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#21
11-11-2011, 09:05 AM
(11-11-2011, 07:38 AM)aussiefriend Wrote: Oh that's how you know!

Happily married thanks!

Met anymore men who can't stand the sight of you recently?

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#22
11-11-2011, 01:36 PM
he he he he
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#23
11-12-2011, 01:32 AM
(11-11-2011, 03:21 AM)aussiefriend Wrote: God I hope there are no sociopaths in my life. I don't want them in my life, I don't need them and I certainly didn't ask for one. How do you know if a sociopath is lurking? God save the Queen.


It took me 3 years to figure out one of my exes is a sociopath. I just figured he was a selfish, heartless bastard by the end of it all. Sociopaths are very manipulative. It's not like I knew it from the start...he treated me like a queen for 2 years.

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#24
11-13-2011, 02:52 AM
It's weird hey? How can you spot one, I mean, they don't come with a sign around their neck. Usually some suave good looker.
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#25
11-13-2011, 03:42 AM
Killing and sociopathic behavior aren't exactly the same.

People can be desensitized to the trauma of having to take someone's life (it is actually very traumatic even to the killer). Video games and movies are actually very big at desensitizing and use the same positive reinfocement techniques the military uses to train people to kill. A good read is "On Killing" by Dave Grossman which details the effect of killing and PTSD.

Sociopathic behavior can be both from learned and inherited traits. Inherited from mental disorders(seen frequently in the homeless). Learned from neglect(molesters, abusers, loners, etc).

It's interesting that 10% of our culture are Natural born killers. They can kill without effect from trauma. However this doesn't mean they are sociopaths. Many of our country's greatest snipers have found they can kill without remorse or empathy which is why they are generally the most effective.

Interesting note: According to SLA Marshall, noted WWII General who studied the Fear of killing, he concluded only about 25% of soldiers were willing to fire on a fixed enemy to which Grossman suggests by Vietnam about 80% were willing to fire. Grossman's conclusion is that modern training techniques of positive reinforcement have desensitized the soldier and made more effective killers.
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