Post by Kevin on Sept 21, 2012 6:56:20 GMT -5
One of the many idioms of the psychopathic mind is their understanding of what is meant by "being sorry".
Sorry is something normal humans feel when they have hurt another - their guilt and empathic features functional as they should.
We hear often that psychopaths assume the role of victim.
It was not their fault, they were made to do it bla bla. (distinguishing from the schizophrenic that was "told" to do it).
Back in the 90's when I researched (and was published) a paper on cults (and computer games) I wrote that rationale had been removed from some victims of cults.
One, having been psychologically abused from a very young age, had a somatic-narcissist personality with psychopathic traits.
When I examined dialogue between me and a victim of psychological violence it was quite clear her interpretation of "sorry" was not something the "norm" would understand.
Sorry seemed to describe a different feeling - used only to define the negative impact her antisocial behaviour had inadvertently towards another on herself.
Sorry had no empathy or guilt associated with it and her victim.
She was sorry - not for what she had done to another person but wanted me to see how she had become a victim due to her failed attempt to get her own way.
Sorry is something normal humans feel when they have hurt another - their guilt and empathic features functional as they should.
We hear often that psychopaths assume the role of victim.
It was not their fault, they were made to do it bla bla. (distinguishing from the schizophrenic that was "told" to do it).
Back in the 90's when I researched (and was published) a paper on cults (and computer games) I wrote that rationale had been removed from some victims of cults.
One, having been psychologically abused from a very young age, had a somatic-narcissist personality with psychopathic traits.
When I examined dialogue between me and a victim of psychological violence it was quite clear her interpretation of "sorry" was not something the "norm" would understand.
Sorry seemed to describe a different feeling - used only to define the negative impact her antisocial behaviour had inadvertently towards another on herself.
Sorry had no empathy or guilt associated with it and her victim.
She was sorry - not for what she had done to another person but wanted me to see how she had become a victim due to her failed attempt to get her own way.