Why Do Psychopaths Exist? - Mark Freestone
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- Mark Freestone is Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, an author and an expert in psychopathology.
There's a modern fascination with psychopaths. True Crime is the most popular single podcast genre and Netflix documentaries about real life serial killers capture everyone's attention. But why are we so obsessed with dangerous individuals? And what is it that makes a psychopath who they are?
Expect to learn what the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath are, why having psychopaths in society was an advantage for a long time, why there are so few female psychopaths, what happens when a university lecturer discovers his own psychopathy in his 40's, the scariest criminals Mark has ever met and much more...
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00:00 Intro
00:53 Working with Psychopaths
07:29 Different Types of Psychopaths
12:39 Genetics Vs Environment
19:24 Impact of Negative Childhood
27:00 Society’s Evolving View of Psychopaths
37:50 Sexuality in Psychopaths
52:05 Can You Cure Psychopathy?
56:28 Where to Find Mark
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Hello fellow psychopaths. Here’s the timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Working with Psychopaths
07:29 Different Types of Psychopaths
12:39 Genetics Vs Environment
19:24 Impact of Negative Childhood
27:00 Society’s Evolving View of Psychopaths
37:50 Sexuality in Psychopaths
52:05 Can You Cure Psychopathy?
56:28 Where to Find Mark
The largest problem with this is that psychopathy is not sociopathy. Hes using the definitions of no remorse, etc, of sociopathy for psychopathy. Further, people who do psychopathic things can often feel remorse. It depends on their moral views. Medicalizing the case for different morals is a dark historical path, nazis and soviets both played that. A person who thinks nothing of stealing small amounts from strangers may be very remorseful for hurting their partner or having their pet killed in the road by a car. But if you ask them for remorse about the stealing, they will feel none, so you're going to say they're a psychopath.
“I’m far too neurotic to be a psychopath” - that statement made me chuckle but was also rather reassuring! 😆
Neurotics can still be, like me though, a complete *SOCIOPATH*.... oops.
@@nunyabeezwax6758 Not being a sociopath doesn't mean to be a good person either.
Good and evil are subjective, relative and mob/gunpoint based to begin with. "sociopath" is literally a *label*.
What worries me on this topic is how we encourage healthy people to develop these traits (in minor capacities but still) in society with the feedback loops of social media
@@JediNiyte I am certain the people i know fairly well who use social media a lot have changed because of it , they start interacting with you like they are online , even how they talk changes . It happens over time so its not blatant but if you go months without seeing them its very noticeable. And from my perspective its not a good change.
Hmm. I’m not sure how promoted it is, I think it’s more naivety of people succumbing to the charm. There’s an intrinsic vanity with wanting to be an “influencer” but it’s possible for such a thing to exist and be more prevalent without it being promoted necessarily
I think you're conflating psychopathy and narcissism. The only online communities that encourage psychopathy that I can think of at the top of my head are Black Pill and Pink Pill and these do not represent most of social media.
Not true-countries that have deep turmoil have greater numbers of psychopaths/personality disorders. It’s just like the doctor in the study… he wasn’t behaving badly he just had a more cognitive empathy… his brain structure wasn’t turned into a malignant force… and he uses this knowledge to be better to his family (cognitive empathy).
Having met a very intelligent and socially fluent psychopath, I can say that said person was unbelievably quick at completely figuring out almost all people he interacted with, in minutes. Coming across as memorable (ADJUSTING to each individual obviously) and spiking positive emotions in such a way, that it was like mind reading, or mind control. That person could use your emotions like ingredients to make a recipe. Are there any resources or videos on the subject?
Psychopaths are masters of observing, deciphering and impersonating other people. They collect this information over the course of their life and amass a collection of multiple characters for them to embody when necessary. The natural acting ability of psychopaths is not discussed near enough but I find it's a key variable that separates them from the general population.
Seeing my (now ex-wife) do exactly what you describe at the time I think impressed me. She seemed social adept and powerful. It never crossed my mind what she actually is psychopathic, especially given that at that time, my idea of what constitutes a psychopath came from movies and violent mass murderers.
A book called"48 Laws of Power" is a good insight into the mind of a psychopath.
