Well... I think that's the big plot twist on this. Because acting/pretending/imagining is the thing a brain cannot see different from reality. I think it is very inspiring that a clinically diagnosed psychopath, who doesn't know, and doesn't show signs of it because of conditioning due to a religious upbringing, is like: I don't want to be a psychopath... So i will act like i care to maybe change my brain... But for all we know he's killing people now 😂
To me that's the most generous thing a person like him can do: He's incapable of feeling empathy, yet he's able to put up with it and act like it superficially because it makes the people around him feel comfortable. It shows a special quality to this person, and even if it might be self-serving in certain ways, it's ultimately a selfless act
@@YehudiNimol He said that his relatives think he's not a good person to be around, they don't get emotional contact with him. Those with whom he's in contact on a superficial [great guy at a party] or non-social [work and education] level are comfortable with him because they're not trying to make emotional contact with him. This is what I understood him to say.
WOW! This just made me realize that my mother is a Social Psychopath. She's always exhibited the signs he says he has. It makes so much sense. Thanks James.
I had brain surgery. My interaction with my surgeon at my first follow-up will haunt me forever. I was sitting, slouched in my chair in the patient room, not really conscious of my body posture. The surgeon came in, and plopped into a chair near me, matching my posture, which seeing him sit that way jarred me, and I sit up straight. That man cut a hole in my skull, and chopped at my brain, my life was so literally in his hands, and I felt like I was disrespecting him. At the same time, like what can I do/say? Thanks for saving my life, dude! I'll sit up straight in my chair and say "thanks" ... cause that's enough ... but it's nothing ... Like, those are just words people say, like, "thanks for visiting," ... I don't really know what I'm trying to say ...
Which would be a main trait of ASPD (narcissism) aka loving the attention. So long as he gains attention in a positive way, and not shooting up a school I'm cool.
@@DaymonBurnside Neither of you are correct. A NARCISSIST as in Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a pathological condition characterized by attention seeking and grandiose displays... only as a mask to hide insecurities. Psychopaths and ASPDs usually have a degree of narcissism, but it is not the main character trait at all. They don't need attention at all. They are just supremely confident, without any underlying insecurities whatsoever, and they just come across as narcissistic.
@@djLagwayEnjoyer Hi Clayton. I think that most psychologists/psychiatrists with expertise in personality disorders would say every psychopath does have narcissistic CHARACTER TRAITS. But that doesn't mean their narcissism qualifies as a disorder, such as someone with NPD. I think that's where people get confused. To be diagnosed as NPD, you have to meet at least 5 out of 9 character traits, and NPDs narcissism stems from very low self esteem and feelings of shame and guilt. The narcissism in NPDs is a cover therefore for their poor upbringing and abuse, and their main motivation is to be the center of attention. Psychopaths however cannot be NPD, because their inability to feel remorse, empathy, fear, and guilt prevents them from ever getting NPD. Their brains are wired differently. Psychopaths are narcissistic in the sense that their main motivation is to serve themselves and not others, and because they are genuinely confident and take control of social situations. But they can care less whether or not they are the center of attention. If you insult or ignore a psychopath, they will laugh and walk away, or maybe insult you worse, but they really don't care. An NPD however goes crazy and will throw tantrums and devalue other people... that's why NPD is a disorder in itself.
@@peterbruns6124 while you're correct that aspd dont care for attention, nor do they care about anything narracistic traits are so overwhelming and often covert in high functioning aspd that they could easily fit the criteria of NPD if they were not overly malignant in nature. Remember the covert narracistic sociopath that shoots up a school and tell me again, how he doesn't crave attention... You're trying too hard to be right.. and you're sticking far to hard to the DSM, which his the problem with the mental health system in general... Everyone is on a scale.... If you're aware of the covert element to high functioning aspd you'd understand why it's foolish to assume that aspd don't have npd on some scale... also ASPD like psychopaths can feel emotion. That's becoming the consensus. So behaviours like devaluation and splitting can happen to people who are very close with the PWASPD.. So if you can understand this, you can understand how complex cases can have cormorbid aspd and npd Because you can't tell the difference on paper.. you need to get to know the individual.
He said he was an average guy; the average guy is not married to his first sweetheart nor this funny! It's a little scary to think how charming psycopaths can be.but thank goodness not all of them are vicious. Must be a continuum.
All performative. None of it is authentic. The non-vicious psychopaths cause indirect harm by supporting systems that cause millions to suffer. There is no such thing as a safe psychopath.
You’re right but I think the key thing to remember is to ask what motivates them in their individual lives? Once you can find that out you could gauge how much of an issue such a person would be to you and if you needed to keep them out of your own life. So for me it’s someone’s EQ, their motivations and their general intelligence level plus looking at their parents and upbringing before they reach my ‘inner circle’.
@ktpuss the lack of authentic empathy raises the risk of abuse at their hands significantly. I favor institutionalization until we perfect a way to rewire their neurons. This would include CEOs and members of government using mandatory scanning and diagnosis. They do not care about how the future is affected by their actions, and now it is literally killing humans every day due to their indirect harm.
Yeah most psychopaths arent these emotionless serial killer the movies like to make you think. Its all dramatized for pop culture, in reality most "psychopaths" are just prisoners or failures in life.
I think I found me? First time I've ever heard or listened to you. I'm glad to help people but I don't want any buddies. I'm 70. I came back to Ohio to try to help my son and his wife out with their 2 little girls. Sometimes I think I'm having a melt down, well actually I'm a screamer, not that kind ,lol but because my nerves get frayed from all the noise and filth. Everywhere I look it's what I think, the house of broken dreams. But even if I love my kids it's only a little emotion most often that I feel. I never want to be caught having to listen to walking Britannica's. I can't be like everyone else because I'm always on the outside looking in. I grew up not far from my son's home and that effects me. I look out the window and sob because I've let my life slip by and miss all the wild and fun days of my younger years. Then I'm over it, just like that. It's like I will help people, but I'll want them to call before they come over and then I hope they don't call. I'm like a hermit
That's a pretty dumb way to think about meeting people. You're just gonna assume everyone you like is a psychopath and then you subconsciously start to avoid them or treat them differently .
I remember gushing to a surgeon once for saving my life, he looked at me like I was something he had just scraped off his shoe, I still love that guy though 🥰
I have observed psycopathy in surgeon's as well. They have the advantage of not being squeamish while working on people the type of detachment they have is unparalleled. They seem to be well disciplined as well which obviously helps surgeons.
@@PROTAGONIST_48 Healthcare is pay to play. I have a friend that teaches at a medical school from what I understand less people are going into Healthcare because they care about people and more people are going it into it because their parents force them and because they want to make money that seems Psychopathic to me. I have no desire to argue with you I understand that the percentage of psychopaths is low. But it is very naive to think that there are no Psychopaths. So basically I agree with you have a great day. What do you call it when you try to talk to an oncologist but they tell you you have to come in for an appointment? That's what happened to me and oncologist was so high and mighty they wouldn't talk to me for 5 minutes to assuage some of my concerns so I cured my own cancer. I guess I'm desensitized to the belief that they are gods...😚
I was at a Mental Health conference back in July where a renown researcher told the story of Mr Fallon. He further estimated that it may not only take the abnormal brain structure of a psychopath to make a destructive person, it also may require bad nurture in childhood. He estimated that Mr Fallon did not become a destructive person because of relatively good nurture in childhood. Amazing to hear his own take.
This makes simple sense but not the only factors involved. Traumatic experiences can set the trigger off. Bad parenting is just one way of setting that trigger off. Head injuries, bad relationships, being bullied and many other experiences are equally as important. It's all to do with brain trauma I believe. Physical or mental. I feel, though have never been tested. That I am a full blown psychopath. But a loving upbringing has help shelter me from my true self. But I am definately not connected. But I do my best to meet people in the middle so to speak.
I am no psychologist, but I’ve always been very interested in certain aspects of brain science and psychology. I trained as a research technologist in the Biological Sciences and then when my twins were born, I worked part time with a Positive Parenting Program, as a child care worker and then as a parent facilitator. I’ve worked closely with hundreds of young children, in the newborn to six year old age group, which featured lots of unstructured play time, song, rhyme, art and simple food preparation time, and I have also raised my own twin sons ( with bountiful help from my husband), so I have a little experience with early childhood behaviour. I have always had a firm but fair style of dealing with people including children, and I found that I was very good at helping people and children learn how to act or play fairly and respectfully with one another, but sometimes, with some children, it was real work! I can’t think of too many times ( only one example really) where an oppositional, defiant, young child didn’t come around to consistently trying the tactics that I would model for them and use it successfully. It was generally extremely rewarding work but at times it required real patience and the belief that my system would eventually work, which it usually did, at least in our program setting. The parents were also taught these skills and practices. I have often wondered, as a side thought, if this kind of early, positive type of intervention, in a potential young sociopath or psychopath could possibly have turned them around enough and helped shape them into being more successful and productive people in life and in society, like what has appeared to have happened with Dr. Fallon, due to the excellent parenting that he seems to have received. It makes sense that it could very well do that or at least help to a significant degree, especially if their first teachers ( their parents or main caregiver) were able to bond with them and teach them these valuable, cooperative, social skills.
Yeah, I think that’s been well known considering there are estimated to be numerous people with anti-social disorders in high levels of large corporations and government, presidents even.
It definitely depends on partly nurture, because obviously what you're teaching the clinical psychopath is to boil everything down to "winning" and having power and control over others so they don't hurt you when they have power and control over you. I mean there are actually really malignant psychopaths that do come from pretty normal or privileged backgrounds too, it's just the really violent ones do tend coming from backgrounds of violence and/or substance abuse and poverty. Which, to be fair, is the mix that generally creates much more angry violent people in general that are prone to finding difficulty with being happy, normal, friendly, cheerful people in adulthood regardless if they want to anyway even if they have normal brain structures. So it becomes about force multipliers and self awareness. Also you will notice key word "self awareness." People with a general poverty of accurate self-appraisal aren't good at a number of things in life. Scientists by basic definition are trending toward hyper awareness and cold, calm, reflective analysis and curiosity so they probably would tend to be among the absolute best at keeping themselves from being destructive and understanding themselves and their own motivations and therefore crimping any of the worst tendencies.
Welcome to the comment section where this dumbass makes completely satire comments to gain small hits of dopamine over an extended peroid of time because they themselves feel empty and without depth on the inside
it's essential to a surgeon to develop some "skills" of psychopaths, such as lack of empathy (while working). There's a real interesting buch about that The Wisdom os Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton.
@@alexanderdecarvalho3731 yes. They may even develop Alexithymia. They have to go on to the next person and pretend like that 2 year old didn't just die in the back.
@@AmbivalentAlexthymic You're both right, it's being able to "Turn it on and off" when needed. You want them to be warm and jovial and joking with you when you're resting in your room watching TV and they come by to see how you're doing and let you know how your blood work looked, and then want them focused with ice water in their veins and being in the clutch when they're holding the scalpel.
I remember listening to him lecture about this before, and mentioning a specific instance where he was investigating a deadly virus that he believed was contracted in a bat cave. He didn't tell his brother that they were at risk because he thought it would be fun to spelunk, but didn't tell his brother that the reason no one was visiting the cave and/or there were dead animals nearby was because it carried deadly contagion. He never told his brother that if he touched the floors, that he would contract Marburg virus and die bleeding from all his orifices. They enjoyed the caves. After his brother found out, their relationship changed. He may think he's a good guy based on his religious framework, but there are probably a lot of situations like this one that outline how dangerous he is as a companion. I would love to study this man.
There are more psychopaths out there then generally believed, you probly know one or two. That guy who's totally oblivious to your reactions to something or your opinion in general without even being conscious of it for instance
I just try to _appreciate_ the fact that if Dr. Fallon didn't rip my head off it's because he wouldn't regard it as a particularly interesting endeavor.
I saw a video where people who knew him called him out on stage for some of his “fun” stories and told the truth behind what happened. They also reminded him of other dangerous and thoughtless things he did with, say, his kids. He had trouble seeing what the problem was. He’s not a good guy. Don’t believe psychopaths’ self-assessments. That’s basic. We all know it, but when we’re faced with a cuddly TED talk, too many people decide to forget.
@@mrjones2721 You're right, but I wouldn't agree with calling him a bad person. It depends on your definition of bad, of course. If the argument is about semantics without explanation it's pointless, so I'll give my definition. To me, a bad person is someone who commits cruel acts with full knowledge and apprehension of the pain they inflict. However, the concept of good and bad is a human social construct. Nature, nurture and genetics aren't "good or bad" they just "are". They are neutral agents. The brains of psychopaths, such as dr. Fallon's are lacking in the parts that give humans understanding and grasp of the pain they might inflict on others. Fallon doesn't understand other people's feelings because he's not capable of it. As such, he hasn't got a clue of the pain he inflicts, nor does he have personal experience of any pain of that nature. Aside from reading a literal definition of the words, psychopaths are unable to understand cruelty or empathy, and are therefore capable of committing cruel acts without any qualms, such as the cave example. Why wouldn't they? They aren't hindered by empathy, so it's only logical for them to want to maximize their own pleasure. It's certainly not pleasant for neurotypicals to experience, and I'm not saying actions such as Fallon's are morally justified, but in my view it doesn't make him a bad person, it's just how his brain works.
@@PunkerVogt Nope he doesn't. No disrespect to him but that's the whole point about psychopathy in medical terms. He chose to be a good person because it serves him well. He chose to admit it because it serves him well. Most of the decisions we make are influenced by society or people around us. He is simply incapable of comprehending what we feel.
I remember some time after the 2008 housing bubble burst and the resulting Great Recession I watched a documentary called, "I Am Fishhead" narrated by Peter Coyote. The gist of the documentary is that it was discovered that many of the CEOs who ran these companies that went belly up by being overly adventurous with their company's investment risk factors were found to be psychopaths. And I believe half way through it James came onto the screen and told this story, and at the time he attributed his 'normal' business life to being reared by great parents.
Fascinating. There seem to be so many varied dimensions to the human psyche that we gloss over in our panic to find a "simple answer". Psychopathology is probably a spectrum, and most certainly a basket of sub-components. It would take a huge amount of self-awareness and self-control, but it appears that some psychopaths can control it and adapt to what part of the world they can perceive. I saw an interview of a diagnosed psychopath who was crystal-clear on a few points: he spoke because he had nothing to gain or lose, his perception of the human world was peripheral at most but he did comprehend there were entities (other human beings) "out there", he knew pain and did not wish it on another being, and he understood the pain he could cause would probably be because of inattentiveness or negligence on his part. His answer was to focus, very hard, on the human world at the edges of his comprehension, following what clues he could gather through information sometimes gained second-hand. He was clearly very intelligent, but he described his existence almost like a 'brain in a jar' experience. I couldn't comprehend a lot of what he said, but I'm glad I listened.
@friskeysunset I'd be fascinated to listen. Do you have more information, such that allows for a productive search for this interview? Thanks in advance.
@@Skelterbane69 An excellent guide is simply the awareness that in many ways others are very much like yourself: Averse to pain, interested in pleasure, seeking constructive family relationships, and more completely seeking friendship, love, meaningful work.... The Golden Rule oversimplifies matters but 'treating others as you would like to be treated' has its root in acknowledging how alike humans are, and that we are kin to each other not just genetically but emotionally and morally.
Courageous of this man to step out as he did. Reminds me of the movie “interview with the vampire”, as most narcissists/sociopaths will tend to remain forever unaccountable for their tendencies and lowball actions. As it goes, there is a spectrum within anti social disorders, with many persons able to carry on somewhat “normal” lives. Cudos to this fellow for embracing his situation with humility and sharing his story.
As he interviewed his inner circle and realised people already kind of knew, he realised he had nothing to lose if he, say, wrote a book and that book sold really well. Which is what happened. Also, he's clearly had a great upbringing that made him prosocial so he didn't do anything bad and doesn't care about attracting undue attention.
