Something about psychopaths that I find intriguing that repels others (wait isn't that everything about psychopaths) is their lack of a classic baseline "self." Mimicry disturbs people. Mimicry is for acting, it's for displaying emotions one isn't really having by empathizing with the possibility of having that emotion, and displaying it for an audience to empathize with and feel.
Psychopath's do mimicry for real. Everything you see about their personality is something feigned and in all probability, practiced. They can mimic genuine charm, they can mimic depression, they can mimic empathy, they can even mimic victimhood - and they practice these roles while alone.
Think about that for a moment. Think about how psychopaths spend part of their alone-time. Practicing. That's a bit off-setting for many people.
But what about the general population. Where does one find a "baseline self" in which they would fall if all else was stripped away? Does that necessarily have to be in the realm of emotion, which, after all, is a chemical and therefore physical process?
We are all a combination of the organic and the environment, whether we have a high level of empathy or not. The identity can be created, partially, and is, and it always changes slightly, but there's still that baseline.
Evasive like the equator.
Psychopath's do mimicry for real. Everything you see about their personality is something feigned and in all probability, practiced. They can mimic genuine charm, they can mimic depression, they can mimic empathy, they can even mimic victimhood - and they practice these roles while alone.
Think about that for a moment. Think about how psychopaths spend part of their alone-time. Practicing. That's a bit off-setting for many people.
But what about the general population. Where does one find a "baseline self" in which they would fall if all else was stripped away? Does that necessarily have to be in the realm of emotion, which, after all, is a chemical and therefore physical process?
We are all a combination of the organic and the environment, whether we have a high level of empathy or not. The identity can be created, partially, and is, and it always changes slightly, but there's still that baseline.
Evasive like the equator.
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