Personally I really liked this book and got much to learn from it and apply to real life, not sure if it makes me psychopath or not 😁
@@namename2297 You need to be born a psychopath, you can't just become one. At best, you can become a sociopath but it's unlikely a sociopath can ever reach the same level of proficiency at manipulating other people that a true psychopath has due to the biological differences in the brain structure. A sociopath can train himself to become less empathetic and less prone to stress but it's still in there.
Shakespeare's genius was centuries ahead of the psychoanalysts. Shakespeare's Iago in Othello is pure psychopathy. Shakespeare understood psychopathic manipulation and their ability to charm.
"When devils will the blackest sins put on
They do at first suggest with heavenly shows"
(Othello, Act 2, Scene 2, 325-326)
Iago is nasty but he looks like a boy scout compared to Aaron the Moor in "Titus Andronicus." Now THAT is a villain.
@@artstocker60 Thank you Art, I'm not familiar with that play, I'll have a delve. 👍
Love this! Dr Freestone was my lecturer in 2019 at Queen Mary! Amazingggg!
Please do a few interviews on borderline personality disorder!!! More people have this disorder than we realize. They account for a high percentage of patients in the psychiatric ward.
Psychopaths are very useful in dangerous situations. They do brilliantly in wars.
James Bond (as conceived in the Ian Fleming novels) was a cunning psychopath, a man who could kill and feel nothing negative afterwards (now he's a tortured PTSD-addled wounded warrior, but that's not who James Bond is).
I’ve always wondered, what percentage of psychopaths are actually aware that they are psychopaths? If you’ve never felt true empathy, would you ever notice that you lack empathy? I imagine not.
None. They don't acknowledge the condition as negative, they feel far too superior to even think there may be anything wrong with themselves. To a psychopath, everyone else is wrong, inferior, and defective.
@@kenjohnston2531 there are different levels of psychopathy I think. Don’t you think someone could have a few psychopathic tendencies without being a full psychopath. I imagine that most people that we deem “psychopaths” feel at least small amounts of empathy and fear at times (considering an alleged 3% of the population is a psychopath.) I find it hard to believe that 1 in 33 people doesn’t have the ability to feel any empathy in any scenario. Also, you speak of them as though they are “bad.” But is a psychopath who kills someone any worse than a bear that kills someone? I mean they don’t choose to be psychopaths. Empathy and love is the best part of life and they don’t get to feel any of that. Some would argue that that’s worse than getting cancer. Obviously you’d want to steer clear whenever possible, but bears don’t choose to be bears.
@@storiesforsuccess3102 psychopaths still have agency. They are still human. Empathy doesn’t define humanity. The bear has no agency. I think the disconnect in modern society and morality is that it doesn’t matter how we are born. If an individual is born with same sex attraction, psychopathy, aggression, etc, it doesn’t matter. If something is immoral we don’t do the act.
Free will is the unique human ability to base our actions on an abstract standard. This is proven/displayed in debate or argument. Humans only debate other human beings not the weather, not our computer or our pets.
@@trock7542 Have you heard Sam Harris’s “The Illusion of Free Will” speech? Based on your comment, I think you would at the very least find that interesting. Basically, his claim is free will is just an illusion. We don’t choose things the way we think we do. There was a study where 2 people spoke and they asked those involved if they liked the other person. They gave them drinks before hand. Whether the drink was hot or cold… That was what determined whether the other person was liked or not. We don’t choose our conditioning or genetics. Even when you are clearly making a conscious decision, a bunch of things that were out of control lead up to you making the decision you made. We are one of the only species assumed to have consciousness, but free will is still very debatable. We like to feel like we have made better choices and decisions than others , because we like to feel superior as human beings (this stems from insecurities.) We need to feel like we are much better than the psychopath or the drug addict because we feel inferior to the guy that gets the hot girls. It’s part of being a human. Unless you put the years and years of work to get that completely under control. And I have not.
@@storiesforsuccess3102 yes i have heard Sam many times. I disagree especially because he doesn’t live what he speaks. If free will is an illusion then speaking or changing people’s mind is pointless. The very act of debate undermines the denial of free will. This is also why i defined it the way i did. If free will is defined as the exception to causality i don’t know that i believe that. I believe there could be a myriad of causes for the adoption of the standards we endorse and equally as many inputs in whether or not we do choose our standards over our impulses or one standard over another. But i think it devalues relationship to feel that i don’t wake up every morning next to my spouse by choice. That i don’t choose to love and care for my offspring. That i don’t choose to love and value my mother’s sacrifices. Having values and living with purpose is what makes us human. My dog has a consciousness but he does not have the capacity for abstractions and the ability to base his actions upon those abstractions.