I haven’t read the book, but I can imagine that this may have been one case where being hyper focused on religion as a child, delays any really obvious negative psychotic acts… sounds Ike he eventually grew into understanding sin differently. 😂😇
Being a psychopath and being a serial killer are two different things. It depends not only of your genes, but also the enviroment. Maybe he was raised in a good structured family. Besides the story he told, he maybe didn't commited anything worse (like murder itself as he did a lot of harmful things) because of that. He grew up and ended up doing a good job to the society. He locked himself in this job, maybe that brought good emotions to himself, and that kind of pleasure he can still feel. And now i learned one more thing about this kind of brain: They might not always be aware they have this issue. I really didn't know that. That's amazing. I know he doesn't care and he maybe this time wasn't trying to manipulate, but telling his story to the public made him feel awesome. He doesn't have emotional empathy, but i found very interesting that he has the acknowledgment that his relatives thinks he is not a good person to be around.
After reading this comment i think you are complete confused about the reactions of stimuli tht psychopaths experience and the empathy they attach to others.
@@akumaquik Like he said, he don't have emotional empathy, but cognitive empathy. What i said was what i learned. But of course, i would like ro read your thoughts as i'm not a specialist of course.
I don't think it is self awareness. He is a scientist, discovered something interesting about himself, didn't feel anything, developed a theory, shared it to promote study, enjoys acknowledgement. ....locked himself in job because he is a zombie with no emotion, good for a person who has a career to stay in their wheelhouse....
Very interesting. Though I disagree that we need people with such traits as CEOs or soldiers. I’d rather wager a guess that we have the sort of social problems because people with such traits get a hold of a lot of power. Then of course you will have a mass exploitation and violent conflicts, that’s kind of expected if someone is not able to fully put themselves in another person’a shoes. So while it might be useful sometimes, I disagree that anyone who has it on autopilot should be just left unchecked or worse - praised for what they are doing.
Exactly. Speaking someone who strongly suspects that she is a psychopath, I wouldn’t trust Fallon’s words when he says the world needs psychopaths. Trying to convince others why they need us is a timeless sociopathic/psychopathic move. It’s self preservation.
Infact, there's not a single field of work or place in this society where these devils are needed. You don't need to be a vicious pos to perform surgery or to have responsibility. I bet those who say psychopaths are beneficial in any way at all are narcissistic, selfish assholes themselves looking for a way to justify their shitty behaviour. It is also a choice. NPD's and ASPD's knows what they're doing and they do the things they do because they love it.
Yes “profit over everything” is the cancer that is metastasizing through the world leaving misery and destruction in its wake. One can have a very valid suspicion that successful psychopaths helped created the conditions for this mentality.
It doesn't take empathy to know what is right and wrong. Psychopaths have less of an ego or a need to sooth with outside things like power. They get bored mostly.
@brownincel6018 it's not really. Plenty of people are without even knowing it. I mean if you dont feel guilt why should that stop you from doing the right thing ? If all that stops people from doing the wrong thing is because it makes them feel bad I'd question that persons inner compass
People laugh and find this amusing, but I can bet anything his wife and kids don't find it funny at all. You cannot really understand the scope of this until you actually interact in a deep level with a psychopath/sociopath.
Might be true for the "controls", e.g. neurotypical people. But psychopaths deserve love, too. I mean, if they respect you at least a bit. I know what you are going to tell me, that psychopathy and respect do not work together, but it´s really all about the willingness of the given psychopath to loosen up a bit in his schemes - for you. You - as their partner - have to set boundaries and be firm about it. Tell them and show them you are not going to put up with their shit. I went through this, and I have to tell you, while the romance (if I can call it "romance" because it was so weirdly unemotional) did not last, I learned that not all psychopaths are the same. Some are better than others. He treated me right, he respected me because I understood and accepted him, and he was good to me but terrible to other people. The relationship ultimatelly sank like Titanic, though, as he was emotionally cold and could not connect with anybody. Interestingly, he opened me up after my previous partner who was "normal" but a completely hateful, hurtful person (he hated gays, lesbians, kids, animals, women, people of color... I could go on and on). Funnily enough, I expected the psychopath to be this hateful, not the neurotypical guy. The neurotypical guy nearly did me in.
Their nature is not to be hateful or evil, what they do is wear a mask appropriate for whoever they talk to so they can seem like great people and get what they want (whatever it is). So yes, you could say a psychopath could treat you better than a "normal" person, but as you already experienced, they only keep tricking you into feeling they are ok people until they find a new target. Do they deserve love? I think so, but love them in a non-romantic way, just know that they will absolutely destroy you and have no remorse whatsoever if you fall into their game (which is almost impossible to escape if you haven't already been with one).
Robin Mario I am not an expert, but 5 years of being with a psychopath and experiencing their traits and schemes, plus about three years of constant reading and research I think makes me a trustworthy resource since in the majority of cases they behave the exact same way regardless of race, gender and/or age.
Psychopathy is not funny. The audiences laughter giving Fallon the supply he needs shows what is wrong with society. Psychopathy is confused with confidence. We even vote them in to lead countries with this basic mistake of confusing callousness for charm. This guy says that everybody that knew him believed he was a sociopath before he told them about his brain scan. Though he has also stated elsewhere that his wife had no clue, and he mixes up his stories of how and why his brain scan was used in his studies. He lies. He admits to being callous and cold, and uses it for laughs, and at the end he states that he is feigning empathy now, and that makes him a good friend! He has no real insight. He also uses the old excuse of empathy being a hindrance, and says he wants a surgeon to be unempathic if they are working on him. And he wants a soldier to be a psychopath as long as they protect him. Someone else in these comments said a psychopathic soldier was acceptable and justified on the battlefield. But where is the battlefield? It’s never been in outer space! Every battle fought in human history has been in the middle of people’s homes and livelihoods. When the battle is done, those psychopathic soldiers can’t get enough and so they look for innocent civilians to mame and murder, and they hunt down women and children to rape. Yes children, and pretty much anything with a hole when it’s a psychopath looking for satisfaction! The rest of the world is looking to end these brutal practices of war, but James Fallon is happy for other bums to be fucked as long as it saves his sorry little ass! Cos his is the only one that matters, right? And the audience laughs and finds it funny, and people in the comments say “isn’t he doing well? A functioning psychopath! He’s just a normal person really!” Get a grip, this is not a normal human being people! This is a dangerous human being, who lacks the social skills to be classed as fully human. Holding down a job whilst being an insensitive asshole to other people’s needs does not make him normal - and you can feel free to tell your boss that! We as a whole human society need rid of these people, especially from being in charge. They should never be surgeons, soldiers, CEO’s and world “leaders” - because they are children inside. They care about nothing but themselves, and cannot think for the good of everybody alive now, let alone several generations ahead. They are not adults, but people give them the most responsible jobs! And it will cost the human race our place on Earth if we don’t put a stop to this.
It's a matter of defining bravery but I have to agree. My fondness for Aristotle and my assumption that he isn't afraid to share his story led me to the same conclusion as you.
Absolutely we need detached people but we dont need violent or cruel people! This man is funny funny funny! Charming and mesmerizing great speaker easy to losten to probably an excellent author!
I wonder what my PET scan would show. Except for one cool person and one I’m not fully convinced of, everyone else I’ve had a relationship with has been somewhere along the line of psychopathy and/or sociopathy. I wonder what it says about me. Or, is it that there are way more of ‘them’ out there than we know? 🤔
Without having people capable of violence you won't have anyone to protect you from dangerous threats. It's that simple, we need soldiers, cops, game wardens to be able to be violent to stop invading armies, criminals, wild animals from hurting our society.
@@NeoStoicism I agree, some people today seem to think life was always as it is today. In reality our concept of "normality" is just a footnote in the long, long history of our species. It took all kinds to get us where we are and there's no reason to believe that that doesn't apply to the future as well. What worries me is this thirst for "normalization". We must all be the same...
I've made a mistake of buying his book, thinking it would give me some scientific insights into mind of a psychopath, turns out its few hundred pages of him bragging about some nonsense
As far as psychopaths go, Fallon is a success story. I’ve no doubt he’s fallen short in his interpersonal relationships, and that he doesn’t feel regret, but that’s the very definition of a psychopath. He’s also been governed by the moral code he was taught growing up, and has become a socially normal, responsible, and successful member of society. Demonizing Psychopaths as a group is blaming a person for something they have no control over, AND treating them as irredeemable mutants who aren’t worth the effort and expense to treat, despite evidence that they can function normally when given the proper environment to develop.
He says himself that every person that knew him, that he asked, said that he wasn’t NORMAL. Holding down a research job and doing TED talks is not a sign of normality, nor does it mean that he hasn’t hurt people. I have narcissistic parents (that’s way lower on the scale than James Fallon) and they are hurtful every time they open their mouths, because every communication is self-centred. This guy has a wife, children, grandchildren and yet he enjoys getting audience laughs out of how selfish he has been. God only knows what he is like as a boss if he has no empathy - I can just hear him saying to his secretary “no you can’t go early because your husband has been in a car crash and is on life support, because how does that help me make my research deadline?” Falling short in interpersonal relationships, as you like to put it, isn’t a mild problem. It is THE problem of human existence, and the one that will probably kill us as a species because we can’t live within nature whilst most countries are ruled by these human mimickers called Psychopaths who might as well be aliens.
@@andrewhaywood3853 I think it’s fair to say that you’re exceedingly attuned to cluster B behavior regarding your personal experience. But projecting your personal experience on to every psychopath is way too reactionary. I never said the guy is easy to live with. I said psychopaths can, and often do integrate relatively normally into society, despite their affliction. I also have a very good friend, and former brother in law who has NPD. His is the vulnerable type, but it took a toll on my sister and their two sons. Which is why he’s my former brother in law, but still my friend. He’s learned. He’s not “cured” of it, but he’s adopted a very different approach to his life. One which would’ve saved his marriage had he adopted it 20 years ago.
@@orphanrafferty1955 I have no idea what a psychopath is? Don’t make silly statements you can’t back up. You have no idea what I know. You simply assume every psychopath is evil incarnate because of your personal experience. Perhaps all psychopaths should be burned at the stake since they’re so clearly irredeemable in your eyes.
@Madolite Lol. “tactically unwise action…” Exactly! Classical conditioning! Learning behavior is mostly conditioning anyway. A psychopath is slower on the uptake learning proper social conduct because they’re neurologically retarded in that area of comprehension, but they can learn to mimic, and with our increasing understanding of neural plasticity, perhaps can even learn to have feelings more like neurotypical people.
I would love to watch an in-depth conversation between this guy and renowned narcissist and psychologist Sam Vaknin. The nature vs. nurture debate is never-ending, and endlessly fascinating.
Sam Vaknin readily says that ASPD is a physically difference in the brain and think that it should be removed from the cluster B section because of that stark difference
Patrick C., I had to watch it again to see what you were talking about. You're totally right! The quick little raise of the eyebrows with the closed-lip grin, and then leaving the stage before the applause even ended its crescendo. He seriously had NO NEED to bask in any of the approbation. But the FIRST time I watched, I was pretty sure he was getting choked up at the end. Like he KNEW the gravity of what he was saying. Even though I fully agree with your assessment, I also think he DOES care deeply about something important, even if it's not words of approval from another human.
@@CrabbyO Sociopaths are self-centered. I feel bad for anyone like that because they can't feel empathy naturally. It's a mental disease, sometimes coming from brain-damage even.
I'm glad he's faking it now. It's his own way to say he cares about you, that he puts on this act for your comfort. I could live with someone who I knew was secretly cold, but rarely showed it, much better than someone who was cold all the time. Plus, the brain is plastic. You can train it. Like a muscle. By faking it until he makes it, he'll maximize whatever small scrap of empathy he has.
I don't think you can activate areas of the brain that are inactive due to genetic traits by mimicking the kind of behavior you'd exhibit if those areas has normal levels of activity.
It seems you don't understand what is wrong with psychopaths. They are emotionally cold, but that's not the worst part of them. They take greater risks, because negative/averse outcomes (e.g getting their finger cut) don't scare them. THUS, they will also put YOUR life in danger, and not care. And so if you die, they'll feel a slight loss, but after some months they'll find someone else.
@@paulh2981 Well, there is some truth in the value of psychopaths and sociopaths learning how to _emulate_ the emotions of the neuro-typical population -- for functionality's sake. Even better, if they can receive good therapy and learn the _personal benefits_ of fitting into society -- things running more smoothly for themselves and for society at large. They can also learn their differences, and why they behave the way they do. There are some high-functioning neuro-divergents out there.
@@alessiosandro123 I get narcissists just fine. Lord knows I've had enough of them in my life. A psychopathic narcissist like the speaker CAN care. It's just on an intellectual level instead of an emotional one. You sound like YOU don't get them, preferring demonization over understanding. Which is understandable. I'm downright allergic to people with NPD myself. They suck.
Until very recently I was not even aware psychopaths may _themselves_ look for help of mental health professionals, yet some of them do, as while it feels fantastic to do whatever you want without sense of guilt, never getting depression due to lack of conscience, being able to play people, having no fear etc, however what pisses them off is how the nice life they seem to finally built for them crumbles again and again, because they fail at building lasting relationships. And failure is not what they wish for themselves. Besides then they discover, that they are insanely shallow emotionally, they do feel joy, anger, and... and... well, that sort of it, besides sensations like hunger, freezing or sweating.
I’ve heard him tell this story before and it was totally different detail about how he found out. It seems lying without compunction is also a feature of psychopathy.
Humanity is way more complex and nuanced than most or any of us realize. Dating and loving someone who was hyper functional who shared that they had been diagnosed with numerous mental health issues really made me put the brakes on being judgmental towards anyone, even myself.
@@paulduffy4585actually they’re helpful in some ways. For example, I couldn’t begin getting my life back until I could label what I wanted to understand and overcome.
@@canobenitez Let me rephrase, definitive statements are usually not helpful. Whereas labels can be helpful at times, even though they run the risk of oversimplifying matters.
"When people tell you who they are, listen." Some of these sociopathic/narcissistic types like attention so much, or are so shallow that they'll reveal themselves with glee. When they do, take them at their word! Don't think 'well, they're harmless & self-aware." Also, learn to read people and note their actions. Because some of these creeps are too clever to just tell you who they are.
Good point. On a tangent, the way I heard it was, "When someone tells you who they are, take it wisely. When someone shows you who they are, believe them."
My housemate is such a person, and uses his act of "narcissistic-sociopathic-self absorbed" self-awareness to take people unawares, when it really comes down to it. Laughing and smiling with you, he will admit to being this way, and you may be inclined to believe (most are) that since he is just stating it so freely and openly, that he's understanding himself and taking measures to counter-balance these traits. But when you have been hurt by him, it is just "Well, I told you so...", and a smug grin.
@@daryl9905 Definitely to the self but I could imagine if too many empathetic people were driven out of key jobs, those jobs may suffer and possibly the society as a result. I'd have no idea on the numbers but it'd be interesting to read a study on psychopaths in potentially trauma-inducing careers like paramedics or soldiers etc.
Empathy on it's own doesn't make money. CEO's can be empathetic, but only if it generates money, and i don't see problem in that, since economy is not a zero sum game. CEO's becoming rich doesn't make poor people more poor.
@@gava6636 It has in recent years though, with progressively more jobs becoming automated and the wealth divide growing wider as many of those jobs are no longer available and the majority of the money saved goes to the rich and not into the communities.
I teared up a little with that closing bit. Not compelled or even encouraged by his emotions and yet James Fallon chooses to care. Academics argue endlessly about the reality of free will and whether we are all just a product of nature and nurture, but IMHO this is a practical example.
