If you can relate, you are probably not a psychopath.

They also have a covert personality/habit that includes sadism. They're incredibly good at switching roles between abusive/evil and passive saint. They can give you amnesia sometimes.

If someone you know breathes, they _may_ in fact be a psychopath.

I think bottled up feelings can also happen when someone has grown up in an abusive environment not able express their feelings.

0:14 | 1. Social Domination 1:45 | 2. Mass Generalizations 2:46 | 3. Persuasive Disfluencies 4:15 | 4. Personal Pronouns 5:24 | 5. Temporary Tools 6:14 | 6. Inappropriate Emotions 7:02 | 7. Biological Needs 7:58 | 8. Strategic Avoidance 8:43 | 9. Self-Contradictions 9:40 | 10. Emotional Landslides

Having dealt with a true psychopath, I have to say this video misses a great deal. Some of it appears to be nonsense. It also seems to be oriented around one small study of a small number of psychopaths and focuses on a strange set of behaviors. If you think you are associated and affected by a psychopath, it would be much better to review one of the standard tests, which are easily available online. Most of the mentioned behaviors are things that many people do. If you are really concerned, answer these questions: 1. Can the person turn on charm like a switch? 2. Do they do what they want, without taking into account the affect on other people, or long term consequences? 3. Do they seem unable to take any responsibility for things they do that cause harm? 4. Do they seem to believe that it's every person for themselves, anything they do to get ahead is justified? 5. Do they lie easily? 6. Do they seem never to feel remorse? These are some of the true indicators. If you meet one of these people, God help you.

I've been studying narcissism and many of these traits seem to apply there too. I wish I could get clarity on the differences between psychopathy & narcissism.

I really think you (like millions of other people) confused psychopath with narcissists. Although there are some superficial overlaps, your videos perfectly describes a narcissist. Psychopaths can be quite chill and even not-power-oriented too. But because of fearless dominance and manipulation it's easier for them to accept the power people give them, instead of refusing the power.

The laughing when you want to cry does not make you a psychopath. That’s a nervous reaction. Laughing and crying are very similar responses. I was in a movie theater once watching an incredibly sad story and I was crying so hard I was to the point of sobbing loudly, I actually started laughing.

To be honest, I don't see how psychopaths differ much from selfish people according to this video, you know.

A lot of these behaviors are normal human things everyone can do once and a while, but all these traits put together at the same time may be what indicates a psychopath. Like a narcissist, everyone has narcissistic traits but aren't necessarily a true narcissist.

i really love how u guys went straight to the point and didn't talk how other channels do before startintg , tysm!!

not the self diagnosed 14 year olds 😂

I just understand why I would not want to show my emotions. This isn’t psychopath. This is a way people grew up. There people who were told to not show their emotions. This can be extremely painful for the person because another thing is that they were ignored and they expect everyone to ignore them or never show love or caring.

I've been around a guy who felt like a psychopath. The guy could throw his personality easily, it was like a light switch for him. He pays close attention to your facial expressions and gestures and responds appropriately. He talked about murder frequently and described it correctly. Its absolutely horrifying how good he is at getting you to trust him. And he's openly expressed how humans mean nothing to him and he's had various mental health consultations. He scares the fuck out of me!!!

VERY good video! I have known a couple of psychopaths, 3 or so and alot of this I recognize. The last guy almost cost me my life.

Me before the video: Seems like a nice topic to learn about... Me after watching the video: I'm a psycho and everyone I know is psycho too!!!!!!

for those saying 'if youre saying youre a psychopath, you arent cuz u watched this' you are incorrect. I have been diagnosed with ASPD (clinical psychopathy) and watched this because i wanted to know how much they got wrong. and there is a lot. No, i don't care, but its a personal gain to know they are wrong.

My father is 110% this. Literally anger directed towards me in the form of fear. It's tiring. Literally get these people of of your life and keep them of of your life at all costs.

Oh my! This eerily describes my Ex. Luckily he’s an ex. Thank goodness for therapy pointing this out and for informative videos like this. Very helpful. Thank you.