Sam believes in the idea that there is no free will. So he engages in debates, speeches and written word to have other people adopt this abstract standard. My assumption is that he and others would want people to then base their actions on this new standard. That is free will.
I don’t think he or anyone actually does live as if they have no agency which is then just an argument against morality/ethics and individual responsibility and i don’t want to live in such a world. People must be held accountable for their actions.
This guy was great! Very articulate
Yes and his story about how inmates charm female staff members into sexual relationships happens far more frequently than anyone knows. I’ve seen it happen first hand dozens of times during my career in a prison setting. I’ve always been a strong advocate against women working in male prisons- but got crucified for my logic. This is why others are reluctant to speak out when they see women under the spell of inmates
What a fascinating and very likable guest!!
When he said "Group of successful psycopaths" I thought he was going to say the WEF
I read the blurb for this video and now I'm sold.
Awesome interview man.Thanks👊
Thank you for an interesting interview 👍
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” - Paulo Coelho
clean up your room, bucko!
The issue is, those who do evil nearly always believe they are doing good/ striving to become better. I’d wager nearly every Marxist activist- AntiFa/ Nazi/ climate radical/ Critical Identity activist/ etc- genuinely believe they are doing good, and view their radical political activism as striving to be better.
We need a return to studying the philosophical greats on morality/ nature/ ethics
@@saintlybeginnings Your plan will make more-clever devils, not make devils into angels.
@@captainmaim - or help non-psychopaths realize that change is more subtle and the world is far more complex than even the most wise of people to control
Hillary Clinton is a psychopath.
Personally, I think the term psychopath is so poorly defined that we really should make a new term. The one I've come up with it "Severe empathy deficiency disorder" or "SEDD". This is because we really should separate the inability of empathy from antisocial behaviour. They're correlated, sure, but you can have zero empathy and still not be antisocial.
Psychological terminology almost overall has been an absolute mess. So much made unnecessarily unintuitive and hollywood/pop culture films hasnt helped. I rub my temples every time someone regards another as insane when in reality they simply lack empathy/sympathy.
You know nothing about the topic, which you just brilliantly showed to the world. The term psychopathy is well defined, you just don't know how to understand what you read. Psychopathy is, in part, defined by antisocial behavior, but not exclusively. Antisocial behavior is part of a lot of mental disorders. Nobody ever said that, if you display antisocial behavior, you're automatically a psychopath.
I think the term psychopathy is not descriptive enough even as it is used, in my opinion it should be psychopatitis as in a heritable disease.
I completely agree with mere correlation of psychopathy and antisocial behavior, a "true" psychopath would just be asocial - if you don't have empathy there's little to no reason to engage in social situations, it's like expecting a blind person to frequent an art gallery.
@@Illlium adding "itis" to the end of something indicates inflammation in medical terms. Example: pancreatitis just means "inflamed pancreas."
@@AK-47-yall Thanks, good point. After checking the etymology I guess psychopathy is good, adding anything relating to the passing down of the condition to the name would be kind of redundant since that's basically every mental disorder.
Turns out I also don't know what 'heritable' means, so thanks for that too.
I love the image of a bunch of psychopaths playing Leonard Cohen songs!
Wrong question
Why do psychopaths become politicians?!
And psychos recognize each other, so they "support" themselves, because they know if we ever grow a pair, psychos are done.
In order to get things like money, power and recognition the one way is through polictics. You can control large group of people if you get on the top. And psychopaths can be good using other people, lying when needed etc. In what you need to get on the top.
All overly large organizations create positions of over-concentrations of power. And all over-concentrations of power disproportionately attract psychopaths. Always a big problem.
@James Bond Hahahah yes. He probably meant ''How do psychopaths become politicians?'' but the answer is also as deceptively simple: Charm.
@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 "And psychos recognize each other, so they "support" themselves, because they know if we ever grow a pair, psychos are done."