He doesn't "care". It is strictly an academic exercise to see if it optimizes his relations with people so he can more easily manipulate them as he sees fit. This is the entire basis of psychopathy - there is zero connection inter-personally.
Exactly, as Paul says. It goes a long way in many casual relationships and fun nights out, traveling etc. But those deep connections miss something, when empathy is not there. It is good to aknowledge how important it is, to both understand the psychopath (what he is missing out on, and how a relationship can be good for him), and in this case his family, who need to understand their dad and what they can get and not get (empathy, interest, humor) from being together with him
And actually, instead of 'missing out on' something, I like to see it as; that we all contribute with something, we all bring something to the world. Instead of comparing each other, we could just say that this man brings humor, joy, casual lifestyle, science ect. - His wife probably brings empathy, and they have found a way to live together, even though he might not understand that empathy on an emotional level. Sorry it got a little long
Something I recently realized is that personality disorders are also on a spectrum. I had trouble understanding if a relative was a narcissist until I realized they are probably on a spectrum and just not as bad as some narcs.
I knew three boys who may have been psychopaths, when I was growing up. One thing I noticed about them was that they had no real emotions. They never showed anger, impatience, disappointment, disgust, or irritation. They also had a disdain for anyone else being angry, sad, impatient, etc. It seemed that when other people showed emotion it brought out their worst ways.
The neuroscience is so oversimplified it is hard to relate to what he is saying other than the fact that the environment plays a huge part of the result of the kind of adult we become! So what's new! He overdramatizes the connection between having a risk-prone temperament, having been spoiled, and being a psychopath. You could say jerk or bombastic or overly self-centered, self-involved human being, but so was Picasso. Just because your amygdala does not light up in an fMRI does not mean it is not engaged as the threshold for detection by that device requires high levels of engagement. And then there is the PFC which can dampen the amygdala; all work by LeDoux that is well established. What idiot-psychiatrists thought it was a good idea to tell this narcissist that he is some borderline psychopath to give him a platform in his old age for talking and talking and talking about himself? What this tells you is that it is post-genetic expression that matters a great deal more in terms of the encoded operational strategies that an individual engages in order to obtain optimal outcomes which are rewarded and that those innate influences get tuned by one's experience! Using the overly dramatic "psychopath" term is a wonderfully effective way to sensationalize traits that are well distributed in society to sell his book and monetize incompletely understood research results from small sample sizes.
I've read books that have made a similar case for the utility of psychopaths. I can see the point. If your child is in need of brain surgery, for an extreme example, you want someone with absolutely cold, clinical detachment, a rock steady hand that will never once waver because of on whom they are working. If you've been falsely accused of a crime, you want a defense lawyer who will pursue any line of defence, no matter how distasteful you might find it. And I can see why and how many psychopaths have risen to lead corporations around the world. But, as we move towards more conscious capitalism, where the overriding duty of a CEO is no longer simply to make money for shareholders, I wonder if their time in particular might be over.
I agree. The perceived super material growth has become trite and proven not as fruitful to anyone other than the psychopaths leading the campaign as we estimated it would be. This was inevitable. The next step for growth and expansion of human kind’s success is clearly a deeper and more communal one, which psychopaths are demonstrably incapable of delivering. You’re right, we let them have the wheel because it seemed beneficial, but in reality they just took the opportunity to gorge themselves, what else would a psychopath do? The whole “but I’m a good, beneficial psychopath!” thing has long worn it’s welcome. It’s time to start growing and evolving towards the true human experience for the collective consciousness.
It's just another brain structure variant. I think it's wrong to call it "damaged" or "missing parts." All of living creatures are just evolved and evolving variants. What is successful, survives. What survives, reproduces and allows further evolution. There is so much variation in non-psychopath brains that to lump them together and call them "normal" is also a mistake.
@@ajasen When you put your life savings into a fund of stocks, your expectations are those of a narrowly selfish and foolishly entitled gambler. The social harm caused by unchecked amorality in the private sector far outpaces the (net) financial benefit conferred upon beneficiaries. As a world ecology, that sort of greed is a _tragedy of the commons,_ and thus, perhaps ironically here, I have no sympathy for such defectors who are willing to try to squeeze out more than they could ever rightfully earn. Go see if you can "make" your own money. Some of us actually think that dolphins have some value. Perhaps that's beyond your conceptual capacity though, if you're governed only by a desire to own more useless stuff.
I have this….it’s not that we are bad or uncaring, but we are just mechanically logical. We could be at a car accident scene or fighting a war and someone loses their leg…we are not panicking at all. We are like…”oh, your leg is gone. Well we can stop the bleeding as best we can now, can use shoe laces for that. Doctors will be able to tidy it up a bit and close the stump. Sucks about your leg bro…but hey…life is a crazy ride huh?” While the guy is screaming in agony. And we are thinking…”well it makes sense that he’s screaming. It’s an evolutionary response to gain assistance…let him scream if he needs to I guess…doesn’t hurt.” Haha In many way, I think we are the higher version of humans to be honest….why are you all so wrapped up in your imaginary emotions?
Fascinating. I often get the question about narcissists, why and what can we do. Unless someone wants to change, we can't do much. It can be helpful to consider it's genetic, it can be easier to move on. That helped me close the door on a relationship with a narcissist, when I viewed her as a "psychopath lite" - which was really quite accurate (yes, obsessed with "saving the world" while treating everyone like dirt).
@@adge4579 Seek out hobbies, social ones. Tennis, paddel, take a course in uni, join a dance club, etc. It'll rewire your brain. You're not literally empty, you've just deprived yourself of positive feelings. Do regular sports and regular walks, etc
@@adge4579 Seek out professional help. I'm a retired RN, I worked in psychiatry for some times. Your issues seem substantial, I may be wrong but I think that you need to speak to a professional. Good luck to you.
@@adge4579 you have to re-think your relationship with him and possibly need to develop a different type of relationship that will bring basic respect to you & him. From your years of living with him you have been conditioned to believe certain things and to react to things he does or says a certain way. You may need to learn to not react the way he has caused you to react in the past. In order to do this you have to watch out for "tactics" such as re-framing the conversation, arguing hypotheticals, changing the subject of or to hypotheticals, baiting you for a reaction, and "the dog whistle" which is saying something in front of others that sounds normal to those who are unaware of the personality disorder but can trigger you, making you look like the bad one. There's also the givens: deflection, gaslighting, blameshifting, playing the hero (for praise by you or others such as friends, family, neighbors), or the victim, and having a sense of entitlement believing that he should have been chosen for something by someone else that he shouldn't have. Once you can identify these behaviors you can then respond/react accordingly. The main thing you have to do is not give the reaction they are hoping for which is going to take you some time to learn to master, as well as putting space or limited contact in between you and him so you don't have to deal with the abuse or toxicity, all the while being loving, respectful, and available for your father. It takes time to develop the repositioning of yourself in the relationship but once you find the sweet spot you will be better off.
I do not share his view that psycopaths are necessary and have a role in society. They don't have the commitment for long term sacrifice. I'd trust a disciplined empath who's been tempered and hardened only by experience to operate on me, than some detached solipsist who only sees my carcass as a dollar sign. Call me old fashioned.
@@mattc5937 so you're into the whole "just following orders" side of things then? I absolutely don't think that soldiers should be sociopaths and it's completely ludicrous to suggest.
Notice how he looks incredibly uncomfortable when the audience laughs? Creeped me out lol, despite him being very charismatic and despite his jokes being legitimately funny
he doesn’t have the ability to quite grasp what they’re truly laughing at. he knows how to make people laugh, but he isn’t on the same wavelengths. i think “uncomfortable” is the perfect word, because he doesn’t seem irritated or anything. but being in a different mental space than the people around you is disconcerting.
@@tonoornottono that’s assuming it was correct to laugh in the first place. He kind of revealed it in a funny way but not hysterically funny. It’s subjective but I can get why someone would be uncomfortable there
Search for the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. If memory serves, it's a 22-item survey which scores you out of 40. Anything above 30 is a sign of psychopathy, apparently. In its self-test guise, it should be used only as a guide though, of course. The test can be found on several websites, including psychology-tools.
I know! One time I stood up in front of a group to tell my life story, was supposed to be serious exchange of backgrounds, I was not trying to be funny.... people were laughing so hard... I was shocked but just rolled with it.
It's the nervous laughter of an audience that is beginning to realize that they share their world with sociopaths and psychopaths, who comprise 3 and 1 % of the population. Everybody knows one or more of each type. The good news is that usually they are harmless exactly because of their inability to bond with others. They are usually loners or outsiders. The ones to watch out for are the ones who manage to attain positions in companies, governments and gangs.
@@genewickersham4593 good point there Gene. I'm starting to think it's a good idea to learn to just accept it. Not accept bad behavior by any means. It doesn't meant they're all malignant. Some can be pretty manipulative though, and it's good to know the difference between healthy/unhealthy relationships, how to have strong boundaries and how to spot manipulation. Really these are just good skill to obtain in becoming a mature human though.
Really, I found it a tad frustrating at times. Like listening to someone stutter. I do like his comedic misdirection. Caught me off guard even tho I knew it was coming.
@@nathanbellamy3308 That's a false equivalent. Just because someone critiques doesn't make them a professional. Since when are we not allowed to critique???? Oh wait.
@@TomAHawk-lb8wk we could go round and round with your argument. I.e why can't I critique your critique etc ad nauseum. But at the end of the day your a modern day hater and troll under the guise of a genuine critique Get up there and show them how it's done pal.
@@TomAHawk-lb8wk It reminds me of Louis CK, superficially. Where Louis' delivery feels very rough, off-the-cuff, and "my world is crumbling", yet it's all choreographed.
Wish I could volunteer for one of theses scans. Just to help me better understand myself. As some of what he said hits home. If I could better explain myself. Maybe it would help me be better.
Get a DNA test. They’re cheap and they tell you if you have some of the “telltale” alleles for all sorts of fun mental disorders. Just accept the fact that your genetic information is now corporate IP
Socio- and Psychopaths (different!) both scare me a bit. I can spot these people out in the wild -- people often willing to stomp on your foot, if necessary, to get ahead -- or worse. 😧 Or people who might see a bus headed toward a child and shrug their shoulders, because they don't want to spill their coffee. With quality therapy, though, these people can often become pro-social and high functioning. I wish society focused more on CONSTRUCTIVE topics like mental health, and LESS on bs like stimying rights of gay people, women, or minorities. Can you imagine what we could accomplish?
@@susank2019 Legit question! You put me on the spot! This is where I fess up that I'm no psychiatrist -- just an armchair "expert," with knowledge based solely in interviews, and random articles read. (I've also dated someone with strong sociopathic traits, for several years, if that counts for anything.) In lieu of articles (although perhaps I can find some), below are names of two outspoken people, who frequently discuss their journeys with therapy, and how it's given them the tools to better interface with society, and become "high-functioning." - Kanika Batra - person with antisocial personality disorder, narcissism, and bpd (I believe). Fequently discusses the misogyny that exists in the world of mental disorders (/everywhere). - M.E. Tomas - is a lawyer, and recent author, living with psychopoathy. She's done lots of interviews on [this site], and AMAs on red - - - . Both women discuss how therapy shed light on navigating the world of neurotypicals, and how they, themselves, could benefit personally from a positive coexistence. While they both claim to be high functioning, neither tout that therapy "cured them." If you have any insight, please share! I find the topic very intriguing.
@@susank2019 Yes, from what I heard, therapy can offer "coping mechanisms" and mental paradigm shifts (in lieu of cures. NS if there's a medicinal approach as well). But those are still great, because it eases the friction between the affected person and the outside world. And mitigates the desire to for that person to manifest some of the traits that can cause friction with the rest of society. The trick seems to be just showing the person how these strategies can benefit _themselves._ And simply to educate -- to point out and explain the chemical, neural, and behavioral differences, and thus how to navigate through the neurotypicals' world. I'm guessing another hard part can be finding a therapist who works for you!! I've heard that finding a good / experienced therapist can be like dating. :0 Perhaps the aforementioned red - - - (site) could offer some insight. Again, I'm no professional!! Just interested in these things. I'm guessing you're looking on behalf of someone else? Only bc you used "them." I hope you're doing ok in your journey. I know my several years of dating / friendship with my sociopathic person (not in therapy) is an ongoing challenge. It's great that you care, though.
Kind of messed up that people in the comments are saying they're disgusted by him. Would you say you're disgusted by someone with autism? He was born this way. Not being able to socialize in the same way as a "normal" person does not mean you're disgusting. He has said he had a very loving upbringing and believes that's what saved him from going down a different path. Genetics loads the gun, environment pulls the trigger.
People with autism don't purposely harm other people. They are not pathological liars either. You should be the victim of a psychopath. I'd like to know your thoughts afterwards. After someone destroys your career and your mental health! Of course, victims should think: "Oh, poor thing! He does not mean to be evil!" While they spend a while in a mental health hospital themselves, with no no career, family or friends left and the one who destroyed them gives talks and has all the positive attention
super expensive. id like to know everything about my body I can too, but its not worth the quarter of a million dollars id need to do all of it or even the 20,000 id need to do just one
@@exovit6348 I dated someone who had that. I would say that I was actually crazier (although now I hide it better/have found ways to stabilize. But I'm always a moment away from inviting someone to brawl or put an employer down to size verbally). And we both had enough intelligence to drive us nuts. On the nice side side we both loved animals. Crazy fucks unite! Enjoy!
Violent or not, psychopaths still terrify me. The amount of manipulation and lack of empathy they embody can make them dangerous and unpredictable. But if they are able to recognise and control it for the greater good of society, like this man, kudos to them.
Read "The Sociopath Next Door" and way back when it was published I seem to recall a number like as many as 1 in 25. But admittedly, I am still a bit confused between sociopath and psychopath. Also wondering if these terms have had their definitions altered/updated over the years.
@@marymadelynevangelista9799 sociopath = pathology of social behaviour: basically, other people will notice something is wrong about their behaviour (narcissist, OCD, ...) Psychopath: their mind is sick, but they have control...they lack 'normal' emotions: LOW EQ. However, they observe their social circle and LEARN how to behave...not because they naturally want to, but because they had to learn that's what 'normal people' do. Like a lion with its tamer...it can behave, but it has no problem snapping.
Something that feels quite telling to me that there is something emotionally 'off' about this guy is when he makes the off-hand quip about his wife at 5:26. "She thought she was gonna die of something else; she didn't; before she died of Alzheimer's". The way he presents that remark, feels mostly to make people laugh; with zero indication of something like grief, hurt or other neurotypical emotion people feel when talking about such a heavy experience.
We don't know her personality, or this man personally & we don't know the dynamics of their relationship. It's as likely as anything else that her parents were very old qhen they died of alzheimers so she pragmatically made a decision she'd probably die of something else first. Or perhaps she had an illness. Perhaps the family deals with grief by shutting it down or with dark humour. There an incredible amount of presumption in these comments.
Functioning psychopaths are a thing. This is nothing new. They /as he said/ can be functional members of society. They are cold, calculated, distant and essentially do not care about you but that as weird as it sounds, does not necessarily have to be a bad thing. Think about ....your cat, it shares some of the same traits : ) If they are well socialized and you let them to go about their interest they don't need to interfere with you. They perhaps are not most pleasant persons to be around with, but some of them can make it up in the other areas. They can be interesting, efficient, resourceful, determined and hard working. The fact that he is having more or less normal life and family proves that.
If a cat was a human being that could play all kinds of fuckery on you, you may not think it was so harmless. And besides which, cats do love and bond with people.
All the people in his family and "friend" set said they always knew he was cold and uncaring on a personal level. That is not a normal family life, that is people dealing with you. And you're only hearing his version of the story, they may put it a bit differently.