This really sounds more like a narcissist than a psychopath lol

Seems like a psychopath has an intense need for significance.

The same vet doctor I've been attending to few times for my cat was hostile with neverending blame game in each of my visits. I suspected he's psychopath and now assured that he is a psychopath. Every single detailing mentioned since the beginning of the video is very accurate about him.

This video just confirmed I’m 2000% a psychopath, I do almost every single thing mentioned in this video. To explain it to everyone else in my case I grew up around severe psychological trauma growing up, I was always at fear as a kid so I think it trained me to assess when trouble is coming so it made me incredibly good at reading people. The desensitization in my opinion comes from constant trauma at a young age, when I got to my 20s it got really bad. I also was deceived by people around me who were close, it gave me this attitude where I generalized everybody for being that way because of those experiences I had. So my teen years were when those negative experienced piled up and my 20s is where it solidified my character as a remorseless person, it took going to jail for a little while to wake me up. I began looking at myself in disgust and actually wanting to change who I was, till this day I can’t change the need for stimulation. It’s been toned down 100x but I still feel it in my brain the lack of excitement, I’m pretty sure because of the psychological trauma I faced all my life shut down certain parts of my brain. Sort of like a cop or a person in the military, if you have empathy in those careers you’re going to drive yourself nuts. There comes a time where you need to turn that part of your brain off, if you don’t it’s impossible to continue your job. Same thing goes for psychopathic criminals, if you feel at a deep level you’re going to break yourself down not only that but it’s a weakness people pick up on and you’ll get harmed because of having that weakness. On the other hand I have a deep love for animals, if I hear about an animal getting hit by a car it’ll put me to tears. If I hear about a human getting hit by a car I’d say I would react with 50% less empathy, it’s a really weird thing you can’t control it you’re just born with the rotten genetics.

This is such a ridiculous video, you've just described like 90% of human beings

How to spot a psychopath after they take you for everything you have, that’s how you’ll know.

I've was bringing my cat to the same vet few times, he was hostile with neverending blame game in each of my visits. I suspected him psychopath and now assured that he is a psychopath. Every single detailing mentioned since the beginning of the video is very accurate about him.

“If you know someone who experiences emotional landslides they might be a psychopath” or they’re just a very emotional person 😂

It sounds like living in a competitive or dangerous environment can make you mimic signs of psychopathy until, outwardly, you are indifferentiable from a psychopath yourself. This is why diagnoses are to be made only in a clinical environment. It becomes nearly impossible, if not impossible at all, to differentiate a true psychopath from someone whose is mimicking the psychopathy around them merely to survive, especially in children and those who have grown up around such behavior.

"If you're here you're not a psychopath" So that means serial killers can't watch this, or they can strategically watch this to un-diagnose themselves as attention seeking 14 year olds.

So, pretty much every boss I've ever had. Figures.

I wish people more often distinguished whether or not they’re talking about primary or secondary psychopathy, or both.

I guess I’m a psychopath, I hate when people litter🤷🏻‍♂️

Bruh watching this finding out im a psycho

This is so simplistic; anyone who has taken a couple of psychology classes or read up on the subject of psychopathy will find this video deeply unimpressive.

Psychopath which comes from the greek two words meaning Psicho-passion, cannot differentiate his emotional feelings according to his actions. For example he may kill or he may harm someone physically or verbally without feeling guilt for what he/she have done or continue to do. The psychical emotion handling for a psychopath compare to a normal person are way different, that's why we name someone a psychopath.

One of the problems with videos like this is the explanation of a disorder by listing symptoms. This is why it seems like so many people match these symptoms. It is most commonly done with psychological disorders because it would be so obvious if done with physical illnesses... Consider explaining what having tuberculous would be like by just using a list of symptoms without underlying understanding being provided. Symptom number one: they tend to cough, number two: sometimes they sneeze, number three: they have trouble breathing.... Could apply to just about anyone with any respiratory issue at any time... The underlying issue here would be things like "Can they feel empathy?" --- great fundamental understanding. If you have an active sense of empathy then you probably aren't a psychopath even if you happen to say "To be honest with you" sometimes... The infotainment is still entertaining though :) Keep up the good work topthink.