That is sort of true, but it is missing something. Psychos are more or less self sufficient, they don't rely on other people to protect them (because they are arrogant and have a capacity for violence that is beyond what most people are capable of). Psychos thrive on that, because they know that even if you are a in a group, individually the group is nothing more than a collection of individual cowards who are only brave when they feel safe hiding within a group (like a group of hyenas trying to fight a lion etc).
A psycho can psychologically isolate and manipulate them, and make them feel alone and unsafe, even with their friends around them. The reality is, even when outnumbered, the psycho still has all the advantages, because all he has to do is maim the first one gets within range, and the rest will shit themselves and run away. An object lesson.
This is why our social hierarchy is dominated by psychopaths, because the people they rule over (the submissive willing slaves) haven't got the courage to fight back against them. Your assertion that "because they know if we ever grow a pair, psychos are done" is very accurate, but the reality is, they will never grow a pair, because they lack the courage, arrogance and violent capacity that is natural to psychopaths. The strong will always dominate the weak, and the weak will always let them.
It's as if the majority of the commenters didn't watch the video.
They have to be bots... or something. 😅
lol , i thought the exact same thing . I think some people are so keen to let you know how clever they are, they cant resist running to the comments to post something.
I'm psycopath in almost all clinic aspects. I noted it. I was clinically told it. And it's not the end of my world.
Being honest, it was liberating. It helped me to understand better the differences I have, and how to see it socially, in special with my family. We can see we aren't demential, but there is something wrong.
I have facility to see (and deal with) bad intentions on people action and arguments.. beyond any narrative. People say that I even speak to their soul, due to the deepness and empathyless.
No fear; no sad feelings (I laugh even with burn animals and I don't cry for death); no anxiety; no shame; no depression; no mercy; addicted to adrenalin and risky situations; "feline look" (charming); narrow focus and cold mind on situations of danger or pressure; no hesitation.
... and thare are other not so positive traits (alter ego is real.. I uses to burn, play and speak with dead animals when I was a kid... I almost died several times... I definetly don't value words, pain and emotions as society expect).
I also feel satisfied when I dream burning people alive. I've already watched a man burn (in a car accident that I was involved). The only 'regret' I feel is that I didn't kill him before his ending (he died). He was innocent.. me too. But he died in very disturbing ciscumstances.
It helped me when I found some bad guys too.. speacially dangerous psychos, death threats etc.
It's not easy to assume my nature.. I'll never deny how far it lead me through this continuous empty mental storm.
It's not like psychopathy is a death sentence. A lot of traits are just behavioral habits of pushing away certain reactions. It's something that can be worked through once you're self-aware of potential improvements. Sure, it won't result in a full "normal" set of responses, but some stuff is just a matter of self-training. You're already past the first step of knowing, now most of the work is wanting a change.
@@Illlium , it's very hard to keep the 'changed mode', let's say.
I don't use drugs, I don't drink alcohol neither coffee, I can't even have a damm pet, I try not to shot, I gave up my gun.. I decided also to not drive for almost 3 years because I was addicted to adrenalin in a criminal way (a lot of intentional accidents in streets, high velocity). I would like to do all of what I listed, but to disturbing objectives.
As I said, I don't dream good things.. only killing, burning & torturing (animals, people), sex, lying, high speed, free fall.
It's so hard to pretend that I can't even smile to a pic (only if I see that the photografer is fearing me).
I discovered since ypunger that I can 'help' woman with 'extreme empathy', suicidal tendencies, anxiety, drug abuse, prostitution, family frustration. That's the high profile.
I know that I manipulate them to deal with their demons (I even sex with them as primary goal, but just one time), but that's the way I found to deal with mines (or me?).
Most recently, I decided to stop all 'intentional accidents' I provoke, even if it means (for me) a life with more restricted pleasure yet.
As you said.. the first and continuous step is to know our own nature. I live with it in mind nowadays... if not, I may die due to my impulsive conduct.
@@--th First of all I'd divorce being an adrenaline junkie from other issues - like you've noticed yourself it's just an addiction.
Second of all I agree that it's not easy to steer your motivations towards something less destructive, but once you become mindful of where your mind takes you, it becomes easier and easier to grow to enjoy calmer waters.
Finally I'd say it helps a lot to realize where and why things started collapsing. It doesn't improve the situation, but it helps to derail the cycle of identification reflex of "it's bad and it's who I am, therefore I'm bad". Feeling a need to lash out at something is often deeply rooted in guilt.
