Been doing some reading about Covert Abuse. Speaking on my own behalf as a victim of childhood abuse, I found it eye opening to me that some of the following were considered abuse.
There are a million ways to abuse. To love too much is to abuse. It is tantamount to treating someone as an extension, an object, or an instrument of gratification. To be over-protective, not to respect privacy, to be brutally honest with a sadistic sense of humor, or consistently tactless - is to abuse.
http://healthyplace.com/Communities/...ism/abuse.html
And then when I read this, I shuddered because I know these people.
Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken.
http://www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopaea/psychopath.htm
I find it helpful to read. Knowledge is power.