Ok so its Monday, and yes I am still sad and pondering terrible thoughts and all that jazz, but I am sure you are sick of hearing it, and really, I would like to talk to someone who is just talking to me for the purpose of getting in my pants (thought I am not yet sure what the allure of me is all about. Maybe its the tattoos, the piercings, the lengthy debates on religion, movies or books. Who knows?
So I am back in class starting Friday taking abnormal psychology and I have been reading two very interesting books on psychopathy, mostly about renowned Canadian psychiatrist Bob Hare and his widely used psychopath checklist.
Reading this books will have you spotting psychopath's in every aspect of your life. They don`t have to be the crazy murderous `Natural Born Killers`(damn I love that movie) kind of psychopath. Studies have shown that a great number or the corporate executives score high on the PCL (Psychopath Checklist) even though they have committed no violent crimes.
An interesting fact:
It is common knowledge that among executive recruiters, that 15% or more resume`s they receive contain outright lies, fabrications and distortions. Psychopaths personalities are defined by chronic lying among other things.
How to spot a potential psychopath
Criminal psychologist Dr. Robert D. Hare developed the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) as a 20-point series of mental health patterns. Individual answers are assigned either 0, 1 or 2 points, ranging from not at all to definitely. If subjects score 30 or more out of a possible 40, they qualify as a psychopath under the standard definition of psychopathy: I have included my scores just for fun.
1. Glibness/superficial charm 1
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth 0
3. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom 2
4. Pathological lying 1
5. Cunning/manipulative 1
6. Lack of remorse or guilt 0
7. Shallow affect 0
8. Callous/lack of empathy 1
9. Parasitic lifestyle 0
10. Poor behavioral controls 2
11. Promiscuous sexual behavior 2
12. Early behavior problems 0
13. Lack of realistic long-term goals 1
14. Impulsiveness 2
15. Irresponsibility1
16. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions 0
17. Many short-term marital relationships 0
18. Juvenile delinquency0
19. Revocation of conditional release 0
20. Criminal versatility 0
Ok so I am not a text book psychopath, but it would be nice to be known for something.
So I am back in class starting Friday taking abnormal psychology and I have been reading two very interesting books on psychopathy, mostly about renowned Canadian psychiatrist Bob Hare and his widely used psychopath checklist.
Reading this books will have you spotting psychopath's in every aspect of your life. They don`t have to be the crazy murderous `Natural Born Killers`(damn I love that movie) kind of psychopath. Studies have shown that a great number or the corporate executives score high on the PCL (Psychopath Checklist) even though they have committed no violent crimes.
An interesting fact:
It is common knowledge that among executive recruiters, that 15% or more resume`s they receive contain outright lies, fabrications and distortions. Psychopaths personalities are defined by chronic lying among other things.
How to spot a potential psychopath
Criminal psychologist Dr. Robert D. Hare developed the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) as a 20-point series of mental health patterns. Individual answers are assigned either 0, 1 or 2 points, ranging from not at all to definitely. If subjects score 30 or more out of a possible 40, they qualify as a psychopath under the standard definition of psychopathy: I have included my scores just for fun.
1. Glibness/superficial charm 1
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth 0
3. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom 2
4. Pathological lying 1
5. Cunning/manipulative 1
6. Lack of remorse or guilt 0
7. Shallow affect 0
8. Callous/lack of empathy 1
9. Parasitic lifestyle 0
10. Poor behavioral controls 2
11. Promiscuous sexual behavior 2
12. Early behavior problems 0
13. Lack of realistic long-term goals 1
14. Impulsiveness 2
15. Irresponsibility1
16. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions 0
17. Many short-term marital relationships 0
18. Juvenile delinquency0
19. Revocation of conditional release 0
20. Criminal versatility 0
Ok so I am not a text book psychopath, but it would be nice to be known for something.
I thought about doing something like that but everyone I know is much to broke for paintballing, and I don't think there are any laser tab places near where I live. I may go bowling though.
I hope you feel better. I know that is super cliche but I am terrible at relating to other peoples emotions.