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.” ― The Joker

When you're emotionally homeless. And as such ostracized. You may very well feel as though everyone in the world is against you. Not all homeless people are alike. Some lash out. Some sit alone quietly.

if you're worried about being a psychopath you're DEFINITELY not one

"if you have nothing to offer a psychopath, they'll abandon a relationship with you" everyone bonds with others because they need something, it can be something innocent as you said most people bond to share their passion or like company, i guess everyone is selfish in some way, but not always in a bad way, and honestly abandoning a relationship because it had nothing to offer is stupid. Everyone as something to offer, as meaningless as those things may sound.

I’ve always avoided showing my emotions because I can easily read people and I see how some use what they can read off others against them

Thank you for the tip!

Came to see how many think they’re a “psychopath” Edit: :/ wasn’t keeping track but I can definitely relate to at least half of these points.

Psychopaths communicate exactly like you do, even more normal than it may seem like... how do you think they blend into society? Plus psychopathy is a mental disorder, a personality disorder in the sub criteria, its not a specific personality, which means all types of psychopaths exist...

I like watching these, gives me a perspective on how people view it and gives tips on how to better mask it in the future. People watch this to learn about psychopaths, yet at the same time the psychopath learns about how you percieve things and what society think is out of the norm.

I would say that this doesn’t apply to all psychopaths. For example, with the first point that they crave social domination, some don’t care for that at all. Or for some of them maybe sometimes, but not in every interaction.

This will be very helpful when characterizing especially internet personalities because from my experience a lot of so called teachers especially in the spiritual/life coaching relm can be psychopaths.

There is an old book that reads, if thou perceiveth not knowledge, depart. Or very close to that.

The best I’ve heard is a psychopath rarely has outwardly anger mood changes, but when he does he blows up huge .. while a sociopath shows mood swings frequently, especially expressing anger. Luv this clue.

I avoid almost every conversation-- unless it's about a very technical subject I am an expert in, or want to be an expert in, or me getting laid very soon soon. I don't even think about people other than my children. I almost never talk about anyone other than myself, and I expect people I'm talking to to also talk about themselves without being asked if they have something to share. I don't think I'm a psychopath, but I'm not normal. People who have friends baffle me. I have kids that I care about. I have lovers. No one else matters at all-- sort of. I want to help people IN GENERAL. Just not specific people. I will stop and give a homeless person food or clothes, but I wont think about a well equipped acquaintance.

Tbh some of them are superficially adapted to the society, so they know most of these sings like talking about themselves too much, basically trying as hard as they can to hide their true nature

“If someone you know experiences emotional landslides they might be a psychopath” um okay yeah maybe true but what an awful broad generalized statement to make when there’s a billion other psychological disorders that people suffer from that include mental breakdowns. They made a whole right statement just to end it like that, it’s not that they’re having the breakdowns it’s how and why they’re having the breakdowns. 💀

"You are created in the exact likeness of Love". It is also the standard measurement in a person's emotions. Ie, by what standard do you declare some one a psychopath? Some one who is absent Love/acceptance/approval/morals/obedience...? The presence or absence of Love is the measurement.

I’m using this list to hone my behavior. Winning!

Wow. I also am shocked whenever someone asks about my family. It's like why are they relevant?

TBH, I'm going to have to stop saying "You know", you know? To be honest, it's going to have to stop.

Know a guy who is, I've considered him a friend since I've always spoken with him and nobody else will. Likely doesn't consider me friend back but it's always interesting with everything he says. He keeps this tone that is so plain that you probably couldn't tell how he feels at first if he even does, talks about art alot though. He's really good at drawing faces

Not Psychopath: im a Psychopath Psychopath: im not a Psychopath

the really scary thing about psychopaths is that they are highly resistant to treatment, as a rule, everyone around them is in pain and devastated but as far as they're concerned it's their problem his or hers, not they feel fine so why should they change?