Comments like "Psychopaths aren't serial killers" - aren't wrong, but they aren't quite right either. Since the video was created the definitions have some-what changed. Both sociopathy and psychopathy are considered anti-social personality disorders that inherently overlap in a majority of their definitions. Generally the diagnosis of psychopath is given to a sociopath in response to the lack of remorse shown when doing something wrong. So most, if not all that show ASPD will be considered sociopaths until such time as they do wrong, then exhibit a lack of remorse. It's kind-of a chicken and the egg scenario, which came first. But without an action defining psychopathy, it's not apt to apply that definition to someone with sociopathic, or simply anti-social tendencies. So to the original statement, it would be better to say "Not all sociopaths are Psychopaths, but a sociopath that is a serial killer is very likely to be a psychopath." In a world defined by labels, painting all of these people with a single brush stroke - whether it be in support and understanding, or the opposite - is only detrimental to the situation. You would hate to label a sociopath the later, when they haven't done anything wrong as that may push them to act on it. Like-wise you wouldn't sit down and pat a psychopath that's murdered people on the back, because you're playing into their game. In summary; Leave the 'diagnosis' to a medical professional, but be aware these types of people exist and to understand where you sit in their reality. Like all things, it's a spectrum and it's very very hard to understand where someone sits on it without an act that defines the position.
Psychopaths are nothing special. Regular people can develop psychopathic traits under certain circumstances and be just as ruthless. The thing is after those circumstances are gone they can revert back to baseline, while the psychopath is trapped being who he is without the powers of being a regular person. In truth, psychopaths will forever be inferior because of their lack of flexibility and poor neuroplasticity.
Thats a very optimistic thought for neuritistic people but its very difficult to develop psychopathic traits a natural psychopathic will always be superior as an neurotistic person myself i find it difficult to live in a psychopathic system where psychopathic people get rewarderd and are at the top of the hierarchy.
@@whitepillalliance4166 not true for all non psychopathic individuals. bipolar manic phase can induce psychopathic like traits with heightened emotional and intuitive sensitivity that many psychopaths dont have
You sound pretty dumb. We're trapped? No, you're trapped. Empathy is so overrated and I can tell a lot of you live your life worrying about shit that shouldn't even affect you. You act like we're so much different than you too which is false. I've watched you all talk shit about others and have no empathy for them. What is the fucking difference? You act like you have empathy for everyone and that is false. You all can turn it on and off when you want, and so can I to a extent. No, I don't cry over strangers dying and don't get why I would. That doesn't affect my life in any way. If anything I live a less stressed life not worrying about everyone else I don't even know. I have my own issues in my own life I worry about. I don't worry about you. Why would I? Look at how you talk shit about me. You don't even like me, but you want me to get upset and show you some fucking empathy? Get the fuck out of here with that retarded shit. You get nothing from me hater.
@@ebogar42 Sounds like psychopath cope to me There's a reason the low-functioning psychopaths get sent off to kill and die in some nowhere country so they can be culled from the general population, society has a series of mechanisms specifically designed to do their damndest to weed out your kind They mostly fall apart in times of societal collapse or if the psychopath learns sufficient "cognitive empathy" and has high enough intelligence to become an investment banker or a neuroscientist, but we're not quite at the former yet are we? At any other time, unless a psychopath has finesse they're less functional than a neurotypical
The poor neuroplaaticity makes them easy to spot because they are so repetitive and predictable in their manipulation and schemes. They assume that they have everyone made because they assume that all people operate with fixed non-evolving neurological functioning and view points and that’s not the case.
I was instantly given a social cultural insight listening to Dr. Fallon on the youtube program from the interview in Australia, when he talked about being from a warrior genetic class tracing back to northern Italy (maybe also Sicily) but that he noticed his mother sitting on a three-legged stool and thinking of immigrants, and remembered how loving his family had been to him and how socializing of him they had been. That caused me to see immediately the Italian or Sicilian cliche of the loving and highly social families was a pattern developed to mitigate the warrior genes that may be in the same genetic base. Do Scorsese and the "Godfather" lovers comprehend that the behavior they admire and wish to emulate is really an effort, perhaps unconscious or a little conscious, to disincline psycopathic behavior in the young? Maybe?
I know this is a really old post, but I agree. I also wonder what would happen if a psychopath who was open to intense somatic therapeutic experience utilized this tool to internally place attention to the areas of the brain that are under active, with the intent to cultivate activation. I wonder if that would work. Body energy work has changed so much for me, healed me of organic inherited physiological ailments and trauma. And it didn’t take very long, maybe 2-3 years of brief daily practice. I don’t believe for one second in the imitations of genetic predisposition.
@@Misssixty510 I can already tell you neither as sociopath or psychopath would probably do any of that or feel they would benefit at all from pseudoscience.
@@Misssixty510 Hi!! I realize your question is 9 months old but if you are still looking for an answer: Yes! In my personal experience somatic and vasovagal exercises helped calm down my episodes ALOT. Before that, I did yoga for 6 years and being in tune with my body was the best thing that ever happened to my brain! Highly recommend Befriending Your Nervous System by Deborah Dana LCSW. As a caveat: I hate violence as a premise and am not generally prone to violence. I have pretty intense PTSD that bleeds over into factor 2 psychopathy, so I end up with social functioning deficits and impulsive violence when thrratened as opposed to calculated violence a la factor 1 or genetic psychopathy. Overall though, between the yoga & other body based therapies along with empathy training my connection with others has gone from 0 as a child to being told regularly that I am a great friend. The other day my son who also has slight psychopathy leanings told me I was a great mom (made me cry lol). Recovery is possible. Someone just has to care about us enough to make it happen.
Heres a little rhyme about psychopaths (think James Bond vs the bad guy): Psychopaths are important, but only because psychopaths exist. We have to take care of the ones we see to protect us from those we miss.
I oddly relate to this guy. I do feel empathy but people call me cold because i dont like or care about hugs or compliments or birthdays. Maybe just pretending is the way to go
Think about the same person but without a good moral upbringing and a strong scientific interest to keep him busy. If he was abused when young he could have turned out way different.
This was so interesting! The thing about many mental illnesses or conditions is that genetics "load the gun" by giving you the genetics that could allow you to develop them, but the genes will not manifest unless there are triggers in your environment for it to happen. For example, not everyone with the genes that make them high-risk for schizophrenia will develop schizophrenia. It often happens after a stressful and painful childhood+adolescence or drug abuse that signal to the body to activate those genes for whatever reason.
I’m so confused why everyone’s laughing... like it’s not even funny, it’s uncomfortable, like is this a fake audience or something, is the laughter recorded? Either that or maybe the audience thinks he’s being sarcastic maybe? Cuz like this guys not joking.. everyone’s laughing at the fact his whole family has been tormented by him and he has kids and grandkids and he doesn’t care that it’s effected them? If this laughter is real that just shows where society is at as a collective, like honestly
This guy is doing a lot of humanity. He's going where no one went before. We are privileged to listen to him, a "psychopath" by scan and his friends opinions, but also a brave pioneer for humanity in my opinion and I hope others.
You’ve got to consider the attention factor. It’s actually very not possible that his initial core incentive on going public was anything sincere; but rather based off the attention, popularity, & exposure he’d receive. Either way you’re right about him being revolutionary in ‘doing for humanity.’
His friends call him a sociopath...and he admits that he is NOT a psychopath, as his score on the PCL-R isn't high enough to qualify him for the diagnosis. These are spectrum disorders, so he's likely more of a narcissistic sociopath who happens to be non-violent, and incapable of caring for anyone close to him. He's more interested in NEW people he can charm and entertain, which is why he was voted Class Clown in high school. He calls himself the life of the party...he's performing for people...like a narcissist, and pathologically self-absorbed with his own party-lifestyle that he doesn't go to the wedding and funerals, because it's all about him being the life of the party. He's more narcissistic than psychopathic.
There's a prosocial version of most disorders. And in those, "not caring" isn't quite what it is in the other versions. I suppose wanting to be liked is selfish and about oneself, but it also necessitates caring about how others feel, because how they feel about YOU is a subset of their general feelings. So while they may only truly "care" because of how it affects how they are viewed and treated, they will still go out of their way to treat others with kindness. It's not ideal, but it could be a lot worse.
Put the 8 cardinal traits of a psychopath over a scrub sink and most surgeons would be like: "yep, what's the issue?" 16 yrs in the O.R. Love, love, love my good surgeons.
@@jimosullivan1389 Then maybe take care of yourself better? So many idiots in these comments. The majority of doctors go the way of the patient. Hardly gods. Just humans. That's all. Think before you comment.
I remember this story from about a decade ago. Researchers also said that the brain chemistry plus a head injury and bad parenting all contributed to negative psychopathic behaviour (in several studies).
People find this very funny. For me it's not. It's quite deep. Talking about this in front of a crowd, maybe it's part of being a psychopath as well, nonetheless it's tragic at the same time
You are obviously not a psychopath, nor a victim of one of them. It takes no courage for them because they are not sentient beings. They feel no shame, no guilt and also no empathy. He could even speak about his crimes, for us it either be courageous or horrific, for him, it would be like speaking of his achievements. It is tragic, but (not for him) for the people he has victimized all along the way and for those he keeps victimizing.
And what makes you think "normal" people aren't fake as fuck when whenever they go out in public they act like their shit never stinks and never reveal who they really are? Some don't even curse in public or yell, but will as soon as they get home.
That bit about realising that you are a psychopath and not caring, kinda proved it, really struck a chord with me. I was on a course about autism and realised I’m autistic, so I went home and read everything I could find about autism, which kinda proved it!
nope! i dont think having sociopaths in positions of wealth & power is where we should want to be as a society! the fact that the people making the most money are sociopaths is in fact not a good thing!
I love how he ends it with telling everyone he's just pretending to care.
Well... I think that's the big plot twist on this. Because acting/pretending/imagining is the thing a brain cannot see different from reality. I think it is very inspiring that a clinically diagnosed psychopath, who doesn't know, and doesn't show signs of it because of conditioning due to a religious upbringing, is like: I don't want to be a psychopath... So i will act like i care to maybe change my brain... But for all we know he's killing people now 😂
To me that's the most generous thing a person like him can do:
He's incapable of feeling empathy, yet he's able to put up with it and act like it superficially because it makes the people around him feel comfortable. It shows a special quality to this person, and even if it might be self-serving in certain ways, it's ultimately a selfless act
@@YehudiNimol He said that his relatives think he's not a good person to be around, they don't get emotional contact with him. Those with whom he's in contact on a superficial [great guy at a party] or non-social [work and education] level are comfortable with him because they're not trying to make emotional contact with him. This is what I understood him to say.
It's better than nothing.
@@updownstate Which is why he also said he's willing to change it. Hear what he says at the end of the video
WOW! This just made me realize that my mother is a Social Psychopath. She's always exhibited the signs he says he has. It makes so much sense. Thanks James.
I had brain surgery. My interaction with my surgeon at my first follow-up will haunt me forever. I was sitting, slouched in my chair in the patient room, not really conscious of my body posture. The surgeon came in, and plopped into a chair near me, matching my posture, which seeing him sit that way jarred me, and I sit up straight. That man cut a hole in my skull, and chopped at my brain, my life was so literally in his hands, and I felt like I was disrespecting him. At the same time, like what can I do/say? Thanks for saving my life, dude! I'll sit up straight in my chair and say "thanks" ... cause that's enough ... but it's nothing ... Like, those are just words people say, like, "thanks for visiting," ... I don't really know what I'm trying to say ...
Oh please , he loves the attention lol
Which would be a main trait of ASPD (narcissism) aka loving the attention. So long as he gains attention in a positive way, and not shooting up a school I'm cool.
@@DaymonBurnside Neither of you are correct. A NARCISSIST as in Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a pathological condition characterized by attention seeking and grandiose displays... only as a mask to hide insecurities. Psychopaths and ASPDs usually have a degree of narcissism, but it is not the main character trait at all. They don't need attention at all. They are just supremely confident, without any underlying insecurities whatsoever, and they just come across as narcissistic.
Peter Bruns that’s not true. Almost all top psychologists say that every psychopath is a narcissist, but not every narcissist is a psychopath.
@@djLagwayEnjoyer Hi Clayton. I think that most psychologists/psychiatrists with expertise in personality disorders would say every psychopath does have narcissistic CHARACTER TRAITS. But that doesn't mean their narcissism qualifies as a disorder, such as someone with NPD. I think that's where people get confused. To be diagnosed as NPD, you have to meet at least 5 out of 9 character traits, and NPDs narcissism stems from very low self esteem and feelings of shame and guilt. The narcissism in NPDs is a cover therefore for their poor upbringing and abuse, and their main motivation is to be the center of attention.
Psychopaths however cannot be NPD, because their inability to feel remorse, empathy, fear, and guilt prevents them from ever getting NPD. Their brains are wired differently. Psychopaths are narcissistic in the sense that their main motivation is to serve themselves and not others, and because they are genuinely confident and take control of social situations. But they can care less whether or not they are the center of attention. If you insult or ignore a psychopath, they will laugh and walk away, or maybe insult you worse, but they really don't care. An NPD however goes crazy and will throw tantrums and devalue other people... that's why NPD is a disorder in itself.
@@peterbruns6124 while you're correct that aspd dont care for attention, nor do they care about anything narracistic traits are so overwhelming and often covert in high functioning aspd that they could easily fit the criteria of NPD if they were not overly malignant in nature. Remember the covert narracistic sociopath that shoots up a school and tell me again, how he doesn't crave attention...
You're trying too hard to be right.. and you're sticking far to hard to the DSM, which his the problem with the mental health system in general...
Everyone is on a scale....
If you're aware of the covert element to high functioning aspd you'd understand why it's foolish to assume that aspd don't have npd on some scale... also ASPD like psychopaths can feel emotion. That's becoming the consensus. So behaviours like devaluation and splitting can happen to people who are very close with the PWASPD.. So if you can understand this, you can understand how complex cases can have cormorbid aspd and npd
Because you can't tell the difference on paper.. you need to get to know the individual.
My impression is that he's twice as smart as we think he is, but only half as smart as HE thinks he is.
If you don't fall for his BS, like most people here. It would be great!
He said he was an average guy; the average guy is not married to his first sweetheart nor this funny! It's a little scary to think how charming psycopaths can be.but thank goodness not all of them are vicious. Must be a continuum.
All performative. None of it is authentic. The non-vicious psychopaths cause indirect harm by supporting systems that cause millions to suffer. There is no such thing as a safe psychopath.
he is in an episode of Through the Wormhole and in it is explained how they can be charming in order to get their own way well. worth a watch
You’re right but I think the key thing to remember is to ask what motivates them in their individual lives? Once you can find that out you could gauge how much of an issue such a person would be to you and if you needed to keep them out of your own life. So for me it’s someone’s EQ, their motivations and their general intelligence level plus looking at their parents and upbringing before they reach my ‘inner circle’.
@ktpuss the lack of authentic empathy raises the risk of abuse at their hands significantly. I favor institutionalization until we perfect a way to rewire their neurons. This would include CEOs and members of government using mandatory scanning and diagnosis.
They do not care about how the future is affected by their actions, and now it is literally killing humans every day due to their indirect harm.
Yeah most psychopaths arent these emotionless serial killer the movies like to make you think. Its all dramatized for pop culture, in reality most "psychopaths" are just prisoners or failures in life.
Came for the science, stayed for the stand up comedy 😂
I think I found me? First time I've ever heard or listened to you. I'm glad to help people but I don't want any buddies. I'm 70. I came back to Ohio to try to help my son and his wife out with their 2 little girls. Sometimes I think I'm having a melt down, well actually I'm a screamer, not that kind ,lol but because my nerves get frayed from all the noise and filth. Everywhere I look it's what I think, the house of broken dreams. But even if I love my kids it's only a little emotion most often that I feel. I never want to be caught having to listen to walking Britannica's. I can't be like everyone else because I'm always on the outside looking in. I grew up not far from my son's home and that effects me. I look out the window and sob because I've let my life slip by and miss all the wild and fun days of my younger years. Then I'm over it, just like that. It's like I will help people, but I'll want them to call before they come over and then I hope they don't call. I'm like a hermit
Superficially glib and lots of tongue flicking. Red flags galore. Spooky..... 😯
A bit like Ted Bundy?