@@Illlium , thanks, I agree with you. I read your advices earlier. And I had to think for some hours to calm and answer once and properly (even to myself).
It's weird because at same time I thank you, there's a part of me angry.. with you.
And you're right: I have to keep method to deal and not generalize specific traits; to steer motivation; and to identify when I can collapse.
I hadn't successe with the regressive exercise. It made me remember a job interview when I was asked for my contributions and projects to community. All my coleagues had some (church, sport club, homeless, charity, street animals). And I had no answer. I only could think: "- Why should I?"
Since I was a kid I had this aspects, I guess.
@@--th Glad I could help. There's nothing unusual about being selfish either, thing is, you can help selfishly. Not only because it might cause others to look at you better, but also for yourself - even if you don't feel anything when you're helping, just knowing that whatever you're doing makes a difference can make you feel better about doing anything.
This was one of my favourite podcasts , very interesting.
Finally, now I understand.
Nice.
Very nice. Can we see Paul Allen’s podcast ?
What does one become if he/she often breaks some of the staggeringly increasing anti-social laws? Someone suffering from anti-anti-social disorder == a social person?
This conversation is insane.
Guatemala is wonderful. I am in Antigua now.
A lot of interactions with IRL daily normal humans where i find nothing in common or worthy to occupy my finite time stole a lot of my so called " empathy " .These people require and expect a lot of emotional support ,validation and a lot of lying sometimes putting me in a lose/lose scenario with no way to recover my lost resources ( money ,time ,mental health , etc ) . People think i am depressed ,cold like a psychopath or angry when i avoid , don't respond to the same degree of interest or literally say what i think ...I tested on randoms, friends and close family members some ways to explain how "I AM " and i feel like there is no way to get where i desire . I am tied with these feelings , made without my connsent as all children are in a way to their parents or connections where you are invested and scared to let go . I know what is best for " ME " but i can't trully act on it because of guilt or the AOE damage done in the process> hitting myself in ways i can't predict . I am not a good person because of fear of supernatural , the only thing i care about is my own welbeing and by extension other life that could interfere with my own welbeing . To maximize my good experience means to be able to synergies with the people around me and it is overwhelmingly depresive when i can't control my life as i see fit . I wish i could have a button to turn on/ff and go full pshycopath mode so my emotions would not get in the way .
You do not want that button friend. Any survivors who witness the other self will increase the difficulty of your life. You will have to predict, counter predict and stack masks on top of mask just to be allowed near the social circle but you will never be let inside again. You will have to move, change jobs, cut off connection from your family etc. I don't know how to reach a, for lack of a better description, "pure" existence, I don't know where the road leads to but I do know that the button will forever alter your life by opening a door that cannot be closed. That button will force you to choose and give you an aura that people who have never met you before can see and feel when in your presence. It will trigger the fight or flight in strangers even when you've "come back" and are simply trying to exist and the only way to get what you want will be to continue to press that button over and over again.
Again I don't know where the road ends or what happens next but I do know that the button you're referring to will force you down a path you don't want to be on. Maybe look into stoicism, specifically Epictetus for a way to cope. Good luck and stay strong.
I’ve always viewed myself as a weapon waiting to be deployed
Worked in Forensic medium secure for years... I aways say if you can function around these people it's because you have the potential to be one of them.
I’ve always viewed myself as a weapon!
I find it interesting that the r@pist are on the bottom of the hierarchy in the prison system, and they need to be protected. I personally hope that protection fails 99.9% of the time. I'd think that the murders would be above the robbers. Although as he explained it, it makes apt of sense. Interesting talk. Thank you. ✌
It's very odd to me that you think their is a hierarchy. It's mostly just chomos on the bottom and everyone else.
Way deep down we all have a monster.
psychopath is not a clearly descriptive term. on one hand it means a person who has a certain low range of emotional experience , on the other it is used to describe a sort of demented homicidal person
yeah, it's American shorthand for "scary mean person" in literature. A friend of mine has a brilliant older brother who's a successful psychopath. He's a computer guy who gets off on hurting/cheating people, he has a business partner who cleans up all of his messes. Last I heard, he was doing excellent work for the Department of Defense in exchange for nonsensical contract provisions like forcing the CEO of his customer-contractor to personally bring him a bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon every morning.
the mere consideration to behave antisocially is emotionally mediated. More of this century's level of psychopathic knowledge needed
I’ve always viewed myself as a weapon
Nice to hear Kerry Daynes get a mention, she's great, got 2 of her books. She's worked with people of pure evil at times
I only wish I could be... I envy the ability of the psyco to sleep at night. It's amazing.
