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What is a Sociopath?!

Posted by Dalale (Guest) - Wednesday, June 28 2006, 20:24:57 (CEST) from 137.207.120.216 - 137.207.120.216 - Windows XP - Internet Explorer Website: Website title:

People who do not consult their emotions from time to time have no conscience. i.e sociopaths. The Socialised Sociopath Also known as the corporate psychopath, workplace psychopath, industrial psychopath and administrative psychopath. Motivation: power, gratification, personal gain, survival Mindset: manipulation, deception, evil Malice: high to very high; when held accountable, off the scale Jekyll & Hyde personality always charming and beguilingly plausible, especially to those who are capable of protecting or enhancing the sociopath's position excels at deception (this must never be underestimated, but always is) excels at evasion of accountability is extremely and successfully manipulative of people's perceptions and emotions (eg guilt and anger) silver-tongued, has an extreme verbal facility and can outwit anybody (including a top barrister) in verbal conflict will often engineer himself or herself into a position of authority as gatekeeper of the organisation and thus the person through whom all information must flow, and the person to whom all requests for services must be referred - which he or she then takes delight in denying is adept at offering weak and inadequate people the positions of power, control, security, influence or respect that they crave but who lack the necessary competencies to achieve - such people are unaware that their consequent dependence on the sociopath makes them permanent manipulatees, pawns and expendable agents of harassment identifies those essential to the sociopath's survival and manipulates their perceptions them by making them feel special and thus obligated to reciprocate with support and protection manipulates others into making fools of themselves in situations where they cannot back down or from which they cannot withdraw - these people become increasingly susceptible to further manipulation and are then trapped as pawns in the sociopath's game is likely to be surrounded by people who, having been subjected to control, manipulation and punishment by the sociopath, look wretched and who start to exhibit behaviour best described as disordered, dysfunctional, sullen, aggressive, defensive, hostile, retaliatory, counterproductive or cult-like and for whom disbelief, disavowal and denial are instinctive responses creates an environment where levels of denial are so great that those involved are oblivious of the foolishness and self-evident absurdity of their denials when presented with the facts, with the result that non-involved observers are led to question whether such levels of denial merit psychiatric intervention is contemptuous of disrepute to their organisation and of collateral damage and of the destructive consequences for all direct and indirect parties is always surrounded by and leaves behind a trail of dysfunctional organisations, destroyed businesses, ruined careers, stress breakdowns and unexplained suicides despite a trail of devastation to individuals, organisations, families and communities, the actions of a socialised psychopath may go undetected or unrecognised for years a history of conducting frivolous, vexatious and malicious legal actions, especially (but not exclusively) against anyone who can recognise the sociopath for what he is only after the sociopath is exposed and relieved of position, or they move on, can the full depth of their destructive behaviour be fathomed and the consequences calculated is skilled at identifying, undermining, discrediting, neutralising and destroying anyone who can see through the sociopath's mask of sanity at all times restricts the actions and rights of others (especially those holding the sociopath accountable) whilst aggressively protecting his or her right to do anything without being hampered by social norms or legal requirements pursues endless vindictive vendettas against anyone perceived as a threat or who attempts, knowingly or unknowingly, to identify or reveal or expose the sociopath, or who makes efforts to hold the sociopath accountable is adept at appropriating rules, regulations, procedures and law to manipulate, control and punish accusers regardless of relevance, logic, facts or consequences persists in and pursues vindictive vendettas using self-evidently false evidence or information, even after this is brought to the attention of the sociopath will often manipulate minor bullies of the Wannabe type (who on their own might or would not merit the label 'serial bully') into acting as agents of harassment and as unwitting or unwilling conductors of vendettas is adept at placing people in situations where the sociopath can tap into each person's instinctive urge to retaliate in order to use them as his or her instruments or agents of harassment gains gratification from provoking others into engaging in adversarial conflict once conflict has been initiated, the sociopath gains increased gratification by exploiting human beings' instinctive need to retaliate - this is achieved by encouraging and escalating peoples' adversarial conflicts into mutually assured destruction revels in the gratification gained from seeing or causing other people's distress when faced with accountability or unwelcome attention which might lead to others discerning the sociopath's true nature, responds with repeated and escalating