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  1. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    It's unfortunate this conversation may have caused @PURUSHA to deactivate. I wanted to hear more from her about the disorder. We're all anonymous here, and all voices, even, or perhaps especially, those infrequently heard, contribute to greater comprehension of a subject. Perhaps the site could...
  2. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    LOLZ
  3. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    /Sarc/ But you knew that.
  4. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    I know it. And a lot of power-hungry assholes crave status. It makes perfect sense. The conductors of that study have no idea what those people are like in their private lives. I've read several books on psychopathy, and I'm related to one. I need to brush up on narcissism.
  5. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    @Chris-duck, how do you know every single human goes to the bathroom? Did you meet every single one of them and follow them around for a day? What if they are taking a medication in trial that dissolves food and evaporates liquid in their digestive tract? It's entirely possible that this drug is...
  6. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    I'm slandering no one. I am simply pointing out that the worst paths and narcs have people in their lives who have no clue who they really are. What you see is what you see. Saying you know someone diagnosed who isn't evil is like saying you know someone who doesn't go to the bathroom, because...
  7. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    But, @Ronin, experts who actually study psychopaths would be rolling on the floor laughing at what you've done with the criteria. It's just not how they mean it.
  8. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    Apparently a lot of people here had the idea put into their heads that mentally ill people are in the same boat. They're not. You shouldn't feel any need to feel solidarity with narcs and paths. We're ill -- something happened to us that made us ill. These people just are who they are. "Evil"...
  9. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    @Ronin, you're spinning the facts like a top. They don't mean them in that positive light you shed on them. Let's try this: Willing to HARM others for ones own gain. How do you spin that?
  10. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    To be honest, I don't know for sure that it isn't dangerous in all cases. I would say anyone who meets the diagnosis is dangerous by definition. How about we turn the tables here and get you to define "dangerous?" How can you say for sure that some people diagnosed with psychopathy "aren't...
  11. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    Also, seriously? Manipulating and degrading don't equal abusing? Way to split an effing hair.
  12. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    That might well be the case -- at least as far as his innate neuro-physiology, lack of empathy. I don't know enough at this time to say early intervention, education, etc. can't at least help manage these disorders.
  13. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    Well, what the hell? If you someone has dangerous PTSD, people can't be blamed for wanting to stay away from them.
  14. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    As his preschool teacher, I don't really think it's my responsibility to do anything with him. Perhaps, I would refer him to a pediatric psychologist so they could see if there is any early intervention treatment possible.
  15. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    I would feel like this person is uneducated about PTSD. It's not dangerous in most cases. Psychopathy is dangerous in most cases.
  16. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    It's not "this or that disorder." It's psychopathy and narcissism. In some ways it's helpful to not classify them so much as disorders but ways of being. They're not treatable like depression or PTSD, which aren't usually dangerous even untreated. Your hypothetical harmless psychopath can cry...
  17. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    Are you asking me if I think a person can be misdiagnosed? Yes, I do. Are you asking me if I think it's possible that someone correctly diagnosed a narc or path could be harmless? Frankly, I don't. I guess it's possible that a person could keep company with them for some time without being...
  18. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    I won't know. I'll make educated guesses based on past experiences, books I've read and other quality information I can get on them. Will I potentially cut off some people who aren't narcs or paths? And maybe let in some who are not? Probably, yes. But I think I'll do better than if I just...
  19. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    This kind of sounds like my mother. If someone manipulates and degrades, I would consider that abusive. Perhaps some people here have a limited definition of abuse, is what the problem is. I consider my mother abusive. She never struck me. She manipulated circumstances to degrade us, and make...
  20. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    LOL Okay, knock yourselves out with the narcs and paths. (And lovely thresholders) Maybe you'll even be the lucky one to take their abuse virginity when they start acting like one. Me? I'll keep my distance.
  21. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    The psychopaths I've known? I don't really consider them human -- and some of them are related to me. If I knew someone was a psychopath, yes, I would get them out of my life even if they were related to me. Trust me, they don't care.
  22. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    I don't know if I have the authority to define the disorder. I admit I need to do more research. My mother went wholly out of her way to be at the center of a group of victim-losers. When she was cut off, her response resembled cold turkey drug withdrawal. When I exhibited any competency in...
  23. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    No. He was schizo-affective. That was the culprit for his abnormal, abusive behavior. It's far more accurate than "sick." You need to try to put your emotions aside. Your mind is really your brain. You don't have a mind that thinks independently of your brain. Brains are physical organs. No two...
  24. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    I'm sorry, but you didn't know this person long enough to make any final statements about him. You can know a narc or path all your life without figuring out what they are. If you met my mother you would find her a quiet, humble, somewhat mousy woman "without an abusive bone in her body."...
  25. Dana1010

    Rant on diagnosing others

    Um, this. We're trying to define that sickness. It's not normal, so what is it? "Sick" isn't a satisfactory definition.
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