Yep just call every woman who doesn’t call you back a psychopath 😂
I don' find this guy that compelling - when he's talking about the vikings he misses what to me is a crucial ingredient of humans - namely 'in-group/out-group' conflict. People who have normal empathy can "become" pyschopaths in the context of an outgroup. Just look at any war - soldiers who love men on their own side, and who will die for their group to protect it, will simultaneously kill the other side without remorse. To me this academic doesn't make nuanced distinctions between the kind of in-group-out-group "switch" that exists in empaths and bog standard pyschopathy. The irony is psychopaths don't kill during war time because they simply don't have anything they see as worth saving or fighting for, so they simply go into "damage limitation" mode.
I think to compartmentalize why you are doing something wrong as in soldier at war is done by someone that feels something they are doing is wrong but needs to rationalize why they are doing it and I psychopath would not have that thought.
He’s too nice
Cos there is always the possibility for both good and evil.
I find my empathy is core to the P. It is extremely low. Even if a relative dies i barely react.
I think these personality disorders should really be called pattern/thought & felt perception disorders…. Mostly arranged as defensive mechanisms in youth or permitted by society (example sexism is sociopathy as well as not caring about the animals from factory farms, racism is a selective sociopathy as well)… Humans get these patterns from defense mechanisms from abuse OR from “privilege”… upper “class” people are taught to have selective sociopathy towards the “lower” classes. So essentially you haven’t practiced having emotions for others… there’s a higher degree of sociopaths/psychopaths in countries that are in turmoil/trauma-so maladaptive patterns from trauma and for some maladaptive patterns from privilege. You can literally practice loving meditations to grow empathy within… also, you can live a moral life with a strong cognitive empathy… although I think it’s very important for people in your situation to develop FELT empathy as well simply because that is a motivating factor in the cognitive process of empathy. I’d also suggest finding a shamen / group (vet very well) to experience the plant medicine San Pedro. I think in the past, these mental issues were helped a lot with plant medicine. 💖 When we connect w Creator and ourselves without defense and in pure love, that is the the root of connection with others~even though w others sometimes we do need defenses… defense/protection doesn’t mean disconnection from love though
Even more than propensity for being callous, psychopaths also may enjoy causing other people physical or emotional pain.
They dont care or enjoy doing that . Few do like us .
Put someone in an army and tell them it's ok to pull triggers, and suddenly everyone is a psycho. So it's largely a matter of social permission.
It’s true… example sexism is sociopathy/psychopathy. Literally red pill channels teach men how to instrumentalize/objectify women-to manipulate them/lie/deceive without conscience. Same w lack of empathy toward animals--everyone knows the horrors done in factory farms but they just don’t wanna know bc they want to chew on the dead meat! They are taught that it’s ok not to care about their suffering! Same w Nazis in Germany! Officers could murder and torture and then go home and cuddle their wives and babies-because they’d been taught to dehumanize them-feel no empathy for them. Selective sociopathy! Racism & sexism & ageism, speciesism is selective sociopathy/psychopathy! Permission given by family, religion, culture or society to feel no empathy towards certain groups of sentient beings!
Yep most people are just pussies who think that they are good
I like your Vikings analogy, but I would add that the psychopath (which is to a significant level determined by genetics) will be the one who passes on his genes because he is a provider and more likely to survive, so rather than have a few psychopaths, it becomes the dominant trait in the population, and places like Northern Europe where empathy and such higher and “good” characteristics would have meant that you are less likely to survive because of the harsh environment and lack of food sources especially at the end of the last ice age, will show higher prevalence of this genetically influenced behaviour. This theory may overlap with your findings and research into the dating market!
Nobody said that a psychopath will necessarily have psychopathic children. It’s just an average overall in society.
