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How do psychopaths process emotions?
When normal people experience an emotion or process an emotional event or stimulus, certain parts of the brain which have been designed to handle emotion function in a predictable way. In a psychopath these parts of the brain don’t function properly. They are unable to process emotional events any differently from neutral ones.
What part of the brain do psychopaths have?
In a psychopath these parts of the brain don’t function properly. They are unable to process emotional events any differently from neutral ones. The parts of the brain normally responsible for emotional processing and feeling, such as the amygdala and hippocampus, do not function properly as shown by various brain scans done on psychopaths.
What is a workplace psychopath?
The workplace psychopath by contast treats the whole thing as a joke, revelling in gossiping and spreading the news as far and wide as possible. He grins, smirks and jokes his way through the entire affair, with no signs of compassion, care or empathy for the people harmed by these offences.
What are the characteristics of a psychopathic personality?
Their baseline state tends to be either very dull and flat (boredom), or else agitated and irritated, and one very common characteristic of the psychopathic personality is that they seek to regulate this toxic emotional state not internally, but externally, by provoking and creating conflict with others.
Can psychopaths feel grief?
There are some areas where psychopaths may experience normal emotions and grief is one such area. In response to death of a person with whom there is a bond, some psychopaths can experience sadness and this may even bring about feelings of guilt which are otherwise impossible to feel.
What happens to violent psychopaths when they reach a point of No Return?
As psychopathic serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Dennis Nilsen expressed, violent psychopaths ultimately reach a point of no return, where they feel they have cut through the last thin connection with the normal world. Subsequently, their sadness and suffering increase, and their crimes become more and more bizarre. 6
Do psychopaths ever experience happiness?
There is little research on whether psychopaths can experience happiness, per se, but one could assume that psychopaths experience some positive emotion when they commit antisocial acts (one psychopathic serial killer calling killing a “high”) thus being part of the reason they continue to commit them.