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Home > What’s a sociopath > Key Symptoms
Protect yourself from sociopaths
Learn to recognize the traits—then stay away
Sociopathy is a complex personality disorder. Sociopaths exhibit a wide
variety of maladaptive behavior which makes the condition difficult to
diagnose. Sociopathy is not one trait; it is a syndrome—a cluster of
related symptoms.
To help professionals accurately diagnose the sociopath (also called a
psychopath), Robert D. Hare, Ph.D., developed the Psychopathy Checklist.
This is not a quiz you can try at home; it is a tool designed to be used
exclusively by trained mental health professionals.
Dr. Hare has identified key symptoms of psychopathy. Excerpts from his
descriptions of the symptoms appear below. (To be consistent with his
work, Lovefraud has substituted the term "psychopath" for our usual use
of "sociopath.") Lovefraud strongly recommends that you read his entire
book, Without Conscience. The examples of behavior he includes with each
description are eye-opening and chilling.
If you're dealing with a person who exhibits some of these traits, put
your guard up. If that person shows many or all of these traits, get him
or her out of your life.
Dr. Robert Hare's Symptoms of Psychopaths
© 1993 by Robert D. Hare, PhD. Reprinted by permission of The Guilford
Press.
Interpersonal traits
• Glib and superficial
• Egocentric and grandiose
• Lack of remorse or guilt
• Lack of empathy
• Deceitful and manipulative
• Shallow emotions
Antisocial lifestyle
• Impulsive
• Poor behavior controls
• Need for excitement
• Lack of responsibility
• Early behavior problems
• Adult antisocial behavior
• The complete picture
Glib and superficial
Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever comeback,
and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast themselves in a
good light. They can be very effective in presenting themselves well and
are often very likable and charming.
Typically, psychopaths attempt to appear experts in sociology,
psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry, literature, art or
law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth lack of concern at being
found out that they are not.
Egocentric and grandiose
Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense of
entitlement. They see themselves as the center of the universe, as
superior beings who are justified in living according to their own rules.
Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial or
personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
results of bad luck, unfaithful friends or an unfair and incompetent system.
Psychopaths feel that their abilities will enable them to become
anything they want to be. Given the right circumstances—opportunity,
luck, willing victims—their grandiosity can pay off spectacularly. For
example, the psychopathic entrepreneur "thinks big," but it's usually
with someone else's money.
Lack of remorse or guilt
Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating effects
their actions have on others. Often they are completely forthright about
the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of guilt, are not
sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused, and that there is
no reason for them to be concerned.
Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
family, friends, associates and others who have played by the rules.
Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
they deny that it happened at all.
Lack of empathy
The feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for their
own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable—whom they mock, rather
than pity—are favorite targets.
Psychopaths display a general lack of empathy. They are indifferent to
the rights and suffering of family members and strangers alike. If they
do maintain ties with their spouses or children it is only because they
see their family members as possessions, much like their stereos or
automobiles.
Because of their inability to appreciate the feelings of others, some
psychopaths are capable of behavior that normal people find not only
horrific but baffling. For example, they can torture and mutilate their
victims with about the same sense of concern that we feel when we carve
a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
However, except in movies and books, very few psychopaths commit crimes
of this sort. Their callousness typically emerges in less dramatic,
though still devastating, ways: parasitically bleeding other people of
their possessions, savings and dignity; aggressively doing and taking
what they want; shamefully neglecting the physical and emotional welfare
of their families; engaging in an unending series of casual, impersonal
and trivial sexual relationships; and so forth.
Deceitful and manipulative
Lying, deceiving and manipulation are natural talents for psychopaths.
Given their glibness and the facility with which they lie, it is not
surprising that psychopaths successfully cheat, bilk, defraud, con and
manipulate people and have not the slightest compunction about doing so.
They are often forthright in describing themselves as con men, hustlers
or fraud artists. Their statements often reveal their belief that the
world is made up of "givers and takers," predators and prey, and that it
would be very foolish not to exploit the weaknesses of others.
Some of their operations are elaborate and well thought out, whereas
others are quite simple: stringing along several women at the same time,
or convincing family members and friends that money is needed "to bail
me out of a jam." Whatever the scheme, it is carried off in a cool,
self-assured, brazen manner.
Shallow emotions
Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow and short-lived
displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression that
they are play-acting and that little is going on below the surface.