So long as there are wars and exploitation, psychopaths will always exist. Because it’s possibly an epigenetic adaptation. People who go to war and witness gruesome events actually pass on that genetic trauma to their offspring. The cycle continues that way.
I remember my first experience withe them, I can feel then sucking energy from me. I am polite and jovial. I make sure I never break my boundaries. When I worked in Adolescents I could see where it starts
born that way.
Chris such an angry looking dude😂
When are you dropping Hormozi?
I do have a theory, that geos like: imagine someone having mch higher than standard needs (sexually for example) and can't meet those needs... he'll start problem solving for that and turns into ''being a psychopath''?
There was that Chris guy in the States who killed his wife and daughters to be with another woman, he also has a weird relationship with his mum. His dad was timid though
If we have to tell you . . .
I think there is at least as much psychopaths in women than in men if not even more. Men are more violent by the nature so these kind of violent psychopaths are usually men and those that are women dont get that much attention. Women psychopaths have more subtle way of doing their things but they have all the same mental traits as men psychopaths: lack of empahty, emotional coldness and using other people.
Heritable or hereditary characteristics?
Doesn't heritability mean that the differences in psychopathy among humans is partly due to genes while hereditary mean that psychopathy is passed on from parents to kids via genes? It seems that Mark Freestone is referring to the hereditary definition at the beginning of the video.
Is business culture psychopathic?
They love getting into your head You could see it I I their eyes and body language .Actually you feel like they are actually insole of your mind with their looks.
All that you have to ask is does psychopathy negatively affect somebody’s ability to breed, and unfortunately, psychopaths seem to have a certain amount of success in that field.
Spam emails are also written to catch naive and stupid people. So you sort most of people out, because they recognize the con. But those few who do not get it and answer are your perfect victim. It's evil, but genius.
I think the term psychopath has too ambiguous of a definition.
I'm curious. When did psychopaths became so heavily stigmatized ? Was it because of Ted Bundy and the likes?
so if you have lack of emotion or remorse towards violence you have a chance of being a psychopath like seeing someone get shot in the head
If psycopathy was real , peoples sense of irony and humor would be dead.
Chris.....It's ok that you're a psycopath. I like you.
Holy hell this field and it's interpretation to the public has and still till this day been an absurd disaster.
THE WORLD MAKE THE SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOPATH AND NOW YOU HAVE A PERFECT BEAST IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Purge them all.
You are the murderer
Only a psychopath goes to Guatemala in 2022…
If you breed dogs for hunting you know traits are inherited.
Indind it odd that all working animals are selectively bred for good and desirable traits yet humans are allowed to breed indiscriminately based on feelings. The stupidest of the stupid breed like rabbits and the highly intelligent seldom breed. And people wonder whats wrong with the world.
BLINK TWICE IF YOU'RE BEING HELD HOSTAGE 🧐
Vote for your favorite psychopath this election season Sorry I'm mean politicians or Map's support team
psycopath, you mean non weak people🤔
Chris, thinking humanity is breeding out psychopaths is the most laughably ridiculous take I have heard on this channel, bar none.
It’s as if you didn’t notice that charm, self confidence, and lack of empathy are currently the meta when it comes to sexual access, let alone wealth that comes with the risk-taking and self interested narcissistic behaviour.
Psychopathy has never be more rapidly bred into the population than it is now.
You seem to be talking about narcissism instead of psychopathy.
There is a common misconception of psychopathy going around which describes narcissistic traits and calls narcissistic people psychopaths.
Ok, first thing that you're both getting wrong is that psychopathy is more closely linked to environment than heredity, so it isn't being ''bred'' in or out of our society.
Second, you seem to be insinuating that women are after a lack of empathy in their partner, which is downright preposterous. On average, women want some degree of disagreeableness in their partner which is very different from a lack of empathy. If you truly believe that, you've been blackpilled, brother.
I don't believe there is enough evidence that psychopaths are breeding at a higher rate. Having many sexual partners in modern times does not equate to many children. Given that many end in prison etc I would say it is being selected against.
@nackedgrils9302 Though that is true, but women instinctively want a secure man, and only intelligent women can tell the difference. Young female adults and dumb women tend to go for the ones who lack empathy and show "strength"(impulsivity really) because it instinctively shows he can protect her. Girls need to be educated on this about thier psyche. And with the rise of single mother homes, that wont change any time soon.
