychopath/sociopath weren't recognised diagnosis any more. It's antisocial personality disorder now, and even that is a kind of debated diagnosis - I've read a fair few articles questioning the existence of personality disorders. But psychopath/sociopath aren't medical terms.