attempts to control, manipulate and punish is adept at reflecting all accusations and attempts at accountability back onto their accusers is adept at creating conflict between those who would otherwise pool negative information about the sociopath has no limits on his or her vindictiveness the need to control, manipulate and punish develops into an obsession with many of the hallmarks of an addiction is skilled at mimicry and can plausibly and spontaneously regurgitate all the latest management jargon exhibits minimal professional skill level and competency exploits his or her intelligence to excel at talentless mediocrity is always identifying the behaviours and strategies to which other people respond with the desired effect is able to anticipate and credibly say what people want to hear is easily able to win people over before betraying them or deceiving them or ripping them off easily manipulates and bewitches an immature or naive or vulnerable or emotionally needy person to be their spokesperson or agent of aggression exploits anyone who has a vulnerability is pushy and extremely persuasive is sexually inadequate and sexually abusive is likely to protect anyone accused of or suspected of sexual abuse of pedophile activity, and will frustrate or obstruct investigations into that person maybe associating with, or actively involved in, abuse or pedophile activity has no emotions, no emotional processing capability and no ability to understand other's emotions is incapable of understanding, initiating or sustaining intimacy the male sociopath has often convinced a string of women to feel they are in love with him and despite being treated abominably they blindly continue to be loyal to him and minister willingly to his every demand may start projects with apparent enthusiasm and energy but quickly loses interest frequently takes unnecessary and uncalculated risks but takes no account of consequences is reckless and untrustworthy with money is likely to be illegally diverting or siphoning off significant sums of money to his or her own budget, project, account or cause is unreliable and untrustworthy in every facet of life is likely to be leaking confidential information or secrets to third parties is likely to have committed or be committing criminal or near-criminal offences, eg fraud, embezzlement, deception is likely to have committed or be committing breaches of harassment and discrimination law, employment law, contract law, etc disregards rules, regulations, Health and Safety requirements, professional standards, codes of conduct and legal requirements, etc cannot comprehend the deeper semantic meaning of language and is thus unable to understand or appreciate metaphor, hyperbole, irony, satire etc (these elicit either zero response or a hostile response) likes, seeks, enjoys and relies on procedure, ritual and ritualistic practices through arrogant overconfidence takes increasingly risky chances and eventually overplays their hand or makes a mistake which leads to the sociopath revealing him or herself exhibits parasitical behaviour, takes everything and gives nothing grabs headline credit for minimal, flukey or other peoples' success whilst surviving off the backs of manipulatees who are exclusively blamed for all failures rarely blinks, may have stary scary eyes that cut right through you, or may avoid eye contact completely is callous, cold and calculating is devious, clever and cunning is ruthless in the extreme regards people as objects and playthings to be discarded when surplus to requirements displays zero empathy completely without conscience, remorse and guilt malicious and evil The Attention-Seeker Motivation: to be the centre of attention Mindset: control freak, manipulation, narcissism Malice: medium to high; when held accountable, very high emotionally immature selectively friendly - is sickly sweet to some people, rude and offhand to others, and ignores the rest is cold and aggressive towards anyone who sees them for what they really are or exposes their strategies for gaining attention overfriendly with their new target, especially in the initial stages of a new working relationship overhelpful, ditto overgenerous, ditto manipulative of people's perceptions, but in an amateur and childish manner manipulative with guilt, ditto sycophantic, fawning, toadying uses flattery to keep a person in authority on side everything is a drama, usually a poor-me drama prefers not to solve problems in own life so that they can be used and re-used for gaining sympathy and attention capitalises on issues and uses them as a soapbox for gaining attention exploits others' suffering and grief as a vehicle for gaining attention misappropriates others' statements, eg anything which can be misconstrued as politically incorrect, for control and attention-seeking excusitis, makes excuses for everything shows a lot of indignation, especially when challenged lots of self-pity often as miserable as sin, apart from carefully constructed moments of charm when in the act of deceiving demanding of others easily provoked feigns victimhood when held accountable, usually by bursting into tears or claiming they're the one being bullied and harassed presents as a false victim when outwitted may feign exclusion, isolation or persecution malicious constantly tries and will do almost anything to be in the spotlight includes Munchausen Syndrome the focus of their life is to be the centre of attention --------------------- - 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