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In reply to the discussion: How to Spot a Psychopath [View all]ConcernedCanuk
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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"
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 . . .
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