First red flag that you are dealing with a psychopath: You like someone a lot after meeting them once.
That's a pretty dumb way to think about meeting people. You're just gonna assume everyone you like is a psychopath and then you subconsciously start to avoid them or treat them differently .
@@redgrengrumbholdt2671 The key is being able to understand nuance. Sorry you are unable to.
I remember gushing to a surgeon once for saving my life, he looked at me like I was something he had just scraped off his shoe, I still love that guy though 🥰
I have observed psycopathy in surgeon's as well. They have the advantage of not being squeamish while working on people the type of detachment they have is unparalleled. They seem to be well disciplined as well which obviously helps surgeons.
@@redbear4027 The overwhelming majority of surgeons are not psychopaths Sir. They are desensitized.
@@PROTAGONIST_48 that's good to know but I do hope that they are OK, do they train to become desensitised or is it a skill set?
@@PROTAGONIST_48 Healthcare is pay to play. I have a friend that teaches at a medical school from what I understand less people are going into Healthcare because they care about people and more people are going it into it because their parents force them and because they want to make money that seems Psychopathic to me. I have no desire to argue with you I understand that the percentage of psychopaths is low. But it is very naive to think that there are no Psychopaths. So basically I agree with you have a great day. What do you call it when you try to talk to an oncologist but they tell you you have to come in for an appointment? That's what happened to me and oncologist was so high and mighty they wouldn't talk to me for 5 minutes to assuage some of my concerns so I cured my own cancer.
I guess I'm desensitized to the belief that they are gods...😚
@@PROTAGONIST_48 Also I wonder who is doing all these transgender surgeries because it is my assertion that they are Psychopaths.
I was at a Mental Health conference back in July where a renown researcher told the story of Mr Fallon. He further estimated that it may not only take the abnormal brain structure of a psychopath to make a destructive person, it also may require bad nurture in childhood. He estimated that Mr Fallon did not become a destructive person because of relatively good nurture in childhood. Amazing to hear his own take.
This makes simple sense but not the only factors involved.
Traumatic experiences can set the trigger off. Bad parenting is just one way of setting that trigger off. Head injuries, bad relationships, being bullied and many other experiences are equally as important.
It's all to do with brain trauma I believe. Physical or mental.
I feel, though have never been tested. That I am a full blown psychopath. But a loving upbringing has help shelter me from my true self. But I am definately not connected. But I do my best to meet people in the middle so to speak.
I am no psychologist, but I’ve always been very interested in certain aspects of brain science and psychology. I trained as a research technologist in the Biological Sciences and then when my twins were born, I worked part time with a Positive Parenting Program, as a child care worker and then as a parent facilitator.
I’ve worked closely with hundreds of young children, in the newborn to six year old age group, which featured lots of unstructured play time, song, rhyme, art and simple food preparation time, and I have also raised my own twin sons ( with bountiful help from my husband), so I have a little experience with early childhood behaviour.
I have always had a firm but fair style of dealing with people including children, and I found that I was very good at helping people and children learn how to act or play fairly and respectfully with one another, but sometimes, with some children, it was real work! I can’t think of too many times ( only one example really) where an oppositional, defiant, young child didn’t come around to consistently trying the tactics that I would model for them and use it successfully. It was generally extremely rewarding work but at times it required real patience and the belief that my system would eventually work, which it usually did, at least in our program setting. The parents were also taught these skills and practices.
I have often wondered, as a side thought, if this kind of early, positive type of intervention, in a potential young sociopath or psychopath could possibly have turned them around enough and helped shape them into being more successful and productive people in life and in society, like what has appeared to have happened with Dr. Fallon, due to the excellent parenting that he seems to have received. It makes sense that it could very well do that or at least help to a significant degree, especially if their first teachers ( their parents or main caregiver) were able to bond with them and teach them these valuable, cooperative, social skills.
Yeah, I think that’s been well known considering there are estimated to be numerous people with anti-social disorders in high levels of large corporations and government, presidents even.
It definitely depends on partly nurture, because obviously what you're teaching the clinical psychopath is to boil everything down to "winning" and having power and control over others so they don't hurt you when they have power and control over you. I mean there are actually really malignant psychopaths that do come from pretty normal or privileged backgrounds too, it's just the really violent ones do tend coming from backgrounds of violence and/or substance abuse and poverty.
Which, to be fair, is the mix that generally creates much more angry violent people in general that are prone to finding difficulty with being happy, normal, friendly, cheerful people in adulthood regardless if they want to anyway even if they have normal brain structures. So it becomes about force multipliers and self awareness. Also you will notice key word "self awareness." People with a general poverty of accurate self-appraisal aren't good at a number of things in life. Scientists by basic definition are trending toward hyper awareness and cold, calm, reflective analysis and curiosity so they probably would tend to be among the absolute best at keeping themselves from being destructive and understanding themselves and their own motivations and therefore crimping any of the worst tendencies.
Explains Donald J Trump PERFECTLY!
Welcome to the comment section where everyone is an expert psychiatrist because they watched a couple youtube videos.
HAHAHAHAAA! (Really thinks about what you just said) ... Wait a minute ... Should I really be laughing?
Welcome to the comment section where this dumbass makes completely satire comments to gain small hits of dopamine over an extended peroid of time because they themselves feel empty and without depth on the inside
@@wholesomekeanureeves9466 That's some pretty high-level self-awareness you're showing there
@@Tyrosine0910 i thought so
literally lmaooo
If this guy was born a generation or two earlier in New York with a slightly worse family, he probably would’ve ended up being a mob boss.
A really good one.
@@friskeysunset …😆
He could run for a seat in the Democrat Party.
Or dead in a gutter by the time he's 21
@@emjaydark2811 Now? The mob is very right-wing, they’d be pro-Republican.
The neurosurgeon who did my surgery was probably incapable of feeling empathy. But wow, what an incredible surgeon.
it's essential to a surgeon to develop some "skills" of psychopaths, such as lack of empathy (while working). There's a real interesting buch about that The Wisdom os Psychopaths by Kevin Dutton.
@@alexanderdecarvalho3731 yes. They may even develop Alexithymia. They have to go on to the next person and pretend like that 2 year old didn't just die in the back.
@@AmbivalentAlexthymic You're both right, it's being able to "Turn it on and off" when needed. You want them to be warm and jovial and joking with you when you're resting in your room watching TV and they come by to see how you're doing and let you know how your blood work looked, and then want them focused with ice water in their veins and being in the clutch when they're holding the scalpel.
@@edwardmason741 That is not psychopath. They have it permanently "off".
@@user255 I know, but he meant how that trait is good in various circumstances/professions.
I remember listening to him lecture about this before, and mentioning a specific instance where he was investigating a deadly virus that he believed was contracted in a bat cave. He didn't tell his brother that they were at risk because he thought it would be fun to spelunk, but didn't tell his brother that the reason no one was visiting the cave and/or there were dead animals nearby was because it carried deadly contagion. He never told his brother that if he touched the floors, that he would contract Marburg virus and die bleeding from all his orifices. They enjoyed the caves. After his brother found out, their relationship changed. He may think he's a good guy based on his religious framework, but there are probably a lot of situations like this one that outline how dangerous he is as a companion. I would love to study this man.
There are more psychopaths out there then generally believed, you probly know one or two. That guy who's totally oblivious to your reactions to something or your opinion in general without even being conscious of it for instance
I just try to _appreciate_ the fact that if Dr. Fallon didn't rip my head off it's because he wouldn't regard it as a particularly interesting endeavor.
maybe there's something there with that natural attraction towards religion as well
I saw a video where people who knew him called him out on stage for some of his “fun” stories and told the truth behind what happened. They also reminded him of other dangerous and thoughtless things he did with, say, his kids. He had trouble seeing what the problem was.
He’s not a good guy.
Don’t believe psychopaths’ self-assessments. That’s basic. We all know it, but when we’re faced with a cuddly TED talk, too many people decide to forget.
@@mrjones2721 You're right, but I wouldn't agree with calling him a bad person. It depends on your definition of bad, of course. If the argument is about semantics without explanation it's pointless, so I'll give my definition. To me, a bad person is someone who commits cruel acts with full knowledge and apprehension of the pain they inflict. However, the concept of good and bad is a human social construct. Nature, nurture and genetics aren't "good or bad" they just "are". They are neutral agents. The brains of psychopaths, such as dr. Fallon's are lacking in the parts that give humans understanding and grasp of the pain they might inflict on others. Fallon doesn't understand other people's feelings because he's not capable of it. As such, he hasn't got a clue of the pain he inflicts, nor does he have personal experience of any pain of that nature. Aside from reading a literal definition of the words, psychopaths are unable to understand cruelty or empathy, and are therefore capable of committing cruel acts without any qualms, such as the cave example. Why wouldn't they? They aren't hindered by empathy, so it's only logical for them to want to maximize their own pleasure. It's certainly not pleasant for neurotypicals to experience, and I'm not saying actions such as Fallon's are morally justified, but in my view it doesn't make him a bad person, it's just how his brain works.
This man's facial expressions at the reactions of the crowd is priceless.
He's telling you he's a psychopath and they're clapping...
well you gotta love them psychopaths
I mean, it don't mean they hurt folks or even want to. They just mentally don't have the hang ups we do, if that's wut you'd like to call it
Because it's incredibly hard for non sociopaths to relate to what goes on in a sociopaths brain, it's so hard to comprehend.
I thought it was a standup comedy show
You're laughing. He's telling you he's a psychopath and you're laughing.
He's brave to be able to admit and take ownership of what he discovered about himself.
Brave? Bro hes a psychopath, he doesnt care or feel anything. He actually benefitted from admiting hes a psychopath.
@@jadecleveland865 yeah, aside from that he admitted it and is taking steps. So he does care.
He doesn't care, so that makes it easy.
@@PunkerVogt Nope he doesn't. No disrespect to him but that's the whole point about psychopathy in medical terms.
He chose to be a good person because it serves him well. He chose to admit it because it serves him well. Most of the decisions we make are influenced by society or people around us. He is simply incapable of comprehending what we feel.
I remember some time after the 2008 housing bubble burst and the resulting Great Recession I watched a documentary called, "I Am Fishhead" narrated by Peter Coyote. The gist of the documentary is that it was discovered that many of the CEOs who ran these companies that went belly up by being overly adventurous with their company's investment risk factors were found to be psychopaths. And I believe half way through it James came onto the screen and told this story, and at the time he attributed his 'normal' business life to being reared by great parents.
Fascinating. There seem to be so many varied dimensions to the human psyche that we gloss over in our panic to find a "simple answer". Psychopathology is probably a spectrum, and most certainly a basket of sub-components. It would take a huge amount of self-awareness and self-control, but it appears that some psychopaths can control it and adapt to what part of the world they can perceive. I saw an interview of a diagnosed psychopath who was crystal-clear on a few points: he spoke because he had nothing to gain or lose, his perception of the human world was peripheral at most but he did comprehend there were entities (other human beings) "out there", he knew pain and did not wish it on another being, and he understood the pain he could cause would probably be because of inattentiveness or negligence on his part. His answer was to focus, very hard, on the human world at the edges of his comprehension, following what clues he could gather through information sometimes gained second-hand. He was clearly very intelligent, but he described his existence almost like a 'brain in a jar' experience. I couldn't comprehend a lot of what he said, but I'm glad I listened.
This is the kind of stuff that I think of often.
Do I care, or do I HAVE to care about other people? etc.
Sometimes I don't know myself.
Do you happen to know what interview that was?
@friskeysunset I'd be fascinated to listen. Do you have more information, such that allows for a productive search for this interview? Thanks in advance.
@@Skelterbane69 An excellent guide is simply the awareness that in many ways others are very much like yourself: Averse to pain, interested in pleasure, seeking constructive family relationships, and more completely seeking friendship, love, meaningful work.... The Golden Rule oversimplifies matters but 'treating others as you would like to be treated' has its root in acknowledging how alike humans are, and that we are kin to each other not just genetically but emotionally and morally.
Are you speaking of Charles Manson?
Courageous of this man to step out as he did. Reminds me of the movie “interview with the vampire”, as most narcissists/sociopaths will tend to remain forever unaccountable for their tendencies and lowball actions. As it goes, there is a spectrum within anti social disorders, with many persons able to carry on somewhat “normal” lives. Cudos to this fellow for embracing his situation with humility and sharing his story.
It’s not courage, he literally “doesn’t care”.
As he interviewed his inner circle and realised people already kind of knew, he realised he had nothing to lose if he, say, wrote a book and that book sold really well. Which is what happened. Also, he's clearly had a great upbringing that made him prosocial so he didn't do anything bad and doesn't care about attracting undue attention.
read the book
courageous is such a dumb word to use for a psychopath, they just don't work like that.
I haven’t read the book, but I can imagine that this may have been one case where being hyper focused on religion as a child, delays any really obvious negative psychotic acts… sounds
Ike he eventually grew into understanding sin differently. 😂😇
Being a psychopath and being a serial killer are two different things. It depends not only of your genes, but also the enviroment. Maybe he was raised in a good structured family. Besides the story he told, he maybe didn't commited anything worse (like murder itself as he did a lot of harmful things) because of that. He grew up and ended up doing a good job to the society. He locked himself in this job, maybe that brought good emotions to himself, and that kind of pleasure he can still feel.
And now i learned one more thing about this kind of brain: They might not always be aware they have this issue. I really didn't know that. That's amazing. I know he doesn't care and he maybe this time wasn't trying to manipulate, but telling his story to the public made him feel awesome. He doesn't have emotional empathy, but i found very interesting that he has the acknowledgment that his relatives thinks he is not a good person to be around.
He was brought up well and happy. There was a documentary made about this man and others - very interesting.
After reading this comment i think you are complete confused about the reactions of stimuli tht psychopaths experience and the empathy they attach to others.
@@akumaquik Like he said, he don't have emotional empathy, but cognitive empathy. What i said was what i learned. But of course, i would like ro read your thoughts as i'm not a specialist of course.
@@annastinehammersdottir1290 Hi, what's the name of that documentary?
I don't think it is self awareness. He is a scientist, discovered something interesting about himself, didn't feel anything, developed a theory, shared it to promote study, enjoys acknowledgement. ....locked himself in job because he is a zombie with no emotion, good for a person who has a career to stay in their wheelhouse....
Interesting talk, really. I wouldn't trust him on a life raft in the middle of the ocean, to be honest, though.
Nice fat joke
Very interesting. Though I disagree that we need people with such traits as CEOs or soldiers. I’d rather wager a guess that we have the sort of social problems because people with such traits get a hold of a lot of power. Then of course you will have a mass exploitation and violent conflicts, that’s kind of expected if someone is not able to fully put themselves in another person’a shoes.
So while it might be useful sometimes, I disagree that anyone who has it on autopilot should be just left unchecked or worse - praised for what they are doing.
Exactly. Speaking someone who strongly suspects that she is a psychopath, I wouldn’t trust Fallon’s words when he says the world needs psychopaths. Trying to convince others why they need us is a timeless sociopathic/psychopathic move. It’s self preservation.
Infact, there's not a single field of work or place in this society where these devils are needed. You don't need to be a vicious pos to perform surgery or to have responsibility. I bet those who say psychopaths are beneficial in any way at all are narcissistic, selfish assholes themselves looking for a way to justify their shitty behaviour. It is also a choice. NPD's and ASPD's knows what they're doing and they do the things they do because they love it.
