Psychopaths have no conscience, and they lack the ability to feel empathy and guilt. In fact, a psychopath does not feel love, friendship or any emotional connection to anyone at all. The most seductive stimulant for a psychopath is power. While from our vantage point the psychopath is suffering from a severe mental disorder, psychopaths see nothing wrong with themselves.
“Human predators populate our society.” Stefan Verstappen, Defense Against the Psychopath Psychopaths are human predators. They coerce, manipulate, lie, steal, defraud, abuse, and take life, without feeling guilt or remorse. A leading expert on psychopathy, Robert Hare, estimates that 1% of people are psychopaths; while the clinical psychologist Martha Stout suggests this figure is […]
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The Psychology of Psychopaths – Predators who Walk Among Us first appeared on
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