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Psychopathy is about being wired differently – As has been said before, all psychopaths are narcissists but not all narcissists are psychopaths – meaning not all narcissists are necessarily wired that way.
Lumping all narcissists into one category still seems to me, in general, to be a mistake. But if being wired differently is the definition of NPD that the narcissists in this forum agree applies to them personally then that, of course, is understandably what this forum will be about.
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Actually, not all narcissists are psychopaths AND not all psychopaths are narcissists. There tends to be confusion around the 'psychopathy' terminology because all though it describes a psychological profile, it's traditionally been more of a legal definition.
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Although no psychiatric or psychological organization has sanctioned a diagnosis titled "psychopathy", assessments of psychopathic characteristics are widely used in criminal justice settings in some nations, and may have important consequences for individuals. The term is also used by the general public, in popular press, and in fictional portrayals.
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Most professionals I know prefer to avoid the terminology altogether. However, there is definition of a sort for it within both the DSM and International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which have each:
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introduced the diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and dissocial personality disorder, stating that these have been referred to (or include what is referred to) as psychopathy or sociopathy.
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Narcissism is only a possible aspect of a psychopathic personality:
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Otto Kernberg, from a particular psychoanalytic perspective, believed psychopathy should be considered as part of a spectrum of pathological narcissism, that would range from narcissistic personality on the low end, malignant narcissism in the middle, and psychopathy at the high end. However, narcissism is generally seen as only one possible aspect of psychopathy as broadly defined. (source)
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Psychopathy: the more you know. 
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.”
— Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)
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