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Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster
. . .Unlike a narcissist I do not care if I am admired or hated, and I can be alone for weeks and not feel one pang of "loneliness"(whatever that is). I do not require attention nor do I particularly want it unless it's a part of my game for a very specific purpose... what I want is power and control over people and I have zero issues admitting that, again unlike a narcissist who will never admit that they're engaging in "bad" behavior.
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I think this helps make a point -- psychopaths are different from narcissists who need "supply". Which is why all the "articles" that put all the "bad" things about different narcissists into one basket annoy and bother me so much.
I think I'm the opposite of Atypical in a way -- I'm geeky though I don't qualify for Asperger's syndrome. Asperger's people tend to lack what psychopaths have -- cognitive empathy -- and do have what psychopaths lack -- affective/emotional empathy.
Both psychopaths and geeks don't fit into normal social relationships, though we can sometimes fake it in. But then we're not really being "authentic."