MOST DANGEROUS OF ALL HUMAN SPECIES

Psychopaths are charming predators. If you’re expecting bad individuals to look or even act dangerous as soon as you meet them, you won’t be on your guard towards the most dangerous individuals of the human species. One of the main experts on psychopathy, Hervey Cleckley, observes: “More often than not, the typical psychopath will seem particularly agreeable and make a distinctly positive impression when he is first encountered. Alert and friendly in his attitude, he is easy to talk with and seems to have a good many genuine interests. There is nothing at all odd or queer about him, and in every respect he tends to embody the concept of a well-adjusted, happy person. Nor does he, on the other hand, seem to be artificially exerting himself like one who is covering up or who wants to sell you a bill of goods. He would seldom be confused with the professional backslapper or someone who is trying to ingratiate himself for a concealed purpose. Signs of affectation or excessive affability are not characteristic. He looks like the real thing.” (The Mask of Sanity, 339)

Because they appear to be easy-going, friendly and genuine, psychopaths attract quite easily many potential partners. They tend to be great conversationalists, orienting the subjects of discussion around each of their targets’ personal interests. Scott Peterson, Mark Hacking and Neil Entwistle seemed true gentlemen and fun-loving guys not only to their wives, but also to their in-laws and friends. Generally speaking, they behaved appropriately for the circumstances before committing their gruesome crimes. They knew how to open the car door for their partners, how to engage in polite conversation with their in-laws and how to joke around with their buddies.

Not only do psychopaths tend to be extraordinarily charismatic, but also they can appear to be rational, levelheaded individuals. They usually talk in a way that shows common sense and good judgment. Above all, they seem perfectly normal in superficial contact. “Very often indications of good sense and sound reasoning will emerge and one is likely to feel soon after meeting him that this normal and pleasant person is also one with high abilities,” Cleckley continues. (338) Psychopaths generally present themselves as responsible men. They seem to be in charge of their lives, their families and their careers. As we’ve seen, for several years Mark Hacking led his wife and her family to believe that he was a college graduate on his way to medical school. Only members of his own family knew (and hid) the truth. Similarly, Neil Entwistle convinced his entire family that he was a successful computer entrepreneur. In actuality, he was a bankrupt spammer. He also led Rachel to believe that he was a faithful, loving husband while actively seeking promiscuous liaisons on adult dating websites.

Although most psychopaths tend to fail at their endeavors, it’s usually not due to a lack of natural intelligence. Cleckley notes, “Psychometric tests also very frequently show him of superior intelligence. More than the average person, he is likely to seem free from social or emotional impediments, from the minor distortions, peculiarities, and awkwardness so common even among the successful.” (338) Psychopaths succeed so often in fooling others not just because of what they say, but also because of how they say it. Their demeanor tends to be self-assured, cool, silky smooth and collected. Even though, at core, they’re more disturbed than individuals diagnosed with severe mental illnesses, such as psychotics or schizophrenics, their personality disorder doesn’t show through. The fact that psychopathy tends to be well concealed beneath a veneer of normalcy makes it all the more dangerous to others: “Although the psychopath’s inner emotional deviations and deficiencies may be comparable with the inner status of the masked schizophrenic,” Cleckley goes on, “he outwardly shows nothing brittle or strange. Everything about him is likely to suggest desirable and superior human qualities, a robust mental health.” (339) It’s only once you get to know them over time that psychopaths begin to show their true colors. By then, however, you’ve probably already been burned. It’s very important to spread information about psychopathy to the general public so that we can be aware of psychopathic qualities before being significantly hurt by these social predators.

THE MOST DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS AMONG THE HUMAN SPECIES, THEY ARE MORE DISTURBED THAN INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS.

Can you truly understand this ladies? PLEEEEEZE have no further contact with your insignificant other, RUN RUN RUN - I did and will never look back, - keep strong and stay NC, that is my reminder for the week -

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