Don't test the monster in me. - Joker

So here is a story I have where I think I ran into some kind of predator. To preface this I had health issues at the time but I am totally normal now so no need to feel sorry for me in the description below. This account is strictly just about this encounter: I was having some issues causing Edema in my feet so it was hard to walk, went to the emergency room to make sure it wasn't the heart. It wasn't, it was something else. But that isn't relevant. While I was there there was a large crash with I think one person who died (I am not apart of this). And a lot of people got injured so they were there with me. I am in the waiting room, and this man walks in and sits 10 feet away from me and I did notice him but it's that type of notice where you are making a note here was there. For the next 25 or 30 minutes he proceeded to just stare at me most of the time. I would check by looking at him occasionally and yeah pretty much every time. At one point a nurse walked in and asked if he needed help and he said he was just waiting for someone. She left and then returned to staring at me. Obviously I already know what is going on as I am not an idiot. Finally I am called to come up to the desk or something. And after done talking I go to walk into another room and he finally decides to come up to me and talk. He presented himself as a personal trainer/gym trainer (he didn't look fit, just skinny, but who knows maybe he can run 20 miles). And started trying to bullshit me telling me what exercises can help me get better without even knowing what was wrong with me as it wasn't caused by anything physical. I think he was sizing me up to see if I was gullible and stupid enough to believe him. I was an easy target I think in his mind as I had to use crutches to even get around and had wrapped my legs to keep fluid more up. So if he found out I am gullible, great an easy victim! Anyway he kept trying to get to know me more. I don't know if he was going to offer to be my physical trainer or try to get me to come to his car I don't know. I am not sure if he realized I already knew what he was trying to do considering the million red flags he has presented to me thus far. So my dad shows up thankfully while this guy was talking to me, and he switches to talking to him like we were friends or something. I just shook my head no when the guy was looking away, for my dad to see. I told him to come with me to their bathroom where I explained what was happening or at least what I thought was happening. I wasn't really scared because I had caught onto his act early. Pretty sure he is one of the stupid psychopaths. Also he isn't going to attack me in this hospital. So, we went back out into the lobby a few minutes later and he was gone. Just gone. It was so surreal like I can't believe this guy was eyeing me to kidnap me or something. It's shit you see and hear on Tv. Thankfully dad had his truck right outside the sliding doors so we just took off without me going to see a doctor. And I did call the police to tell them about the shady man. I have no clue if anything became of it. I just wanted it to be known so no one else walking out to their car in the parking lot would run into this guy. So yeah I wonder if he caught on that I saw through the act immediately and decided to bail, or if it was only my Dad he was afraid of. (he's a big guy, lifts weights)

Untrue people who sit in front of their computers all day are not Psychopaths, you can never really tell who's the psychopath until you've seen it.

The thing about generalizations is highly accurate.

The way my dad has all these features and many more... It hurts.

It’s not about what we say it’s about what we think. We will change multiple characters just to adjust the one we need in every occasion. I know it’s sad and can cause problems to friends or our relationship but sometimes you Born like that and you have to live with it.

Remember the guy building an atomic bomb in his basement is not a psychopath he's considered a hobbyist now

Cool im a psycho. What now

Just learn what a narcissist is and then you will know what a psychopath is

This realy helped me. Thank You! 😂💕👍

I don't really see myself as a psychopath as I would never even dream of hurting another person but I find myself thinking that somes feelings don't matter as they won't affect me in the long run. I'm quite popular at my high school and I am fairly smart but I still have trouble regarding others with care. Despite my energetic and friendly attitude I still feel this way why?

There's many people have most of these characteristics so it's hard to know who have them 😕

"As soon as you are not useful a psychopath will throw you away." I cringed when he said that.

After watching this, I'm left to wonder if the criteria given are at best NECESSARY but NOT SUFFICIENT (not even close) to diagnose a psychopath. Except for the desire to dominate others or the tendency to view others as "tools", it seems like most of the other criteria can characterize people who are merely introverted, or on the autism spectrum, or with ADHD, or otherwise dealing with some form of PTSD. I wonder if videos similar to this one may cause many people to be unfairly misdiagnosed as psychopaths.

