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Let's finish our evaluation of personality this week by talking about psychopaths.

You may feel you understand and can spot them a mile away, but you are likely missing a major component to who they are. And that...is a combination of genes and environment.

When I worked in a juvenile delinquency center and school a few years ago, I was exposed to some of the most "criminal" thinking, sociopathic, oppositional, and callous kids I had ever seen. While I liked many of them and they seemed to like me, they were very influenced by their home environment and the early childhood and developmental road they took. For many of these adjudicated delinquent youths, deception, calculation, violation of other's rights, and manipulation were a way of life for them. They had little to no conceptualization of how their actions impact other people. All they knew was that they had to survive and in order to survive someone has to get hurt.

Sadly, because this way of thinking and behaving was not being appropriately treated, some of the youths went on to graduate high school and then interact in the real world. God only knows how they are doing and if they are deceiving and calculating as we speak.

Adults who become sociopaths became that way because of early childhood experiences including genes and biology.


In this video, I discuss the sad reality that some parents, particularly mothers, meet the clinical criteria for psychopathy. Some are violent, while others are highly cunning and potentially dangerous.



I welcome your comments and questions!


2:15 Mommie Dearest mentioned in the video:    • Best 6 1/2 minutes of Mommie Dearest  


Helpful resources:
1. Jeffrey Dahmer:    • Video  

2. Dr. Simon on predatory aggression:
   • Understanding Predatory Aggressors  

3. The Power Of Others: https://m.barnesandnoble.com/p/the-po...

4. Bonded to the abuser: https://m.barnesandnoble.com/p/bonded...

5. Ted Bundy    • Video  


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