Yes “profit over everything” is the cancer that is metastasizing through the world leaving misery and destruction in its wake.
One can have a very valid suspicion that successful psychopaths helped created the conditions for this mentality.
It doesn't take empathy to know what is right and wrong. Psychopaths have less of an ego or a need to sooth with outside things like power. They get bored mostly.
@brownincel6018 it's not really. Plenty of people are without even knowing it. I mean if you dont feel guilt why should that stop you from doing the right thing ? If all that stops people from doing the wrong thing is because it makes them feel bad I'd question that persons inner compass
People laugh and find this amusing, but I can bet anything his wife and kids don't find it funny at all. You cannot really understand the scope of this until you actually interact in a deep level with a psychopath/sociopath.
There are some sociopaths who choose not to be abusive. It's possible he's one.
Might be true for the "controls", e.g. neurotypical people. But psychopaths deserve love, too. I mean, if they respect you at least a bit. I know what you are going to tell me, that psychopathy and respect do not work together, but it´s really all about the willingness of the given psychopath to loosen up a bit in his schemes - for you. You - as their partner - have to set boundaries and be firm about it. Tell them and show them you are not going to put up with their shit. I went through this, and I have to tell you, while the romance (if I can call it "romance" because it was so weirdly unemotional) did not last, I learned that not all psychopaths are the same. Some are better than others. He treated me right, he respected me because I understood and accepted him, and he was good to me but terrible to other people. The relationship ultimatelly sank like Titanic, though, as he was emotionally cold and could not connect with anybody. Interestingly, he opened me up after my previous partner who was "normal" but a completely hateful, hurtful person (he hated gays, lesbians, kids, animals, women, people of color... I could go on and on). Funnily enough, I expected the psychopath to be this hateful, not the neurotypical guy. The neurotypical guy nearly did me in.
Their nature is not to be hateful or evil, what they do is wear a mask appropriate for whoever they talk to so they can seem like great people and get what they want (whatever it is). So yes, you could say a psychopath could treat you better than a "normal" person, but as you already experienced, they only keep tricking you into feeling they are ok people until they find a new target. Do they deserve love? I think so, but love them in a non-romantic way, just know that they will absolutely destroy you and have no remorse whatsoever if you fall into their game (which is almost impossible to escape if you haven't already been with one).
Chris Martell thank you for lending us your expert opinion.
Robin Mario I am not an expert, but 5 years of being with a psychopath and experiencing their traits and schemes, plus about three years of constant reading and research I think makes me a trustworthy resource since in the majority of cases they behave the exact same way regardless of race, gender and/or age.
Psychopathy is not funny. The audiences laughter giving Fallon the supply he needs shows what is wrong with society. Psychopathy is confused with confidence. We even vote them in to lead countries with this basic mistake of confusing callousness for charm. This guy says that everybody that knew him believed he was a sociopath before he told them about his brain scan. Though he has also stated elsewhere that his wife had no clue, and he mixes up his stories of how and why his brain scan was used in his studies. He lies. He admits to being callous and cold, and uses it for laughs, and at the end he states that he is feigning empathy now, and that makes him a good friend! He has no real insight.
He also uses the old excuse of empathy being a hindrance, and says he wants a surgeon to be unempathic if they are working on him. And he wants a soldier to be a psychopath as long as they protect him. Someone else in these comments said a psychopathic soldier was acceptable and justified on the battlefield. But where is the battlefield? It’s never been in outer space! Every battle fought in human history has been in the middle of people’s homes and livelihoods. When the battle is done, those psychopathic soldiers can’t get enough and so they look for innocent civilians to mame and murder, and they hunt down women and children to rape. Yes children, and pretty much anything with a hole when it’s a psychopath looking for satisfaction! The rest of the world is looking to end these brutal practices of war, but James Fallon is happy for other bums to be fucked as long as it saves his sorry little ass! Cos his is the only one that matters, right?
And the audience laughs and finds it funny, and people in the comments say “isn’t he doing well? A functioning psychopath! He’s just a normal person really!”
Get a grip, this is not a normal human being people! This is a dangerous human being, who lacks the social skills to be classed as fully human. Holding down a job whilst being an insensitive asshole to other people’s needs does not make him normal - and you can feel free to tell your boss that! We as a whole human society need rid of these people, especially from being in charge. They should never be surgeons, soldiers, CEO’s and world “leaders” - because they are children inside. They care about nothing but themselves, and cannot think for the good of everybody alive now, let alone several generations ahead. They are not adults, but people give them the most responsible jobs! And it will cost the human race our place on Earth if we don’t put a stop to this.
This man is not being "brave" for telling his story being a psychopaths, he just thought it is an interesting story to tell. Interesting dude.
What’s your mental illness?
Everything is "brave" now. He's so "woke" too.
you don't know
It's a matter of defining bravery but I have to agree. My fondness for Aristotle and my assumption that he isn't afraid to share his story led me to the same conclusion as you.
No one is being brave anywhere. The word has lost all fucking meaning.
Absolutely we need detached people but we dont need violent or cruel people! This man is funny funny funny! Charming and mesmerizing great speaker easy to losten to probably an excellent author!
I would argue society does need a certain class of people capable of violence.
I wonder what my PET scan would show. Except for one cool person and one I’m not fully convinced of, everyone else I’ve had a relationship with has been somewhere along the line of psychopathy and/or sociopathy. I wonder what it says about me. Or, is it that there are way more of ‘them’ out there than we know? 🤔
@@NeoStoicism Why?
Without having people capable of violence you won't have anyone to protect you from dangerous threats. It's that simple, we need soldiers, cops, game wardens to be able to be violent to stop invading armies, criminals, wild animals from hurting our society.
@@NeoStoicism I agree, some people today seem to think life was always as it is today. In reality our concept of "normality" is just a footnote in the long, long history of our species. It took all kinds to get us where we are and there's no reason to believe that that doesn't apply to the future as well. What worries me is this thirst for "normalization". We must all be the same...
I've made a mistake of buying his book, thinking it would give me some scientific insights into mind of a psychopath, turns out its few hundred pages of him bragging about some nonsense
elaborate?
Proves he's at least narccisitic
LK P 100% correct.
Yeah.. he's a psychopath lol
I am listening to the audiobook and wish James voiced it himself, the voice actor was too fast and robotic
But how has he only ever dated one person and lived with them for the rest of his life. Love or something else?
this was an hilarious talk. showing that there's more to the psychopathic mindset than [insert popular serial killer] type tendencies. bravo.
+Baba Booey he most likely does.
he knows it
MammalsShmammals I loved his self deprecating humourous take on his psychopathy. Takes courage to admit this kind of stuff.
+MammalsShmammals Agreed!-- What a Lovely Guy!.. What a Great Psychopath..🙄🤔
As far as psychopaths go, Fallon is a success story. I’ve no doubt he’s fallen short in his interpersonal relationships, and that he doesn’t feel regret, but that’s the very definition of a psychopath. He’s also been governed by the moral code he was taught growing up, and has become a socially normal, responsible, and successful member of society.
Demonizing Psychopaths as a group is blaming a person for something they have no control over, AND treating them as irredeemable mutants who aren’t worth the effort and expense to treat, despite evidence that they can function normally when given the proper environment to develop.
He says himself that every person that knew him, that he asked, said that he wasn’t NORMAL. Holding down a research job and doing TED talks is not a sign of normality, nor does it mean that he hasn’t hurt people. I have narcissistic parents (that’s way lower on the scale than James Fallon) and they are hurtful every time they open their mouths, because every communication is self-centred. This guy has a wife, children, grandchildren and yet he enjoys getting audience laughs out of how selfish he has been. God only knows what he is like as a boss if he has no empathy - I can just hear him saying to his secretary “no you can’t go early because your husband has been in a car crash and is on life support, because how does that help me make my research deadline?” Falling short in interpersonal relationships, as you like to put it, isn’t a mild problem. It is THE problem of human existence, and the one that will probably kill us as a species because we can’t live within nature whilst most countries are ruled by these human mimickers called Psychopaths who might as well be aliens.
U simply have no idea what a psychopath is
@@andrewhaywood3853
I think it’s fair to say that you’re exceedingly attuned to cluster B behavior regarding your personal experience. But projecting your personal experience on to every psychopath is way too reactionary.
I never said the guy is easy to live with. I said psychopaths can, and often do integrate relatively normally into society, despite their affliction. I also have a very good friend, and former brother in law who has NPD. His is the vulnerable type, but it took a toll on my sister and their two sons. Which is why he’s my former brother in law, but still my friend. He’s learned. He’s not “cured” of it, but he’s adopted a very different approach to his life. One which would’ve saved his marriage had he adopted it 20 years ago.
@@orphanrafferty1955
I have no idea what a psychopath is? Don’t make silly statements you can’t back up.
You have no idea what I know.
You simply assume every psychopath is evil incarnate because of your personal experience.
Perhaps all psychopaths should be burned at the stake since they’re so clearly irredeemable in your eyes.
@Madolite
Lol. “tactically unwise action…”
Exactly! Classical conditioning!
Learning behavior is mostly conditioning anyway. A psychopath is slower on the uptake learning proper social conduct because they’re neurologically retarded in that area of comprehension, but they can learn to mimic, and with our increasing understanding of neural plasticity, perhaps can even learn to have feelings more like neurotypical people.
I would love to watch an in-depth conversation between this guy and renowned narcissist and psychologist Sam Vaknin. The nature vs. nurture debate is never-ending, and endlessly fascinating.
No big surprise heritage and upbriging. The Ratio differs as well.
Sam Vaknin readily says that ASPD is a physically difference in the brain and think that it should be removed from the cluster B section because of that stark difference
Lol. You need to go out more.
@Anaximander I'll take your nonexistent credentials to heart 👍
The answer has always been pretty obviously both, nature and nurture are interconnected.
I always knew that that Jimmy Fallon was a Psychopath
i love the look he gives at the end when everybody cheers and hes like: " yea, i dont care"
yea, like "they are clapping,, how surprising, low IQ simpletons ".
Patrick C., I had to watch it again to see what you were talking about. You're totally right! The quick little raise of the eyebrows with the closed-lip grin, and then leaving the stage before the applause even ended its crescendo. He seriously had NO NEED to bask in any of the approbation.
But the FIRST time I watched, I was pretty sure he was getting choked up at the end. Like he KNEW the gravity of what he was saying. Even though I fully agree with your assessment, I also think he DOES care deeply about something important, even if it's not words of approval from another human.
He's like, "I played those suckers good."
@@CrabbyOof course he cares deeply about sone things .. I honestly think Fallon is full
Of shit about 25% of the time.
@@CrabbyO Sociopaths are self-centered. I feel bad for anyone like that because they can't feel empathy naturally. It's a mental disease, sometimes coming from brain-damage even.
I'm glad he's faking it now. It's his own way to say he cares about you, that he puts on this act for your comfort. I could live with someone who I knew was secretly cold, but rarely showed it, much better than someone who was cold all the time. Plus, the brain is plastic. You can train it. Like a muscle. By faking it until he makes it, he'll maximize whatever small scrap of empathy he has.
I don't think you can activate areas of the brain that are inactive due to genetic traits by mimicking the kind of behavior you'd exhibit if those areas has normal levels of activity.
It seems you don't understand what is wrong with psychopaths. They are emotionally cold, but that's not the worst part of them. They take greater risks, because negative/averse outcomes (e.g getting their finger cut) don't scare them. THUS, they will also put YOUR life in danger, and not care. And so if you die, they'll feel a slight loss, but after some months they'll find someone else.
nono, its not his way to say he cares about you... he doesnt care, he cannot do it for that reason, if you think that, you dont get narcisissts
@@paulh2981 Well, there is some truth in the value of psychopaths and sociopaths learning how to _emulate_ the emotions of the neuro-typical population -- for functionality's sake. Even better, if they can receive good therapy and learn the _personal benefits_ of fitting into society -- things running more smoothly for themselves and for society at large. They can also learn their differences, and why they behave the way they do. There are some high-functioning neuro-divergents out there.
@@alessiosandro123 I get narcissists just fine. Lord knows I've had enough of them in my life. A psychopathic narcissist like the speaker CAN care. It's just on an intellectual level instead of an emotional one. You sound like YOU don't get them, preferring demonization over understanding. Which is understandable. I'm downright allergic to people with NPD myself. They suck.
I like how the piano player plays an ominous bundle of notes when he says “I scored a little too high on the psychopath test” 😂
Until very recently I was not even aware psychopaths may _themselves_ look for help of mental health professionals, yet some of them do, as while it feels fantastic to do whatever you want without sense of guilt, never getting depression due to lack of conscience, being able to play people, having no fear etc, however what pisses them off is how the nice life they seem to finally built for them crumbles again and again, because they fail at building lasting relationships. And failure is not what they wish for themselves. Besides then they discover, that they are insanely shallow emotionally, they do feel joy, anger, and... and... well, that sort of it, besides sensations like hunger, freezing or sweating.
They can get depressed and he only scored 20 out of 40 on the test since falls under boarder line psychopath
We do NOT need any sychopaths in business or politics. That's a major reason why the country is so effed up right now.
I’ve heard him tell this story before and it was totally different detail about how he found out. It seems lying without compunction is also a feature of psychopathy.
Without a doubt! It's their super power.
@@ettvanligtkonto No shade, just pointing out some are more adept at the dramatic art of b.s.
What was the difference?
@@TalynStormcrow There was no difference, handcrafted is sus af. It's psychopaths all the way down
@@unutilisateur4729 sus af?? what are you saying? ENGLISH!
Humanity is way more complex and nuanced than most or any of us realize. Dating and loving someone who was hyper functional who shared that they had been diagnosed with numerous mental health issues really made me put the brakes on being judgmental towards anyone, even myself.
So true. Labels are not helpful.
@@paulduffy4585actually they’re helpful in some ways. For example, I couldn’t begin getting my life back until I could label what I wanted to understand and overcome.
@@Rino37 fr, even know it exists in a book (DSM IV I'm looking at you!) and it happens to more people its kinda conforting.
@@canobenitez Let me rephrase, definitive statements are usually not helpful. Whereas labels can be helpful at times, even though they run the risk of oversimplifying matters.
"When people tell you who they are, listen." Some of these sociopathic/narcissistic types like attention so much, or are so shallow that they'll reveal themselves with glee. When they do, take them at their word! Don't think 'well, they're harmless & self-aware." Also, learn to read people and note their actions. Because some of these creeps are too clever to just tell you who they are.
Good point.
On a tangent, the way I heard it was,
"When someone tells you who they are, take it wisely.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them."
My housemate is such a person, and uses his act of "narcissistic-sociopathic-self absorbed" self-awareness to take people unawares, when it really comes down to it.
Laughing and smiling with you, he will admit to being this way, and you may be inclined to believe (most are) that since he is just stating it so freely and openly, that he's understanding himself and taking measures to counter-balance these traits. But when you have been hurt by him, it is just "Well, I told you so...", and a smug grin.
@@WinkLinkletter why do you still live with him?
Good watch! I must say I wouldn't mind some more empathetic CEOs, but there definitely are fields where psychopathy would be an advantage.
Advantage to society or the self?
@@daryl9905 Definitely to the self but I could imagine if too many empathetic people were driven out of key jobs, those jobs may suffer and possibly the society as a result. I'd have no idea on the numbers but it'd be interesting to read a study on psychopaths in potentially trauma-inducing careers like paramedics or soldiers etc.
Empathy on it's own doesn't make money. CEO's can be empathetic, but only if it generates money, and i don't see problem in that, since economy is not a zero sum game.
CEO's becoming rich doesn't make poor people more poor.
@@gava6636 It has in recent years though, with progressively more jobs becoming automated and the wealth divide growing wider as many of those jobs are no longer available and the majority of the money saved goes to the rich and not into the communities.