Laboratory experiments using biomedical recorders have shown that
psychopaths lack the physiological responses normally associated with
fear. The significance of this finding is that, for most people, the
fear produced by threats of pain or punishment is an unpleasant emotion
and a powerful motivator of behavior. Not so with psychopaths; they
merrily plunge on, perhaps knowing what might happen but not really caring.
Impulsive
Psychopaths are unlikely to spend much time weighing the pros and cons
of a course of action or considering the possible consequences. "I did
it because I felt like it," is a common response.
More than displays of temper, impulsive acts often result from an aim
that plays a central role in most of the psychopath's behavior: to
achieve immediate satisfaction, pleasure or relief. So, family members,
employers and co-workers typically find themselves standing around
asking themselves what happened—jobs are quit, relationships broken off,
plans changed, houses ransacked, people hurt, often for what appears to
be little more than a whim.
Psychopaths tend to live day-to-day and to change their plans
frequently. They give little serious thought to the future and worry
about it even less.
Poor behavior controls
In psychopaths, inhibitory controls are weak, and the slightest
provocation is sufficient to overcome them. As a result, psychopaths are
short-tempered or hot-headed and tend to respond to frustration,
failure, discipline and criticism with sudden violence, threats and
verbal abuse. They take offense easily and become angry and aggressive
over trivialities, and often in a context that appears inappropriate to
others. But their outbursts, extreme as they may be, are generally
short-lived, and they quickly resume acting as if nothing out of the
ordinary has happened.
Although psychopaths have a "hair trigger" and readily initiate
aggressive displays, their ensuing behavior is not out of control. On
the contrary, when psychopaths "blow their stack" it is as if they are
having a temper tantrum; they know exactly what they are doing. Their
aggressive displays are "cold;" they lack the intense emotional arousal
experienced by others when they lose their temper.
It's not unusual for psychopaths to inflict serious physical or
emotional damage on others, sometimes routinely, and yet refuse to
acknowledge that they have a problem controlling their tempers. In most
cases, they see their aggressive displays as natural responses to
provocation.
Need for excitement
Psychopaths have an ongoing and excessive need for excitement—they long
to live in the fast lane or "on the edge," where the action is. In many
cases the action involves breaking the rules.
Some psychopaths use a wide variety of drugs as part of their general
search for something new and exciting, and they often move from place to
place and job to job searching for a fresh buzz. Many psychopaths
describe "doing crime" for excitement or thrills.
The flip side of this yearning for excitement is an inability to
tolerate routine or monotony. Psychopaths are easily bored. You are not
likely to find them engaged in occupations or activities that are dull,
repetitive or that require intense concentration over long periods.
Lack of responsibility
Obligations and commitments mean nothing to psychopaths. Their good
intentions—"I'll never cheat on you again"—are promises written on the wind.
Truly horrendous credit histories, for example, reveal the lightly taken
debt, the shrugged-off loan, the empty pledge to contribute to a child's
support. The irresponsibility and unreliability of psychopaths extend to
every part of their lives. Their performance on the job is erratic, with
frequent absences, misuse of company resources, violations of company
policy, and general untrustworthiness. They do not honor formal or
implied commitments to people, organizations or principles.
Indifference to the welfare of children—their own as well as those of a
man or woman they happen to be living with at the time—is a common theme
among psychopaths. Psychopaths see children as an inconvenience.
Typically, they leave children on their own for extended periods or in
the care of unreliable sitters.
Psychopaths are frequently successful in talking their way out of
trouble—"I've learned my lesson;" "You have my word that it won't happen
again;" "It was simply a big misunderstanding;" "Trust me." They are
almost as successful in convincing the criminal justice system of their
good intentions and their trustworthiness. Although they frequently
manage to obtain probation, a suspended sentence or early release from
prison, they simply ignore the conditions imposed by the courts.
Early behavior problems
Most psychopaths begin to exhibit serious behavioral problems at an
early age. These might include persistent lying, cheating, theft, fire
setting, truancy, class disruption, substance abuse, vandalism,
violence, bullying, running away and precocious sexuality. Because many
children exhibit some of these behaviors at one time or another,
especially children raised in violent neighborhoods or in disrupted or
abusive families, it is important to emphasize that the psychopaths's
history of such behaviors is more extensive and serious than that of
most others, even when compared with those of siblings and friends
raised in similar settings.