Secondly, concerning psychopaths, they are born. You can't become one.
Psychopaths exists for the same reason cold exists. You can’t understand warmth without juxtaposition. Nothing in this universe exists without some sort of opposite force. That’s just an objective truth.
But we build fires. heating units, and make warm clothes to deal with cold. With psychopaths, we grant them power and privilege to make public policy and live by a different standard than the rest of us are held to. These people need to be removed from society, not voted into office or granted executive positions.
Cold is the absence of energy, whereas warmth is the presence of energy in an amount which our chemistry is effective. Psychopathy is a psychological anomaly that occurs in 1/170-200 people. Neither are a dichotomy, and certainly don’t exist for the benefit of our understanding of the other. Keep your woowoo to yourself.
this is just nonsense , sorry to be rude "psychopaths exist for the same reason cold exists ", complete gibberish
@@realistic_delinquent I wasn’t insinuating some sort of Anthropocentric explanation, oh wise one. I’m merely pointing out a fact. Just as you described cold being the lack of energy. You use reductionist approach, I spoke holistically. There’s no disagreement here. There’s no woo woo..just two subjective interpretations of the same phenomenon.
@@gingerbill128 Who hurt you?
Psychopaths exist like wasps, they contribute nothing except unnecessary pain.
Being resentful towards them is like being resentful towards a wasp. Love and empathy are the best part of life and if someone isn’t capable of feeling those things, shouldn’t we be empathetic to that illness? There were no choices made by them to get bad genetics and in many cases a bad family. What you’re doing (and what we all do) is trying to feel superior to others to make yourself feel better. Even very successful and happy people do this to some extent. We all want to feel superior. We know we’d be horrible people if we tried to feel superior to another race, so we use politics, religion, and in this case mental illnesses.
@@storiesforsuccess3102 Have you ever been on the receiving end of psychopathic abuse and manipulation?
@@kenjohnston2531 When I was in high school I was pretty desperate for approval. I was, however, very good at making friends. (This wasn’t always a great combination.) My best friend was this alpha male type. The guy was fearless. Literally. It was a while before I knew he was a psychopath. He slept with my first real girlfriend. He would lie about it and even when he was caught there was no real remorse. I had known he was wired differently and as hurt as I was, I wasn’t really mad at him. Because even in high school I knew, he didn’t feel empathy. He was arrogant, and it wasn’t an act. He truly believed nobody had the value like he did. I understood he cared about me as much as he knew how to. Later in life, I found another friendship with a more violent psychopath. (I was a drunk with no self esteem.) That’s another story, but I have been very close to a psychopath on 2 different occasions. The first guy had a good life, but was 100% a psychopath and I’m not convinced has the ability to truly be happy. The second person was the most miserable and unstable person I’ve ever met and I would not want to bump into him again. I feel empathy for them both. They are bears being bears. I learned how to spot them from a mile away. I think we all have a spiritual disease that we attempt to numb or improve in different ways (alcoholics use drinking, sex addicts use sex…) We all have something. But with alcoholics there’s 12 steps and meetings, for someone else there’s stoicism and other ways to fix that spiritual hole or disease. Psychopaths will never fix their problem. They’ll keep hurting people because of their lack of empathy and fear of consequences. They often try to cover it up with status. (Never successfully). That feeling you get when you help someone else is what makes life worth living. If you take that away there’s no point. That’s the only thing that gives you purpose in the world. Psychopaths don’t get fulfilled by any purpose because there’s no good feeling from helping. I’d much rather be screwed by the psychopath then be a psychopath. It’s one of the worse illnesses there is. Especially a full psychopath.
Well someone's gotta keep the police employed, else they'd be entirely useless
I don not agree with you statment that psychopath dont contribute intact they contribute a lot s doctor,banker,military they are in most high earning jobs and early days if someone invades you land they retaliate and kill everyone on other aide so they don't invade you often.
chris your forehead is gigantic, can you bring some distance to the cam?
Whenever I listen to these experts on mental health…… I often find myself thinking that some of these people are superior to ordinary people…… On a case by case basis they may function better than your average human being who believes in fairly crazy things…… Like the existence of God
lol wat
Well psychopaths are parasitic - there are lots of examples of effective parasites in nature.
I’ve always viewed myself as a weapon