My ex went into a detailed discussion about our 10 day trip to Paris he wanted to bring me along on. The next time we spoke, he ended a sentence with "...if we ever meet." He had me mixed up with someone else. Two days later.

Some professions are over-represented by psychopaths: CEOs, politicians, cops, salesmen, military personnel, journalists, and clergymen. It would be in society’s best interest to observe these creatures carefully and then isolate them in mental health facilities at the first sign of antisocial behavior. After all, we don’t let rabid dogs roam the streets with impunity.

I watched a documentary where people would take a personality test to see if they were psychopaths and some of them actually wished they were. Honestly, it was pitiful to see those people wanting to be such disguting human beings and even more pitiful was the fact that companies preferred these kind of parasites as part of their staff because of some of the positive aspects of the disorder. What they forget is that psychopaths will ALWAYS put themselves first in detriment of the company, the boss, the co-worker and everybody else in the universe

my father is a severe psyschophat. it took me years to handle my own mind, my family & i got abused by him over the years but mostly i got s' abused since my childhood. at first i hated him, my family, myself. i would be so mad forgetting my own life around me. but after a time you try to understand. understanding and maybe feel sorry for him. he's living all alone of course you are happy to actually be out there but it feels so guilty for letting him handle this ilness on their own. its dangerous, its complicated. But i try to understand, even if its difficult to get how you should act towards him. how you should even face such a person who would do cruel things, who did bad stuff to you and does not show any regret at all.. but somehow you cant offically hate them for dying in their ilness. this ilness this disease is the hell. they cant escape so they have already the baddest life with their own. it's their disease, i feel sorry for everyone involved because this does not get ever away.

Im so confused .. i can relate, but then again i think we all relate to these feelings.. Seriously everyone acts like this humanity is like that. 60-90% of us

Sometimes in a male dominated work place, "one-upmanship" can be playful, and silly, which actually builds relationships.

Halo 3 has a well developed campaign. I love the level design and attention too detail. I remember the first time i popped the disc in my xbox 360. Good times.

You can't just find out someone is psychopath by some questions it's something else that you don't understand it is a feeling of emptiness which increases day by day. It's the feeling of understanding this world more and more until that day when u find out all ur friends don't like u they just pretend. It's like showing mirror to the people of this world.

Ok everything you just said described me perfectly…

OMG MY DAD ALWAYS CALLS ME A PYSCOPATH WHEN HE ABUSES ME EMOTIONALLY HE ALSO GRABBED MY NECK EW DISGUSTING I FEEL LIKE HE CALLS ME LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE IS ONE

5:25 i wouldn't agree with that. I don't find myself a psychopath and i have two types of friends - those who i really care about and want all best for them, and those who i treat as tools and use to make these close friends happy.

I dunno, as a man we're taught never to let emotions get the better of us. If we are not strong at all times we lose what society values in us.

it seems those with serious empathy problems/anti-social problems do not experience anxiety and stress the way the average person does- in that they do not experience it much at all. To the point that they do not experience fight or flight the same way. This would definitely be more of a nature vs. nurture.

It sounds like me I always wondered why I nearly wet my pants laughing at funerals. This explains why I was under forensics for a couple of years

Fun fact: If you were a psychopath then you wouldn't be here watching this video

12 year old me after watching this : you know, I am something of a psychopath myself

I fit most descriptions of a psychopath. But I assure you that I mean no harm. I live my little life and my 20 year relationship is great because she's the one that pointed all my problems and is working on fixing them all.

From the sounds of all things summed up, I concluded that there is a part psychopath in everybody. In all parts separately mentioned I recognized myself, my neighbor, my kids’ teachers, the grocery shoppers etc.😳

Top Think lead us to Top Rank...🍀🍀

I feel like I have two sides inside of me that fight on a daily basis, One tells me to remember that karma exists and to treat others nicely also to have faith. The other side makes me have the most worst thoughts you could possibly imagine and want to take action on my delusional thoughts, honestly I don’t know what I suffer with but I know I’m suffering with something if that makes sense. Some days I want to be an Antichrist and some days I want to be a saint And I have this consistent battle in my mind everyday. But I’m noticing because I’ve not been communicating with people properly for the past 5 years my personality has started to change also my appearance; I like dark things, my speech pattern and vocabulary has dramatically decreased and I stutter when I talk due to an overload of thoughts and lack of confidence hitting me every second at light speed… I could go on for hours and hours this isn’t even half of my problems, I know I’m messed up but what’s worse is the fact I don’t know what’s bothering me or if I even know myself anymore.