@@gava6636 CEOs without empathy = a lot of people being oppressed, taken advantage of, etc. It does create a wealth gap.
I teared up a little with that closing bit. Not compelled or even encouraged by his emotions and yet James Fallon chooses to care. Academics argue endlessly about the reality of free will and whether we are all just a product of nature and nurture, but IMHO this is a practical example.
He doesn't "care". It is strictly an academic exercise to see if it optimizes his relations with people so he can more easily manipulate them as he sees fit. This is the entire basis of psychopathy - there is zero connection inter-personally.
Half of life is just showing up. Show up with a smile and a positive gesture. It goes along way.
True
True
It goes a long way but it doesn’t complete the connection - which is where the important stuff happens.
Exactly, as Paul says. It goes a long way in many casual relationships and fun nights out, traveling etc. But those deep connections miss something, when empathy is not there. It is good to aknowledge how important it is, to both understand the psychopath (what he is missing out on, and how a relationship can be good for him), and in this case his family, who need to understand their dad and what they can get and not get (empathy, interest, humor) from being together with him
And actually, instead of 'missing out on' something, I like to see it as; that we all contribute with something, we all bring something to the world. Instead of comparing each other, we could just say that this man brings humor, joy, casual lifestyle, science ect. - His wife probably brings empathy, and they have found a way to live together, even though he might not understand that empathy on an emotional level. Sorry it got a little long
Something I recently realized is that personality disorders are also on a spectrum. I had trouble understanding if a relative was a narcissist until I realized they are probably on a spectrum and just not as bad as some narcs.
I knew three boys who may have been psychopaths, when I was growing up. One thing I noticed about them was that they had no real emotions. They never showed anger, impatience, disappointment, disgust, or irritation. They also had a disdain for anyone else being angry, sad, impatient, etc. It seemed that when other people showed emotion it brought out their worst ways.
Could be aspergers/autism my guy :)
That sounds more akin to a sociopath. Are you a bot? A plant? Maybe bamboo?
Alot of psychos react that way, they see emotions as ppl trying to manipulate them, because they don't grasp what they actually are.
The neuroscience is so oversimplified it is hard to relate to what he is saying other than the fact that the environment plays a huge part of the result of the kind of adult we become! So what's new! He overdramatizes the connection between having a risk-prone temperament, having been spoiled, and being a psychopath. You could say jerk or bombastic or overly self-centered, self-involved human being, but so was Picasso. Just because your amygdala does not light up in an fMRI does not mean it is not engaged as the threshold for detection by that device requires high levels of engagement. And then there is the PFC which can dampen the amygdala; all work by LeDoux that is well established. What idiot-psychiatrists thought it was a good idea to tell this narcissist that he is some borderline psychopath to give him a platform in his old age for talking and talking and talking about himself? What this tells you is that it is post-genetic expression that matters a great deal more in terms of the encoded operational strategies that an individual engages in order to obtain optimal outcomes which are rewarded and that those innate influences get tuned by one's experience! Using the overly dramatic "psychopath" term is a wonderfully effective way to sensationalize traits that are well distributed in society to sell his book and monetize incompletely understood research results from small sample sizes.
This is like sociopath stand-up!!!......LMAO.
I'm here for it
I've read books that have made a similar case for the utility of psychopaths. I can see the point. If your child is in need of brain surgery, for an extreme example, you want someone with absolutely cold, clinical detachment, a rock steady hand that will never once waver because of on whom they are working. If you've been falsely accused of a crime, you want a defense lawyer who will pursue any line of defence, no matter how distasteful you might find it. And I can see why and how many psychopaths have risen to lead corporations around the world. But, as we move towards more conscious capitalism, where the overriding duty of a CEO is no longer simply to make money for shareholders, I wonder if their time in particular might be over.
I agree. The perceived super material growth has become trite and proven not as fruitful to anyone other than the psychopaths leading the campaign as we estimated it would be. This was inevitable. The next step for growth and expansion of human kind’s success is clearly a deeper and more communal one, which psychopaths are demonstrably incapable of delivering. You’re right, we let them have the wheel because it seemed beneficial, but in reality they just took the opportunity to gorge themselves, what else would a psychopath do? The whole “but I’m a good, beneficial psychopath!” thing has long worn it’s welcome. It’s time to start growing and evolving towards the true human experience for the collective consciousness.
Sounds like wishful thinking. 1 and 100 ppl are walking this earth. Thats a catastrophic amount of cancer
It's just another brain structure variant. I think it's wrong to call it "damaged" or "missing parts." All of living creatures are just evolved and evolving variants. What is successful, survives. What survives, reproduces and allows further evolution.
There is so much variation in non-psychopath brains that to lump them together and call them "normal" is also a mistake.
@@stapes7344 Yup. 80Million of them is nothing to really just ignore willynilly hahah
@@ajasen When you put your life savings into a fund of stocks, your expectations are those of a narrowly selfish and foolishly entitled gambler. The social harm caused by unchecked amorality in the private sector far outpaces the (net) financial benefit conferred upon beneficiaries. As a world ecology, that sort of greed is a _tragedy of the commons,_ and thus, perhaps ironically here, I have no sympathy for such defectors who are willing to try to squeeze out more than they could ever rightfully earn.
Go see if you can "make" your own money. Some of us actually think that dolphins have some value. Perhaps that's beyond your conceptual capacity though, if you're governed only by a desire to own more useless stuff.
"After I heard all this I didn't care" big respect
lol you trollin bro?
lol u didn't get it.
I bet this guy has some dark secrets.
His victims would agree with you!
I bet you do.
I have this….it’s not that we are bad or uncaring, but we are just mechanically logical. We could be at a car accident scene or fighting a war and someone loses their leg…we are not panicking at all. We are like…”oh, your leg is gone. Well we can stop the bleeding as best we can now, can use shoe laces for that. Doctors will be able to tidy it up a bit and close the stump. Sucks about your leg bro…but hey…life is a crazy ride huh?” While the guy is screaming in agony. And we are thinking…”well it makes sense that he’s screaming. It’s an evolutionary response to gain assistance…let him scream if he needs to I guess…doesn’t hurt.” Haha In many way, I think we are the higher version of humans to be honest….why are you all so wrapped up in your imaginary emotions?
Nah. You are the lowest of the low. Psychopathy is also linked to retardation.
Shows me that brain health is not as powerful as the Holy Spirit
Fascinating. I often get the question about narcissists, why and what can we do. Unless someone wants to change, we can't do much. It can be helpful to consider it's genetic, it can be easier to move on. That helped me close the door on a relationship with a narcissist, when I viewed her as a "psychopath lite" - which was really quite accurate (yes, obsessed with "saving the world" while treating everyone like dirt).
@@adge4579 Seek out hobbies, social ones. Tennis, paddel, take a course in uni, join a dance club, etc. It'll rewire your brain. You're not literally empty, you've just deprived yourself of positive feelings. Do regular sports and regular walks, etc
@@adge4579
Seek out professional help.
I'm a retired RN, I worked in psychiatry for some times.
Your issues seem substantial, I may be wrong but I think that you need to speak to a professional.
Good luck to you.
@@adge4579 you have to re-think your relationship with him and possibly need to develop a different type of relationship that will bring basic respect to you & him. From your years of living with him you have been conditioned to believe certain things and to react to things he does or says a certain way. You may need to learn to not react the way he has caused you to react in the past. In order to do this you have to watch out for "tactics" such as re-framing the conversation, arguing hypotheticals, changing the subject of or to hypotheticals, baiting you for a reaction, and "the dog whistle" which is saying something in front of others that sounds normal to those who are unaware of the personality disorder but can trigger you, making you look like the bad one. There's also the givens: deflection, gaslighting, blameshifting, playing the hero (for praise by you or others such as friends, family, neighbors), or the victim, and having a sense of entitlement believing that he should have been chosen for something by someone else that he shouldn't have.
Once you can identify these behaviors you can then respond/react accordingly. The main thing you have to do is not give the reaction they are hoping for which is going to take you some time to learn to master, as well as putting space or limited contact in between you and him so you don't have to deal with the abuse or toxicity, all the while being loving, respectful, and available for your father. It takes time to develop the repositioning of yourself in the relationship but once you find the sweet spot you will be better off.
@@adge4579 Watch the videos by Dr. Les Carter, he has many of them on this subject and they’re excellent. Also can direct you to therapy.
@@adge4579 Join the subreddit CPTSD 🇺🇸
He was worried about his family's pet scans. He feels empathy.
You don't necessarily need to _feel_ (emotional) empathy to not want others to suffer.
I do not share his view that psycopaths are necessary and have a role in society. They don't have the commitment for long term sacrifice. I'd trust a disciplined empath who's been tempered and hardened only by experience to operate on me, than some detached solipsist who only sees my carcass as a dollar sign. Call me old fashioned.
Well said!
Or if they are necessary, that doesn't mean they have to live among the rest of us.
That was awfully interesting. Really. How someone got to know themselves to this level. Still not all the way, but surprising enough.
Do we want our CEO’s to be heartfelt? YES Do we want our soldiers to have empathy? YES!
@@mattc5937 How did you break your own logic and not even notice
@@mattc5937 The job of a human being is to think. War benefits the wealthy. Always.
@@JJNoire Ok. We should just disband our military and the world will be more peaceful! Sounds so simple...
@@mattc5937 so you're into the whole "just following orders" side of things then? I absolutely don't think that soldiers should be sociopaths and it's completely ludicrous to suggest.
@@Hope4all2 There will be no such thing.
Notice how he looks incredibly uncomfortable when the audience laughs? Creeped me out lol, despite him being very charismatic and despite his jokes being legitimately funny
he doesn’t have the ability to quite grasp what they’re truly laughing at. he knows how to make people laugh, but he isn’t on the same wavelengths. i think “uncomfortable” is the perfect word, because he doesn’t seem irritated or anything. but being in a different mental space than the people around you is disconcerting.
The people laughing are the psychopaths imo,
@@tonoornottono that’s assuming it was correct to laugh in the first place. He kind of revealed it in a funny way but not hysterically funny. It’s subjective but I can get why someone would be uncomfortable there
@@pitmclord i agree but i thought his delivery was clearly comedic. maybe it’s as simple as he wasn’t expecting such a large reaction.
Exactly- that was genuinely odd
Holy crap! I’ve been having a very similar conversation with myself about myself. Would love to be tested.
Search for the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. If memory serves, it's a 22-item survey which scores you out of 40. Anything above 30 is a sign of psychopathy, apparently. In its self-test guise, it should be used only as a guide though, of course. The test can be found on several websites, including psychology-tools.
Costly affair i imagine... I'd like to get tested, too
He’s not animated enough. He should talk with his hands more.
You know what's the most disturbing thing to me about this whole talk? The audience reactions.
100%
Why
I know! One time I stood up in front of a group to tell my life story, was supposed to be serious exchange of backgrounds, I was not trying to be funny.... people were laughing so hard... I was shocked but just rolled with it.
It's the nervous laughter of an audience that is beginning to realize that they share their world with sociopaths and psychopaths, who comprise 3 and 1 % of the population. Everybody knows one or more of each type. The good news is that usually they are harmless exactly because of their inability to bond with others. They are usually loners or outsiders. The ones to watch out for are the ones who manage to attain positions in companies, governments and gangs.
@@genewickersham4593 good point there Gene. I'm starting to think it's a good idea to learn to just accept it. Not accept bad behavior by any means. It doesn't meant they're all malignant. Some can be pretty manipulative though, and it's good to know the difference between healthy/unhealthy relationships, how to have strong boundaries and how to spot manipulation. Really these are just good skill to obtain in becoming a mature human though.
Great speaker, great speech. Very thought provoking. Thanks for uploading.
Really, I found it a tad frustrating at times. Like listening to someone stutter. I do like his comedic misdirection. Caught me off guard even tho I knew it was coming.
@@TomAHawk-lb8wk get up there and share something then sideline critic lol.
@@nathanbellamy3308 That's a false equivalent. Just because someone critiques doesn't make them a professional. Since when are we not allowed to critique????
Oh wait.
@@TomAHawk-lb8wk we could go round and round with your argument. I.e why can't I critique your critique etc ad nauseum.
But at the end of the day your a modern day hater and troll under the guise of a genuine critique
Get up there and show them how it's done pal.
@@TomAHawk-lb8wk It reminds me of Louis CK, superficially. Where Louis' delivery feels very rough, off-the-cuff, and "my world is crumbling", yet it's all choreographed.
I really enjoyed watching this video. Very amusing and entertaining. You did a wonderful job Mr. James Fallon.
Yes he did❣️
too bad he is full of shit
@KahlosHack nooo, crap is crap, wake up Trump lover.
The mans got his comedy skit on lock.
Everybody laughing at him saying he doesn't care. It was not a joke. He was being honest.
Wish I could volunteer for one of theses scans. Just to help me better understand myself. As some of what he said hits home. If I could better explain myself. Maybe it would help me be better.
Get a DNA test. They’re cheap and they tell you if you have some of the “telltale” alleles for all sorts of fun mental disorders. Just accept the fact that your genetic information is now corporate IP
Socio- and Psychopaths (different!) both scare me a bit. I can spot these people out in the wild -- people often willing to stomp on your foot, if necessary, to get ahead -- or worse. 😧 Or people who might see a bus headed toward a child and shrug their shoulders, because they don't want to spill their coffee. With quality therapy, though, these people can often become pro-social and high functioning. I wish society focused more on CONSTRUCTIVE topics like mental health, and LESS on bs like stimying rights of gay people, women, or minorities. Can you imagine what we could accomplish?
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@@susank2019 Legit question! You put me on the spot! This is where I fess up that I'm no psychiatrist -- just an armchair "expert," with knowledge based solely in interviews, and random articles read. (I've also dated someone with strong sociopathic traits, for several years, if that counts for anything.)
In lieu of articles (although perhaps I can find some), below are names of two outspoken people, who frequently discuss their journeys with therapy, and how it's given them the tools to better interface with society, and become "high-functioning."
- Kanika Batra - person with antisocial personality disorder, narcissism, and bpd (I believe). Fequently discusses the misogyny that exists in the world of mental disorders (/everywhere).
- M.E. Tomas - is a lawyer, and recent author, living with psychopoathy. She's done lots of interviews on [this site], and AMAs on red - - - .
Both women discuss how therapy shed light on navigating the world of neurotypicals, and how they, themselves, could benefit personally from a positive coexistence. While they both claim to be high functioning, neither tout that therapy "cured them."
If you have any insight, please share! I find the topic very intriguing.
@@susank2019 Yes, from what I heard, therapy can offer "coping mechanisms" and mental paradigm shifts (in lieu of cures. NS if there's a medicinal approach as well). But those are still great, because it eases the friction between the affected person and the outside world. And mitigates the desire to for that person to manifest some of the traits that can cause friction with the rest of society. The trick seems to be just showing the person how these strategies can benefit _themselves._ And simply to educate -- to point out and explain the chemical, neural, and behavioral differences, and thus how to navigate through the neurotypicals' world.
I'm guessing another hard part can be finding a therapist who works for you!! I've heard that finding a good / experienced therapist can be like dating. :0 Perhaps the aforementioned red - - - (site) could offer some insight.
Again, I'm no professional!! Just interested in these things.
I'm guessing you're looking on behalf of someone else? Only bc you used "them." I hope you're doing ok in your journey. I know my several years of dating / friendship with my sociopathic person (not in therapy) is an ongoing challenge. It's great that you care, though.
Kind of messed up that people in the comments are saying they're disgusted by him. Would you say you're disgusted by someone with autism? He was born this way. Not being able to socialize in the same way as a "normal" person does not mean you're disgusting. He has said he had a very loving upbringing and believes that's what saved him from going down a different path. Genetics loads the gun, environment pulls the trigger.
His brain is underdeveloped from abuse, he was made that way. CPTSD makes cluster b individuals.
