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Originally Posted by marmaduke
Atypical, thanks  you clearly have a good understanding of these PDs.
I have read much about narcissism.
'The People Of The Lie' and a 'Road Less Traveled' by Scott Peck explains the evil that is pathological narcissism, and the damage it can do.
I have observed my Narc parents, my powerful controlling narc sister and a previous partner who over a year I slowly realized was a high functioning psychopath. (Oh yes, I know how to pick um)
All these people I have no doubt were born like it.
There has been some research that indicates psychopaths lack neuro receptors for Oxytocin the 'love drug' hence their lack of empathy. This makes sense to me.
StbGuy
I don't even understand how they can say narcissists don't feel empathy for others. How do narcissists then identify those feelings so easily in order to manipulate the other individual? How do they know so easily when it's occurring in others?
I think its like---------------a tiger, a tiger understands its prey totally. It watches sooo carefully, every movement, every twitch, reads the body language, calculates how and when to strike. Its does not need to feel empathy, it just needs to study its prey. |
Of course. The whole crappy environment creating PD's and that's all that does it theory has NEVER made sense to me, if that were the case then surely everyone in the same family would have the exact same personality dysfunction... but alas, no. My younger sister is the poster child for PTSD, while I'm psychopathic... both of us were abused horrifically in much the same way yet her and myself could not be more different in terms of personality. That's nature for you,
nature.
I've read People Of The Lie, found it to be surprisingly true to form as far as describing my parentals and several other members of my family, heh. Interesting book and an interesting take on human evil.
The part I bolded is exactly it, it's the nature of being a predator. Narcissists and Psychopaths watch, both personality types can be extremely calculating about it(especially Psychopaths but I have known a couple of more malignant shaded Narcissists that were also highly calculating people...)