Early cruelty to animals is usually a sign of serious emotional or
behavioral problems. Cruelty to other children—including siblings—is
often part of the young psychopaths's inability to experience the sort
of empathy that checks normal people's impulses to inflict pain, even
when enraged.
Adult antisocial behavior
Psychopaths consider the rules and expectations of society inconvenient
and unreasonable, impediments to their inclinations and wishes. They
make their own rules, both as children and as adults.
Many of the antisocial acts of psychopaths lead to criminal convictions.
Even within prison populations psychopaths stand out, largely because
their antisocial and illegal activities are more varied and frequent
than are those of other criminals.
Not all psychopaths end up in jail. Many of the things they do escape
detection or prosecution, or are on the "shady side of the law." For
them, antisocial behavior may consist of phony stock promotions,
questionable business and professional practices, spouse or child abuse,
and so forth. Many others do things that, although not illegal, are
unethical, immoral or harmful to others: philandering, cheating on a
spouse, financial or emotional neglect of family members, irresponsible
use of company resources or funds, to name but a few. The problem with
behaviors of this sort is that they are difficult to document and
evaluate without the active cooperation of family, friends,
acquaintances and business associates.
The complete picture
Psychopaths are not the only ones who lead socially deviant lifestyles.
For example, many criminals have some of the characteristics described
above, but because they are capable of feeling guilt, remorse, empathy
and strong emotions, they are not considered psychopaths. A diagnosis of
psychopathy is made only when there is solid evidence that the
individual matches the complete profile—that is, has most of the above
symptoms.
A Portrait Of Raid Slam!
http://www.lovefraud.com/01_whatsaSociopath/key_symptoms_sociopath.html
or
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y2lbsy
Copyright © 2010 Lovefraud
All rights reserved.
Visitor Agreement
Key Symptoms
Home > What’s a sociopath > Key Symptoms
Protect yourself from sociopaths
Learn to recognize the traits—then stay away
Sociopathy is a complex personality disorder. Sociopaths exhibit a wide
variety of maladaptive behavior which makes the condition difficult to
diagnose. Sociopathy is not one trait; it is a syndrome—a cluster of
related symptoms.
To help professionals accurately diagnose the sociopath (also called a
psychopath), Robert D. Hare, Ph.D., developed the Psychopathy Checklist.
This is not a quiz you can try at home; it is a tool designed to be used
exclusively by trained mental health professionals.
Dr. Hare has identified key symptoms of psychopathy. Excerpts from his
descriptions of the symptoms appear below. (To be consistent with his
work, Lovefraud has substituted the term "psychopath" for our usual use
of "sociopath.") Lovefraud strongly recommends that you read his entire
book, Without Conscience. The examples of behavior he includes with each
description are eye-opening and chilling.
If you're dealing with a person who exhibits some of these traits, put
your guard up. If that person shows many or all of these traits, get him
or her out of your life.
Dr. Robert Hare's Symptoms of Psychopaths
© 1993 by Robert D. Hare, PhD. Reprinted by permission of The Guilford
Press.
Interpersonal traits
• Glib and superficial
• Egocentric and grandiose
• Lack of remorse or guilt
• Lack of empathy
• Deceitful and manipulative
• Shallow emotions
Antisocial lifestyle
• Impulsive
• Poor behavior controls
• Need for excitement
• Lack of responsibility
• Early behavior problems
• Adult antisocial behavior
• The complete picture
Glib and superficial
Psychopaths are often witty and articulate. They can be amusing and
entertaining conversationalists, ready with a quick and clever comeback,
and can tell unlikely but convincing stories that cast themselves in a
good light. They can be very effective in presenting themselves well and
are often very likable and charming.
Typically, psychopaths attempt to appear experts in sociology,
psychiatry, medicine, psychology, philosophy, poetry, literature, art or
law. A signpost to this trait is often a smooth lack of concern at being
found out that they are not.
Egocentric and grandiose
Psychopaths have a narcissistic and grossly inflated view of their
self-worth and importance, a truly astounding egocentricity and sense of
entitlement. They see themselves as the center of the universe, as
superior beings who are justified in living according to their own rules.
Psychopaths are seldom embarrassed about their legal, financial or
personal problems. Rather, they see them as temporary setbacks, the
results of bad luck, unfaithful friends or an unfair and incompetent system.