People with autism don't purposely harm other people. They are not pathological liars either. You should be the victim of a psychopath. I'd like to know your thoughts afterwards. After someone destroys your career and your mental health! Of course, victims should think: "Oh, poor thing! He does not mean to be evil!" While they spend a while in a mental health hospital themselves, with no no career, family or friends left and the one who destroyed them gives talks and has all the positive attention
yikes you fell for his speech
I really want to get this test done tbh. I wanna see my emotional brain scans haha
super expensive. id like to know everything about my body I can too, but its not worth the quarter of a million dollars id need to do all of it or even the 20,000 id need to do just one
Narcissist
(just kidding)
@@jdt8983 haha I have BPD so maybe lmao.
@@exovit6348 I dated someone who had that. I would say that I was actually crazier (although now I hide it better/have found ways to stabilize. But I'm always a moment away from inviting someone to brawl or put an employer down to size verbally). And we both had enough intelligence to drive us nuts. On the nice side side we both loved animals. Crazy fucks unite! Enjoy!
@@nickmagrick7702oh wow, it is that expensive? I thought it was only a hundred or so.
Violent or not, psychopaths still terrify me. The amount of manipulation and lack of empathy they embody can make them dangerous and unpredictable. But if they are able to recognise and control it for the greater good of society, like this man, kudos to them.
@Brown Incel huh...?
@@justanothermortal1373 Just ignore the word salad.
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I wouldn't count on them for environment references though.
There's alot of people like this then most people realize.
then again, when you meet one, you know directly. Higher percentage of them are in succesful positions.
Than.
*a lot more than
Read "The Sociopath Next Door" and way back when it was published I seem to recall a number like as many as 1 in 25. But admittedly, I am still a bit confused between sociopath and psychopath. Also wondering if these terms have had their definitions altered/updated over the years.
@@marymadelynevangelista9799 sociopath = pathology of social behaviour: basically, other people will notice something is wrong about their behaviour (narcissist, OCD, ...)
Psychopath: their mind is sick, but they have control...they lack 'normal' emotions: LOW EQ. However, they observe their social circle and LEARN how to behave...not because they naturally want to, but because they had to learn that's what 'normal people' do.
Like a lion with its tamer...it can behave, but it has no problem snapping.
Something that feels quite telling to me that there is something emotionally 'off' about this guy is when he makes the off-hand quip about his wife at 5:26. "She thought she was gonna die of something else; she didn't; before she died of Alzheimer's". The way he presents that remark, feels mostly to make people laugh; with zero indication of something like grief, hurt or other neurotypical emotion people feel when talking about such a heavy experience.
We don't know her personality, or this man personally & we don't know the dynamics of their relationship.
It's as likely as anything else that her parents were very old qhen they died of alzheimers so she pragmatically made a decision she'd probably die of something else first. Or perhaps she had an illness. Perhaps the family deals with grief by shutting it down or with dark humour.
There an incredible amount of presumption in these comments.
I’m this man’s opposite. I probably have an overactive frontal lobe. I have too much empathy. It’s overwhelming sometimes.
Stay away from guys like that one. They will destroy you and your menthal health.
Sounds like a Louie CK sketch lol. Brilliant. Not sure I'd attend a party at his house if invited 😆
Functioning psychopaths are a thing. This is nothing new. They /as he said/ can be functional members of society. They are cold, calculated, distant and essentially do not care about you but that as weird as it sounds, does not necessarily have to be a bad thing. Think about ....your cat, it shares some of the same traits : ) If they are well socialized and you let them to go about their interest they don't need to interfere with you. They perhaps are not most pleasant persons to be around with, but some of them can make it up in the other areas. They can be interesting, efficient, resourceful, determined and hard working. The fact that he is having more or less normal life and family proves that.
Very true.
If a cat was a human being that could play all kinds of fuckery on you, you may not think it was so harmless.
And besides which, cats do love and bond with people.
All the people in his family and "friend" set said they always knew he was cold and uncaring on a personal level. That is not a normal family life, that is people dealing with you. And you're only hearing his version of the story, they may put it a bit differently.
Comments like "Psychopaths aren't serial killers" - aren't wrong, but they aren't quite right either.
Since the video was created the definitions have some-what changed. Both sociopathy and psychopathy are considered anti-social personality disorders that inherently overlap in a majority of their definitions.
Generally the diagnosis of psychopath is given to a sociopath in response to the lack of remorse shown when doing something wrong. So most, if not all that show ASPD will be considered sociopaths until such time as they do wrong, then exhibit a lack of remorse.
It's kind-of a chicken and the egg scenario, which came first. But without an action defining psychopathy, it's not apt to apply that definition to someone with sociopathic, or simply anti-social tendencies.
So to the original statement, it would be better to say "Not all sociopaths are Psychopaths, but a sociopath that is a serial killer is very likely to be a psychopath."
In a world defined by labels, painting all of these people with a single brush stroke - whether it be in support and understanding, or the opposite - is only detrimental to the situation.
You would hate to label a sociopath the later, when they haven't done anything wrong as that may push them to act on it. Like-wise you wouldn't sit down and pat a psychopath that's murdered people on the back, because you're playing into their game.
In summary; Leave the 'diagnosis' to a medical professional, but be aware these types of people exist and to understand where you sit in their reality. Like all things, it's a spectrum and it's very very hard to understand where someone sits on it without an act that defines the position.
Psychopaths are nothing special. Regular people can develop psychopathic traits under certain circumstances and be just as ruthless. The thing is after those circumstances are gone they can revert back to baseline, while the psychopath is trapped being who he is without the powers of being a regular person. In truth, psychopaths will forever be inferior because of their lack of flexibility and poor neuroplasticity.
Thats a very optimistic thought for neuritistic people but its very difficult to develop psychopathic traits a natural psychopathic will always be superior as an neurotistic person myself i find it difficult to live in a psychopathic system where psychopathic people get rewarderd and are at the top of the hierarchy.
@@whitepillalliance4166 not true for all non psychopathic individuals. bipolar manic phase can induce psychopathic like traits with heightened emotional and intuitive sensitivity that many psychopaths dont have
You sound pretty dumb. We're trapped? No, you're trapped. Empathy is so overrated and I can tell a lot of you live your life worrying about shit that shouldn't even affect you. You act like we're so much different than you too which is false. I've watched you all talk shit about others and have no empathy for them. What is the fucking difference? You act like you have empathy for everyone and that is false. You all can turn it on and off when you want, and so can I to a extent. No, I don't cry over strangers dying and don't get why I would. That doesn't affect my life in any way. If anything I live a less stressed life not worrying about everyone else I don't even know. I have my own issues in my own life I worry about. I don't worry about you. Why would I? Look at how you talk shit about me. You don't even like me, but you want me to get upset and show you some fucking empathy? Get the fuck out of here with that retarded shit. You get nothing from me hater.
@@ebogar42 Sounds like psychopath cope to me
There's a reason the low-functioning psychopaths get sent off to kill and die in some nowhere country so they can be culled from the general population, society has a series of mechanisms specifically designed to do their damndest to weed out your kind
They mostly fall apart in times of societal collapse or if the psychopath learns sufficient "cognitive empathy" and has high enough intelligence to become an investment banker or a neuroscientist, but we're not quite at the former yet are we? At any other time, unless a psychopath has finesse they're less functional than a neurotypical
The poor neuroplaaticity makes them easy to spot because they are so repetitive and predictable in their manipulation and schemes.
They assume that they have everyone made because they assume that all people operate with fixed non-evolving neurological functioning and view points and that’s not the case.
Read this guy's book, it was extremely interesting. Highly recommend!
" I truly really don't care" I felt that in my soul 😅
I was instantly given a social cultural insight listening to Dr. Fallon on the youtube program from the interview in Australia, when he talked about being from a warrior genetic class tracing back to northern Italy (maybe also Sicily) but that he noticed his mother sitting on a three-legged stool and thinking of immigrants, and remembered how loving his family had been to him and how socializing of him they had been. That caused me to see immediately the Italian or Sicilian cliche of the loving and highly social families was a pattern developed to mitigate the warrior genes that may be in the same genetic base. Do Scorsese and the "Godfather" lovers comprehend that the behavior they admire and wish to emulate is really an effort, perhaps unconscious or a little conscious, to disincline psycopathic behavior in the young? Maybe?
No idea whether or not there's any validity to what you're saying, but I like the way you think. Somebody should do a study.
I know this is a really old post, but I agree. I also wonder what would happen if a psychopath who was open to intense somatic therapeutic experience utilized this tool to internally place attention to the areas of the brain that are under active, with the intent to cultivate activation.
I wonder if that would work. Body energy work has changed so much for me, healed me of organic inherited physiological ailments and trauma. And it didn’t take very long, maybe 2-3 years of brief daily practice.
I don’t believe for one second in the imitations of genetic predisposition.
@@Misssixty510 I can already tell you neither as sociopath or psychopath would probably do any of that or feel they would benefit at all from pseudoscience.
Pretty sure that would just embolden the warrior gene since you're giving them something to fight for.
@@Misssixty510 Hi!! I realize your question is 9 months old but if you are still looking for an answer: Yes! In my personal experience somatic and vasovagal exercises helped calm down my episodes ALOT. Before that, I did yoga for 6 years and being in tune with my body was the best thing that ever happened to my brain! Highly recommend Befriending Your Nervous System by Deborah Dana LCSW.
As a caveat: I hate violence as a premise and am not generally prone to violence. I have pretty intense PTSD that bleeds over into factor 2 psychopathy, so I end up with social functioning deficits and impulsive violence when thrratened as opposed to calculated violence a la factor 1 or genetic psychopathy.
Overall though, between the yoga & other body based therapies along with empathy training my connection with others has gone from 0 as a child to being told regularly that I am a great friend. The other day my son who also has slight psychopathy leanings told me I was a great mom (made me cry lol). Recovery is possible. Someone just has to care about us enough to make it happen.
LOL! That was a good talk! I would love to meet him at a Party! "Fake it til ya make it" James Fallon!
Heres a little rhyme about psychopaths (think James Bond vs the bad guy):
Psychopaths are important, but only because psychopaths exist. We have to take care of the ones we see to protect us from those we miss.
why would you want to be 'protected from who you miss' ?
@@yggdrasild755 undetected psychopaths
@@sleepydragonzarinthal3533 why would you miss a psychopath ?
@@yggdrasild755 Because he´s really bad at shooting.
12:42 "Now I heard this (everyone he knows saying he's a pyschopath) and when I heard it, I didn't care" LMFAO 😂😂😂
I oddly relate to this guy. I do feel empathy but people call me cold because i dont like or care about hugs or compliments or birthdays. Maybe just pretending is the way to go
I understand. I realized several years ago that I don’t feel the depth of emotions that some people have.
He is smart and open minded, I like him. He is moral enough to make it work for him
Think about the same person but without a good moral upbringing and a strong scientific interest to keep him busy. If he was abused when young he could have turned out way different.
@@patrickhenry4675 yup, and this is why social care matters so much 👍
There, I finally watched it RUclips. Are you happy?
One sure fire way to improve profits is to not care about the harm you cause to society. I'd prefer my CEOs to NOT be psychopaths, thanks.
This was so interesting! The thing about many mental illnesses or conditions is that genetics "load the gun" by giving you the genetics that could allow you to develop them, but the genes will not manifest unless there are triggers in your environment for it to happen. For example, not everyone with the genes that make them high-risk for schizophrenia will develop schizophrenia. It often happens after a stressful and painful childhood+adolescence or drug abuse that signal to the body to activate those genes for whatever reason.
occult abuse initiates mostly suffer from schizophrenia, it's an esoteric science they keep secret for the sake of trafficking humans.
I’m so confused why everyone’s laughing... like it’s not even funny, it’s uncomfortable, like is this a fake audience or something, is the laughter recorded? Either that or maybe the audience thinks he’s being sarcastic maybe? Cuz like this guys not joking.. everyone’s laughing at the fact his whole family has been tormented by him and he has kids and grandkids and he doesn’t care that it’s effected them? If this laughter is real that just shows where society is at as a collective, like honestly
This guy is doing a lot of humanity. He's going where no one went before. We are privileged to listen to him, a "psychopath" by scan and his friends opinions, but also a brave pioneer for humanity in my opinion and I hope others.
lol
You’ve got to consider the attention factor. It’s actually very not possible that his initial core incentive on going public was anything sincere; but rather based off the attention, popularity, & exposure he’d receive. Either way you’re right about him being revolutionary in ‘doing for humanity.’
@Music & Whistle msk I believe you.
@@MichaelHarrisIreland So strong! So couragous!
His friends call him a sociopath...and he admits that he is NOT a psychopath, as his score on the PCL-R isn't high enough to qualify him for the diagnosis.
These are spectrum disorders, so he's likely more of a narcissistic sociopath who happens to be non-violent, and incapable of caring for anyone close to him. He's more interested in NEW people he can charm and entertain, which is why he was voted Class Clown in high school.
He calls himself the life of the party...he's performing for people...like a narcissist, and pathologically self-absorbed with his own party-lifestyle that he doesn't go to the wedding and funerals, because it's all about him being the life of the party.
He's more narcissistic than psychopathic.
this is really interesting. he lacks empathy, but he decided regardless to try to be a nicer person.
He’s fooling everyone
@@AFoodReview good point
Amos Burton
There's a prosocial version of most disorders. And in those, "not caring" isn't quite what it is in the other versions. I suppose wanting to be liked is selfish and about oneself, but it also necessitates caring about how others feel, because how they feel about YOU is a subset of their general feelings. So while they may only truly "care" because of how it affects how they are viewed and treated, they will still go out of their way to treat others with kindness. It's not ideal, but it could be a lot worse.
Just because we can't relate to any emotionality doesn't mean we can't see the utility of being nice and the productivity therein
12:51 after hearing all of this I just didn't care. Literally, perfect.
Put the 8 cardinal traits of a psychopath over a scrub sink and most surgeons would be like: "yep, what's the issue?"
16 yrs in the O.R.
Love, love, love my good surgeons.
Surgeons are so strange to talk too.
Do you find most of them have a 'god' complex?
@@RS54321 When a surgeon has your beating heart in his hand to repair something he does not have a "God Complex". He IS God.❤🩹
@@jimosullivan1389 Then maybe take care of yourself better? So many idiots in these comments. The majority of doctors go the way of the patient. Hardly gods. Just humans. That's all. Think before you comment.
I remember this story from about a decade ago.
Researchers also said that the brain chemistry plus a head injury and bad parenting all contributed to negative psychopathic behaviour (in several studies).
People find this very funny. For me it's not. It's quite deep. Talking about this in front of a crowd, maybe it's part of being a psychopath as well, nonetheless it's tragic at the same time
You are obviously not a psychopath, nor a victim of one of them. It takes no courage for them because they are not sentient beings. They feel no shame, no guilt and also no empathy. He could even speak about his crimes, for us it either be courageous or horrific, for him, it would be like speaking of his achievements. It is tragic, but (not for him) for the people he has victimized all along the way and for those he keeps victimizing.
Funny how all this proves is that psychopaths have superficial charm and can fool anyone. All the comments are loving the "charisma".
Most high functioning sure
And what makes you think "normal" people aren't fake as fuck when whenever they go out in public they act like their shit never stinks and never reveal who they really are? Some don't even curse in public or yell, but will as soon as they get home.
That bit about realising that you are a psychopath and not caring, kinda proved it, really struck a chord with me. I was on a course about autism and realised I’m autistic, so I went home and read everything I could find about autism, which kinda proved it!
Well, that was a surprise. Thankfully it was also funny. It does encourage one to learn more. Thanks for posting.
nope! i dont think having sociopaths in positions of wealth & power is where we should want to be as a society! the fact that the people making the most money are sociopaths is in fact not a good thing!