What we need is something that the everyday person can apply to others in their life, especially someone they're dating or, possibly, working for. Sociopathic friends and bosses can make your life hell, too, as well as spouses and parents:
Try these:
Do these people "love bomb" you at first, going to extremes with gifts and perks and privileges to win you over and make you think they're wonderful?
Do they have an enormous need for strokes and praise and support from you, no matter what they're doing or who else it might hurt?
Do you feel like you're trying to fill up a bucket with a hole in it when it comes to dealing with them?
Do you wonder if they truly care about anyone other than themselves, or even have much of a conscience at all?
Do they start to ignore and devalue you if you aren't doing enough for them?
If the answers are "yes," you might be dealing with a sociopath.
Yeah but all these require a lot of data collection and a fair amount of emotional intelligence. Would be nice if Hoffman glasses were real. Or some kind of drug you could take so you could just see them with your eyes...
What we need is something that the everyday person can apply to others in their life, especially someone they're dating or, possibly, working for. Sociopathic friends and bosses can make your life hell, too, as well as spouses and parents:
Try these:
Do these people "love bomb" you at first, going to extremes with gifts and perks and privileges to win you over and make you think they're wonderful?
Do they have an enormous need for strokes and praise and support from you, no matter what they're doing or who else it might hurt?
Do you feel like you're trying to fill up a bucket with a hole in it when it comes to dealing with them?
Do you wonder if they truly care about anyone other than themselves, or even have much of a conscience at all?
Do they start to ignore and devalue you if you aren't doing enough for them?
If the answers are "yes," you might be dealing with a sociopath.
Yeah but all these require a lot of data collection and a fair amount of emotional intelligence. Would be nice if Hoffman glasses were real. Or some kind of drug you could take so you could just see them with your eyes...