Psychos in our mist :: psychopathic behavior

For most of us the idea of a psychopath conjures up images from movies homogeneous "Silence of The Lambs" and characters with names like "Hannibal Lector." Fortunately characters like Hannibal dont really exist. Serial killers and people involved in ritual torture are rare, tho psychopathic behavior is more reciprocal than you might think.I digest known several psychopaths in my life. The clearest case involved an older teen who had no sense of guilt. He could learn the rules, but he had no sense of conscience. The only thing that saved him was a mother who loved him, took him to counseling for years and spent a great quite a little of time patiently teaching him right from wrong. I echo a conversation where he told me, "People know when something is wrong because it feels wrong. I have to remember or be reminded that stealing from someone is wrong. I dont feel bad if I take something."Meeting this young boy changed my position of a psychopathic person ality. Why? Because children with this condition are "emotionally blind." And while I do not excuse cruelty or criminal behavior, I have sympathy and appreciate how hard it is for some people to learn how to act responsibly. Without help, potentially psychopathic children allow become adults who never remain tie to anyone or anything for long. They may end up living a "predatory" lifestyle, feeling little or no regret, and having little or no sorrow - except when they are caught or about to be locked up. A psychopath is not necessarily a bad person. But they are prone to have problems with society, rules, expectations and relationships.A psychopath will use people for excitement, entertainment, to build their self-esteem and they invariably value people in terms of their material value (e.g. money, property, comfort, etc..). They set up involve and get other people into trouble quickly and they seem to have no regret for their actions. To date there is no checkli st of behavior and symptoms that will tell you with certainty whether or not a person is a psychopath. But there are warning signs. The following warning signs are found on my experience but primarily research conducted by Robert Hare, Ph.D - the leading expert on the Psychopathic Personality.Characteristics of a Psychopathsuperficial charm self-centred & self-important need for stimulation & prone to boredom deceptive behavior & lying conning & manipulative little self-condemnation or guilt