Psychopaths feel that their abilities will enable them to become
anything they want to be. Given the right circumstances—opportunity,
luck, willing victims—their grandiosity can pay off spectacularly. For
example, the psychopathic entrepreneur "thinks big," but it's usually
with someone else's money.
Lack of remorse or guilt
Psychopaths show a stunning lack of concern for the devastating effects
their actions have on others. Often they are completely forthright about
the matter, calmly stating that they have no sense of guilt, are not
sorry for the pain and destruction they have caused, and that there is
no reason for them to be concerned.
Psychopaths' lack of remorse or guilt is associated with a remarkable
ability to rationalize their behavior and to shrug off personal
responsibility for actions that cause shock and disappointment to
family, friends, associates and others who have played by the rules.
Usually they have handy excuses for their behavior, and in some cases
they deny that it happened at all.
Lack of empathy
The feelings of other people are of no concern to psychopaths.
Psychopaths view people as little more than objects to be used for their
own gratification. The weak and the vulnerable—whom they mock, rather
than pity—are favorite targets.
Psychopaths display a general lack of empathy. They are indifferent to
the rights and suffering of family members and strangers alike. If they
do maintain ties with their spouses or children it is only because they
see their family members as possessions, much like their stereos or
automobiles.
Because of their inability to appreciate the feelings of others, some
psychopaths are capable of behavior that normal people find not only
horrific but baffling. For example, they can torture and mutilate their
victims with about the same sense of concern that we feel when we carve
a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
However, except in movies and books, very few psychopaths commit crimes
of this sort. Their callousness typically emerges in less dramatic,
though still devastating, ways: parasitically bleeding other people of
their possessions, savings and dignity; aggressively doing and taking
what they want; shamefully neglecting the physical and emotional welfare
of their families; engaging in an unending series of casual, impersonal
and trivial sexual relationships; and so forth.
Deceitful and manipulative
Lying, deceiving and manipulation are natural talents for psychopaths.
Given their glibness and the facility with which they lie, it is not
surprising that psychopaths successfully cheat, bilk, defraud, con and
manipulate people and have not the slightest compunction about doing so.
They are often forthright in describing themselves as con men, hustlers
or fraud artists. Their statements often reveal their belief that the
world is made up of "givers and takers," predators and prey, and that it
would be very foolish not to exploit the weaknesses of others.
Some of their operations are elaborate and well thought out, whereas
others are quite simple: stringing along several women at the same time,
or convincing family members and friends that money is needed "to bail
me out of a jam." Whatever the scheme, it is carried off in a cool,
self-assured, brazen manner.
Shallow emotions
Psychopaths seem to suffer a kind of emotional poverty that limits the
range and depth of their feelings. While at times they appear cold and
unemotional, they are prone to dramatic, shallow and short-lived
displays of feeling. Careful observers are left with the impression that
they are play-acting and that little is going on below the surface.
Laboratory experiments using biomedical recorders have shown that
psychopaths lack the physiological responses normally associated with
fear. The significance of this finding is that, for most people, the
fear produced by threats of pain or punishment is an unpleasant emotion
and a powerful motivator of behavior. Not so with psychopaths; they
merrily plunge on, perhaps knowing what might happen but not really caring.
Impulsive
Psychopaths are unlikely to spend much time weighing the pros and cons
of a course of action or considering the possible consequences. "I did
it because I felt like it," is a common response.
More than displays of temper, impulsive acts often result from an aim
that plays a central role in most of the psychopath's behavior: to
achieve immediate satisfaction, pleasure or relief. So, family members,
employers and co-workers typically find themselves standing around
asking themselves what happened—jobs are quit, relationships broken off,
plans changed, houses ransacked, people hurt, often for what appears to
be little more than a whim.
Psychopaths tend to live day-to-day and to change their plans
frequently. They give little serious thought to the future and worry
about it even less.
Poor behavior controls
In psychopaths, inhibitory controls are weak, and the slightest
provocation is sufficient to overcome them. As a result, psychopaths are
short-tempered or hot-headed and tend to respond to frustration,
failure, discipline and criticism with sudden violence, threats and
verbal abuse. They take offense easily and become angry and aggressive
over trivialities, and often in a context that appears inappropriate to
others. But their outbursts, extreme as they may be, are generally
short-lived, and they quickly resume acting as if nothing out of the
ordinary has happened.
