Thanks for commenting!

The word "heartbreaking" I see now ...silly?! Worst a
psychopath do is not heartbreaking anyway. It is breaking and destroying personalities entirely.

To say this could not be psychopaths, I think is hasty.
But first; I think of narcissistic and psychopathic as similar expressions... Not sure how to define a difference.
I do not know DSM-IV, but in WHO's ICD-10 manual the word "psycopath" is removed entirely. Mainly because it had
become part of everyday language and misused for
years, and lost it's meaning. They named it
"Narcissistic Personality Disorder".

To what degree a psychopath is dangerous, I am
convinced of this: danger do incre[b]...

Thanks for commenting!

The word "heartbreaking" I see now ...silly?! Worst a
psychopath do is not heartbreaking anyway. It is breaking and destroying personalities entirely.

To say this could not be psychopaths, I think is hasty.
But first; I think of narcissistic and psychopathic as similar expressions... Not sure how to define a difference.
I do not know DSM-IV, but in WHO's ICD-10 manual the word "psycopath" is removed entirely. Mainly because it had
become part of everyday language and misused for
years, and lost it's meaning. They named it
"Narcissistic Personality Disorder".

To what degree a psychopath is dangerous, I am
convinced of this: danger do increase due to resistance...

And a charming manipulative heartbreaker could at his
worst become very dangerous.

It seems many with the disorder live quite long without using physical violence if they ever do.
Imagine they get less good will from the surroundings as time goes by.
They get more voulnerable and easier upset if things are "not acting their way" and cross the line of physical violence.
Potentially dangerous.

Though I wish... no way I believe most psychopaths get institutionalized during life.
More likely, I think most of them possess director and manager-positions and leading roles throughout the world where they cause a hell of a lot damage to others, every day - with no limits ever.

As we speak of individuals, a million things can be the case.
I'm convinced there's a LOT of ruthless heartbreakers not at all psychopaths out there, still "no good".

...there is this cruel way of "playing".
Like my cat would do when she caught a bird...?
As if they find real pleasure in doing that.
With no power at all, still be in control - from fear.
Sometimes allmost invisible - the most devestating cruelty and mean psychological violence, possible. Sad?!

makes me so - -

- not at you!

Hi miaclips,

You're right, it would be hasty to say that this would not be a psychopath. They're very good at fooling people.

I think what you point out about how people made the word psychopath part of everyday language is interesting. In removing the word "psychopath" and using "Narcissistic Personality Disorder", it is easier to see that many of the symptoms that are common to both the psychopath and the narcissist can comfortably co-exist under one disorder.

Sometimes I have to remind myself just how much psychology has changed since I first became interested in it. So my ideas about the psychopath are still very influenced by an earlier way that society saw them. I'm so old, ...

Hi miaclips,

You're right, it would be hasty to say that this would not be a psychopath. They're very good at fooling people.

I think what you point out about how people made the word psychopath part of everyday language is interesting. In removing the word "psychopath" and using "Narcissistic Personality Disorder", it is easier to see that many of the symptoms that are common to both the psychopath and the narcissist can comfortably co-exist under one disorder.

Sometimes I have to remind myself just how much psychology has changed since I first became interested in it. So my ideas about the psychopath are still very influenced by an earlier way that society saw them. I'm so old, that I can remember when the word became somewhat popular, at least here in the United States. A man had climbed up into a bell tower with a rifle and started shooting people. Everyone wondered why someone would do such a thing. The psychiatrists described him as being a "psycopath". As you can see, this diffinition is a long way from that of a heartbreaker.

I understand what you're talking about when you describe your cat's "cruel way of playing". Perhaps this is a unique enough form of abuse that it needs to be singled out as a particular disorder of it's own. I think that because these people are getting "director and manager-positions and leading roles" , as you say, it is even more important that we take a closer look at this type of behavior. I'm very much in agreement on this with you.