Hare psychopathy11/22/2023 They fail to work at the same job for any length of time, for example, or to finish tasks that they consider dull or routine.Ĥ. Psychopaths often have a low self-discipline in carrying tasks through to completion because they get bored easily. NEED FOR STIMULATION or PRONENESS TO BOREDOM - an excessive need for novel, thrilling, and exciting stimulation taking chances and doing things that are risky. Psychopaths are arrogant people who believe they are superior human beings.ģ. GRANDIOSE SELF-WORTH - a grossly inflated view of one’s abilities and self-worth, self-assured, opinionated, cocky, a braggart. He can also be a great listener, to simulate empathy while zeroing in on his targets’ dreams and vulnerabilities, to be able to manipulate them better.Ģ. Psychopathic charm is not in the least shy, self-conscious, or afraid to say anything. GLIB AND SUPERFICIAL CHARM - the tendency to be smooth, engaging, charming, slick, and verbally facile. Robert Hare’s Checklist of Psychopathy Symptoms:ġ. Failure to have a life plan and to live in any ordered way (unless it is for destructive purposes or a sham). An impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated sex life.ġ6. No history of genuine suicide attempts.ġ5. Vulgarity, rudeness, quick mood shifts, pranks for facile entertainment.ġ4. Fantastic and objectionable behavior, after drinking and sometimes even when not drinking. Ingratitude for any special considerations, kindness and trust.ġ3. Lack of any true insight inability to see oneself as others do.ġ2. General poverty of deep and lasting emotions.ġ1. Total self-centeredness and an incapacity for real love and attachment.ġ0. Poor judgment and failure to learn from experience.ĩ. Inadequately motivated antisocial behavior.Ĩ. Antisocial behavior which is inadequately motivated and poorly planned, seeming to stem from an inexplicable impulsiveness.ħ. Unreliability, disregard for obligations, no sense of responsibility, in matters of little and great import.Ħ. Considerable poise, calmness and verbal facility.Ĥ. Absence of anxiety or other “neurotic” symptoms. Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking.ģ. Considerable superficial charm and average or above average intelligence.Ģ. Hervey Cleckley’s List of Psychopathy Symptoms:ġ. Obviously, their lists are very similar since Robert Hare built upon Hervey Cleckley’s ground-breaking research. Today I’d like to repost a list of the symptoms of psychopathy, offered by two of the main experts on psychopathy, to whom I’ve often alluded so far: Hervey Cleckley (author of The Mask of Sanity) and Robert Hare (author of Without Conscience, Snakes in Suits and The Psychopathy Checklist). But the symptoms of this personality disorder are clear as psychology–which is, after all, a social rather than “hard” science–can identify. It can give us the strength to leave the toxic relationships, substantiated by facts as opposed to just feelings. This is why knowing how to identify the symptoms of psychopathy is so important. Information can save us from denial, false hope, gaslighting and the illusion that a psychopath is likely to foster in victims. ![]() ![]() I’d advise anyone who feels this way to start researching on the internet the symptoms they see wrong because this information about psychopathy, and finally paying attention to the red flags and our intuition, has saved each and every one of us. The first –and last–step in recovery from the psychopathic bond is getting information recognizing the nature of the problem. There are always very disturbing signs in the psychopathic bond, signs that we tend to ignore or rationalize until the toxic relationship, like a disease, takes over to destroy our lives. The demands for isolation from loved ones and friends. The random oscillations in mood and behavior, to exert power over others. The aimlessness and lack of responsibility. ![]() The sense of superiority (absolute narcissism), without having much to show for it or justify it. The quick pace of the relationship and demands for instant commitment. This is what nearly every victim of a psychopath has felt, usually early on in the relationship. “I knew in my heart something was wrong with him (or with her)”.
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