- Big teeth, wide eyed stare and possibly a bald head?
Oh, that's not part of the criteria of a psychopath
I'm just weird, okay.
I'm kidding, I'm not a psycho, but they defintely
exist out there.
So how can you tell if you're interacting with one
or really, if maybe you're one?
Over the years psychology has developed a specific
checklist for things that will indicate if you
or the person you're interacting with is a psychopath.
And the following are just those things.
Here are 10 ways to tell if you're a psychopath.
Number ten is lack of realistic long term goals.
If you find that people often inform you
that your desires are ridiculous or you don't care
about what's happening six months from now,
you might just be a psychopath.
Psychopaths are prone to living in the moment
over making plans for the distant future.
They have a hard time creating long term goals
and see going through life as a series of steps
happening immediately with little regard
for next year, next week or even tomorrow.
That said, they can still be incredibly goal driven,
plowing through obstacles in their way
to obtain whatever they want as quickly as possible.
Additionally, psychopaths have difficulties
with making their goals, however immediate, realistic
as if they're living in some sort of fantasy world
where common sense doesn't apply.
You know if I run through all of these cars on the highway
I can get there faster.
That makes sense to me.
(laughter)
Number nine is prone to boredom.
How often are you feeling bored?
If the answer is essentially all the time
you might have psychopathy.
One of the biggest issues psychopaths face
is chronic boredom and that means they're always
looking for some new, often extreme activity to do.
Such excursions may quell the restless feeling for a time
but they quickly return.
Some experts believe that due to their lack of emotion
psychopaths require constant excitement
in order to feel normal,
and it takes more stimulants to keep them excited.
That's why they're always chasing for a cure for boredom.
While the average human being
simply feels impatient or unsatisfied when bored,
a psychopath can feel a powerful need
to do something about it and that can mean
purposely entering dangerous situations.
I'm so bored I think I might go get a tattoo.
Ah, done.
Number eight is criminal behavior.
Many misinterpret being a psychopath
as being a crazed serial killer,
but that's actually a rare occurrence.
It's unfortunately quite common for psychopaths
to take part in law breaking,
whether it be petty theft or something much worse
to someone else,
partly due to their disconnect from society.
And their belief that the rules don't apply to them.
Of course not all psychopaths are criminals.
But those who are tend to make elaborate plans
for their crimes,
and usually leave little evidence at the crime scenes
that they are in fact the culprit.
Only an estimated one percent of people in the
general population are psychopaths,
but if you narrow that target group down
to only those individuals doing time in prison,
that number climbs quite a bit,
as nearly 23% of those incarcerated have psychopathy.
Number seven is impulsive and promiscuous.
Ooh, ahh, that was impulsive.
Psychopaths tend to tell lies and hurt others
to gain superiority all on instinct.
Psychopathy is usually coupled with intelligence.
Those with both are amazing con artists
and utilize their skills in the moment,
quickly going after whatever they want.
It's common for them to be impulsive,
making sudden decisions or changing their mind
out of the blue.
This impulsiveness is often dangerous
as the individual has little to no regard
for their own safety or even the safety of others.
Even those who don't break the law usually show
some form of promiscuity, cheating on their partners
or electing to have multiple, temporary companions
over a single committed one.
That is unless the commitment
gives them an advantage somewhere.
Simply put, psychopaths are unpredictable and selfish
but extremely cunning, ahhhh!
Sorry, that was unpredictable.
Number six is an inflated sense of self worth.
Do you ever feel like the entire universe
revolves around you?
Well as nice as that would be one, it doesn't
and two, you might have psychopathy.
If you do, leave a comment below.
Let us know who we're dealing with here.
Really though, psychopaths have an inflated sense
of self worth and arrogance in which they believe
they are above certain rules and deserve privileges
that most will never have.
They identify themselves as more important than others.
And that their opinion should be taken
over those of their peers.
They literally feel that they are pretty much
the best at everything that they do
and will argue that point,
even when it appears clear that they
very very much are mistaken.
Anyone can make up a personal history about themselves
and pass it off as the truth.
But a psychopath can convince themselves
that they really deserve the bonuses that come
with the fiction.
Number five is pathological lying.
If you find yourself lying about even the tiniest of things
even when they have nothing to do with you,
you might just be a psychopath.
These people are pathological liars,
often lying simply on impulse,
even when the outcome of the situation is
already of no consequence to them whatsoever.
They will also die with the lie,
refusing to admit the truth until they have been
completely proven to be misleading
and often they will even deny it then.
The lie can be tiny.
Perhaps the inflation of a number, or the addition
of a minor detail that is untrue in a story.
Or it can be an outright fabrication
such as concocting a story and passing it off
as true events.
When confronted with evidence that disproves their lie
psychopaths will either adapt the story accordingly,
or change the argument until they come out on top.
Um hum, we all have that one friend
that lies about everything.
You know who I'm talking about.
Send this video to them, let them know.
Number four is manipulative.
Some people are kind leaders and those around them obey
because of those attributes.
But psychopaths pull off the same results
through a much different method, manipulation.
Through their talents in passing a fictional story
off as truth insanely well,
and their ability to mimic the emotions
of those around them,
psychopaths are master manipulators.
They make those around them feel for them
and want to do what they ask.
With the followers believing the actions
are their own idea.
Alternatively the psychopath can use flattery
to get what they want out of people.
Able to pass off their complements and passion
off as the genuine article.
If you find yourself falsely complementing people
or putting them through guilt trips just to get something
well, you know who you are.
Number three is no remorse or guilt.
Psychopaths are often labeled as uncaring,
extremely cold and emotionally shallow people.
And while that's not often missing the mark by much
each case is different.
Many psychopaths care deeply about things.
Or even people, they simply aren't affected
when they hurt them in some way.
We all go through times when it would be nice
not to feel remorse for a poor decision or action
but psychopaths may not be able to feel at all.
The theory that these people were incapable
of feeling guilt at all held strong until a study
conducted in late 2016.
In it, researchers reveal that psychopaths
actually can feel remorse for their choices.
They simply don't change their behaviors based
on what they learned from the consequences of that event.
Honestly, that's even worse.
'Cause it's like they know they're doing wrong
and they're still gonna do it.
Compulsion.
Number two is never accepting responsibility.
Nobody's perfect, even if some people believe that they are.
We all make mistakes and sometimes they're
fairly massive ones.
But if you're a psychopath, you likely have
trouble admitting that.
Psychopaths have a truly difficult time
accepting pretty much any form of responsibility,
even when that responsibility involves making up for
or even simply acknowledging an error that's
been made by them.
They may simply lie about a negative situation
to dodge the blame.
Or it's possible they are so wrapped up
in their own perfection that they actually believe
that they're incapable of such a mistake
and thus did not make it.
Telling the truth and accepting responsibility
could damage their perfect vision of themselves.
Even if it's just a tiny error that they made.
And number one is a lack of empathy or conscience.
Most people when they hear about or picture
in their minds other people going through hard times
or painful situations,
they can empathize at least to a point,
relying on their own experiences
with similar events that they've suffered through.
However, psychopaths have a much harder time empathizing.
Studies using magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI's
have shown that for many, the parts of the brain
that should become active when they need to feel concern
for another human being simply don't.
Even though the psychopath understands that
something bad has happened,
they are incapable of truly feeling bad
for that individual or individuals involved.
However, there are some experts with an alternative theory
and they suggest that it may be within
the psychopaths power to turn their empathy on and off.
Well now you know how to classify Jane
that works across the way from you's behavior.
You know who you're dealing with.
Get out of there.