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How Psychopaths Work

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Is There a Cure for a Paralympic Paralysis?

There's no cure for psychopathy, but there is treatment. Group therapy was found not to work because it gave psychopaths a chance to hone their manipulated behavir which is just a bad idea. decompression treatment rewards good behavior and kind of feeding that desire of the psychopath to feel like they're winning. It seems a little dangerous to me too, like your feeding the thing that they require. But maybe, maybe that makes sense.

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