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ConcernedCanuk

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46. "psychopaths tend to be pretty quickly "outed" - that's bullshit.
Sun Dec 8, 2013, 10:01 AM
Dec 2013

Last edited Sun Dec 8, 2013, 10:49 AM - Edit history (1)

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Most people, including many in this thread take YEARS to discover their own "entrapment" of illusion of the psycho.

And then, YEARS to unravel and rebuild their life, sometimes never recovering.

My mother was a psycho - I didn't realize it until my late 50's;

Her "charm" had her (and my) friends convinced she was a wise, kind person - while when left alone with us kids she would browbeat, and physically beat us when neither our respective friends nor my father were present.

We were so terrified of her none of us EVER told our father what happened when he was not home, not even after we were out of the "nest", and he died at the age of 95 - never knowing.

Not until I was 15 did even ONE of my friends consider my "stories" had any validity, and that was only because he heard her go into a tirade over the phone I had set down to adk mother permission to go visit him. She did NOT know the phone was still off the hook, she thought I had hung up - which SHE promptly did (hung up the phone) - and of course, refused me permission to go out, giving me extra chores as her excuse.

Seeing as I was not aware of what I didn't know about socio/psychopaths until my working career was over, I considered many of my bosses to be assholes, jerks, unreasonable, mean, etc., and now realize many of them fit the psycho profile.

And they advanced quite quickly.

Psychos are mostly above average intelligence, and are survivors.

I've had ailments where one or more physicians failed to cure some of my ailments as they practiced their "expertise"; so a "professional" opinion don't mean much to me. (especially when I cured them myself by educating myself on my particular problem at the time.) Let me give you an elongated "ailment" I cured (not mine) in a mtter of weeks - while "doctors' had failed FOR 15 YEARS.

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Now this was back in the mid-80's before Google and all that, so this required a few library visits.

Problem - My girlfriend at the time suffered a regular suffrage from cold sores which led to strep throat, antibiotics were prescribed, strep throat gone, yeast infection followed - not a handy thing for sexually active people as we were then. She went through this "regimen" every year FOR 15 YEARS.

Long story short - in reading books, the main one that clued me in the right direction was called "The Yeast Connection". Probiotics to the rescue - specifically Acidophilus( a "friendly" bacteria - one already in the body, but not enough in many cases).

3 weeks later, all gone - and remained gone for the rest of our relationship - about 2 years.

Had occasion to bump into her 8 years later - still no return of her previous conditions. She did not take the "acid" (I nicknamed it for short) on a regular basis, but as soon as she felt a cold sore start (cold sore was the beginning of her previous "cycles&quot she would commence the acid - and the cycle was broken. No more strep, no more yeast infection.

I've achieved the same when my own doctors failed me - did it myself with research.

I've dealt with a psycho cop recently (happens to be a friend of "my" psycho girl - go figure) - and spent thousands of dollars to beat conspired charges - in fact, the Crown Attorney WITHDREW the charges - court never heard any of the so-called "evidence"; that cost me over $2500 - money I didn't have at the time of the made-up charges.

Without a timely unexpected inheritance, I was doomed to lose, but fortune smiled on me and I was able to hire one of the best criminal lawyers available. Still, it was a year of misery - never knowing . . . .

So "professional" does not impress me one little bit, in fact, it makes me leery when they postulate their "knowledge".

Psychos are out there, and they want YOU, your belongings, your friends - and your soul if they can manage it.

Beware the person that smiles all the time . . .

CC

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How to Spot a Psychopath [View all] n2doc Dec 2013 OP
mark for later Lil Missy Dec 2013 #1
I had the misfortune of having a sociopath in my life recently ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #2
Good book rec. "Without Conscience" By Robert Hare is a good one too. laundry_queen Dec 2013 #7
oh wow! - THAT was one of the books I read! (and studied) ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #10
I had a best friend like that in High School. Jazzgirl Dec 2013 #16
No apology needed - by the way ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #18
yep, when I ditched my psycho cousin, first thing she did was call all of my friends- bettyellen Dec 2013 #21
Glad you are free. Happened to me and I didn't know he existed. Very scary. applegrove Dec 2013 #20
I survived two of them LadyHawkAZ Dec 2013 #28
I bought this book because I had a sociopath next door womanofthehills Dec 2013 #37
That exactly how she "hooked" me - played the pity card ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #40
Turn on the TV. Open a financial section of magazine. Go to Google images and enter 'bankers', Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #3
Bankers! Mortgage Bankers. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2013 #4
The only people around them are others just like them. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #5
Right now we are following them into oblivion. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2013 #6
We've forgotten it, but citizen controlled government came about to do just that. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #13
Interesting point laundry_queen Dec 2013 #8
From the site: treestar Dec 2013 #41
"psychopaths tend to be pretty quickly "outed" - that's bullshit. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #46
Of course it is. It flies in the face of the self-evident as well the research that has been done. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #50
Whenever the truth should hurt... Octafish Dec 2013 #9
Throw a dart at FR. rug Dec 2013 #11
Congratulations for not being a psychopath today! Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #12
That makes two of us rucky Dec 2013 #23
Do they know that they are sorefeet Dec 2013 #14
Yes they do, and proud of it. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #32
EXCELLENT book on this Bigmack Dec 2013 #15
I scored an 11: Not a psychopath (Mom will be proud) Tom Ripley Dec 2013 #17
I usually look for the flag lapel pin Viking12 Dec 2013 #19
Fox News is on their TV 24/7. Initech Dec 2013 #22
Sociopathic Ideas are a part of the Right Wing / Modern Republican Party, there's where to start AZ Progressive Dec 2013 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #25
My ex was/is one. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #26
Have to agree 2naSalit Dec 2013 #53
The first sign is declining reponsability darkangel218 Dec 2013 #54
Growing up with them 2naSalit Dec 2013 #56
I took the quiz and... JimboBillyBubbaBob Dec 2013 #27
How to spot a psychopath sounds a lot like how to spot a Republican AZ Progressive Dec 2013 #29
Identifying those around you is half the battle. Cleita Dec 2013 #30
The problem with psychopaths is that they are so good at manipulating... Walk away Dec 2013 #31
I have sometimes used the Lilienfeld PPI-R for forensic evaluations Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #33
Does it follow from that dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #34
Not pipi_k Dec 2013 #35
I usually figure the fridge full of human body parts is a giveaway Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #36
It's not so much that... Kurovski Dec 2013 #45
Hang out on Wall Street. Thick. tsuki Dec 2013 #38
So what happens pipi_k Dec 2013 #39
Funny.. I'm just watching Cha Dec 2013 #42
Scored a 2 90-percent Dec 2013 #43
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #47
A 2, for me. polly7 Dec 2013 #44
Me too. llmart Dec 2013 #48
rec'd..... llmart Dec 2013 #49
that pretty much covers most CEOs Skittles Dec 2013 #51
Our sick society offers the very highest rewards for the very worst of human behaviors, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #52
My ex-husband was an interesting combination Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #55
I think they are the saddest people of all Skittles Dec 2013 #57
Exactly. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #58
I believe it's what happens to a child in the first five years Skittles Dec 2013 #59
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I scored a 2. War Horse Dec 2013 #61
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