Although some may claim it impossible to know what pure evil is, I can safely say I've met it face to face. His name was Eric Vandenberg. He was my 10th grade bully. He would often call me a "retard" just to shame me for my Autism, in spite of the fact I could act like a normal person well and true. From this, he appointed himself as the ringleader of those who believed in his slanders and lies about my mental disability, and were egged by him to make my life miserable as well. Things got worse when he used my Autism as a scapegoat, and would blame his misbehavior on my Autism, accusing me of wrongdoing as if I couldn't remember. Worse still, he and the rest of his posse would gaslight me by saying my Autism was making me hallucinate and misremember their abuse, claiming that I was seeing things that never happened, or misremember small details that were never there. Even when they sexually harassed me, they claimed it never happened, as they would often tell the adults, "He doesn't know what he's talking about, he's just a retard." From this, Eric and his fellow ring of bullies would claim that my Autism was making me misjudge right from wrong, that I was morally insane. Whenever I did something socially acceptable, like kissing a girl on the hand after a dance, they would punish me for it, saying what I did was unacceptable. The same could be said whenever I did something acceptable, as they would commend me for it. He exploited me being self conscious of my mental illness, and did everything within his power to make my life miserable. My moral compass was broken, I could no longer distinguish right from wrong, and I was afraid that I was going completely insane. The adults were neglectful as well, as they avoided taking full responsibility to handle the situation directly whenever I asked them for help, and instead, left me to handle it myself, even though I lacked the resources, let alone the manpower to do so, as we were living in a boarding school, I could only avoid them for so long. Even so, I tried to befriend Eric whenever he seemed lonely, but the more I tried to befriend him, the more he hated me for it, and would punish me. I knew he had problems, but whenever I asked him what his problem was, he always said it was me. I was very suicidal that year, as no one was willing to help me, even when I was unable to help myself of a situation I was cornered in. I didn't want to kill myself because I lost the will to live, but because I was afraid of becoming a monster. I would rather die than become a psychopath. I was traumatized that year, and it took a lot of effort for me to recover. It wasn't until years later until a former colleague apologized to me for not being there for me, that he revealed something I hadn't known. The entire time, Eric too had Autism. It was then I realized, Eric was willing to manipulate my self consciousness, and my lack of knowledge of my own Autism, to drive me insane to the point of suicide just to defend his pride, just to hide something about himself he didn't want anyone else to know. To this day, I cannot comprehend how anyone as young as we were, 15 years of age, could be capable of doing something so evil. Some may say this is a case of insecurity. But I say, it's the face of pure evil. To this day, I still suffer PTSD, as I lash out at those who criticize me for being a snowflake, a manchild, oversensitive and a psychopath. Am I a psychopath?

Oh yeah my x is narc/psycho, sad but I’m free now :) happiness ❤️

I've experienced definetely a lot of emotional landslides to the point I had to set a restraining order after we broke up.

Wow, I use the words “you know” a lot?And I also have been generalizing a lot lately. Does that make me a psychopath? I hope not. I know I have a lot of love to give this world but I have been angry lately. To all the people on this channel and everyone watching this video, I love you from the bottom of my heart. I hope to be a better man for the world around me

Plot twist: this describes a sociopath/narcissist. Psychopaths don't have strong emotions, it's rather muted. Neutral. Emotional landslides is more relative to sociopath and narcissism. Psychopaths are common than you think. Mostly found on top tier positions. They can be some of the chilliest individuals. Due to lack of fear and confidence, they are very charming to be around. Just like Autism, psychopathy runs along a spectrum. At the end, still human like the rest of us.

What animation program do you use? :)