Although psychopaths have a "hair trigger" and readily initiate
aggressive displays, their ensuing behavior is not out of control. On
the contrary, when psychopaths "blow their stack" it is as if they are
having a temper tantrum; they know exactly what they are doing. Their
aggressive displays are "cold;" they lack the intense emotional arousal
experienced by others when they lose their temper.
It's not unusual for psychopaths to inflict serious physical or
emotional damage on others, sometimes routinely, and yet refuse to
acknowledge that they have a problem controlling their tempers. In most
cases, they see their aggressive displays as natural responses to
provocation.
Need for excitement
Psychopaths have an ongoing and excessive need for excitement—they long
to live in the fast lane or "on the edge," where the action is. In many
cases the action involves breaking the rules.
Some psychopaths use a wide variety of drugs as part of their general
search for something new and exciting, and they often move from place to
place and job to job searching for a fresh buzz. Many psychopaths
describe "doing crime" for excitement or thrills.
The flip side of this yearning for excitement is an inability to
tolerate routine or monotony. Psychopaths are easily bored. You are not
likely to find them engaged in occupations or activities that are dull,
repetitive or that require intense concentration over long periods.
Lack of responsibility
Obligations and commitments mean nothing to psychopaths. Their good
intentions—"I'll never cheat on you again"—are promises written on the wind.
Truly horrendous credit histories, for example, reveal the lightly taken
debt, the shrugged-off loan, the empty pledge to contribute to a child's
support. The irresponsibility and unreliability of psychopaths extend to
every part of their lives. Their performance on the job is erratic, with
frequent absences, misuse of company resources, violations of company
policy, and general untrustworthiness. They do not honor formal or
implied commitments to people, organizations or principles.
Indifference to the welfare of children—their own as well as those of a
man or woman they happen to be living with at the time—is a common theme
among psychopaths. Psychopaths see children as an inconvenience.
Typically, they leave children on their own for extended periods or in
the care of unreliable sitters.
Psychopaths are frequently successful in talking their way out of
trouble—"I've learned my lesson;" "You have my word that it won't happen
again;" "It was simply a big misunderstanding;" "Trust me." They are
almost as successful in convincing the criminal justice system of their
good intentions and their trustworthiness. Although they frequently
manage to obtain probation, a suspended sentence or early release from
prison, they simply ignore the conditions imposed by the courts.
Early behavior problems
Most psychopaths begin to exhibit serious behavioral problems at an
early age. These might include persistent lying, cheating, theft, fire
setting, truancy, class disruption, substance abuse, vandalism,
violence, bullying, running away and precocious sexuality. Because many
children exhibit some of these behaviors at one time or another,
especially children raised in violent neighborhoods or in disrupted or
abusive families, it is important to emphasize that the psychopaths's
history of such behaviors is more extensive and serious than that of
most others, even when compared with those of siblings and friends
raised in similar settings.
Early cruelty to animals is usually a sign of serious emotional or
behavioral problems. Cruelty to other children—including siblings—is
often part of the young psychopaths's inability to experience the sort
of empathy that checks normal people's impulses to inflict pain, even
when enraged.
Adult antisocial behavior
Psychopaths consider the rules and expectations of society inconvenient
and unreasonable, impediments to their inclinations and wishes. They
make their own rules, both as children and as adults.
Many of the antisocial acts of psychopaths lead to criminal convictions.
Even within prison populations psychopaths stand out, largely because
their antisocial and illegal activities are more varied and frequent
than are those of other criminals.
Not all psychopaths end up in jail. Many of the things they do escape
detection or prosecution, or are on the "shady side of the law." For
them, antisocial behavior may consist of phony stock promotions,
questionable business and professional practices, spouse or child abuse,
and so forth. Many others do things that, although not illegal, are
unethical, immoral or harmful to others: philandering, cheating on a
spouse, financial or emotional neglect of family members, irresponsible
use of company resources or funds, to name but a few. The problem with
behaviors of this sort is that they are difficult to document and
evaluate without the active cooperation of family, friends,
acquaintances and business associates.
The complete picture
Psychopaths are not the only ones who lead socially deviant lifestyles.
For example, many criminals have some of the characteristics described
above, but because they are capable of feeling guilt, remorse, empathy
and strong emotions, they are not considered psychopaths. A diagnosis of
psychopathy is made only when there is solid evidence that the
individual matches the complete profile—that is, has most of the above
symptoms.
