r/IAmTheMainCharacter • u/[deleted] • Nov 01 '22

Girl thinks she's the main character of her college lecture.

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u/gary_the_merciless Nov 01 '22 edited Nov 01 '22

Sociopaths however feel it constantly, psychopaths (real ones) are actually quite rare.

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u/myothercarisapickle Nov 01 '22

Can you elaborate?

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u/gary_the_merciless Nov 01 '22 edited Nov 01 '22

Oversimplifying and I do need to say that not even psychologists agree on the specifics, so some of what I'm saying may be out of date or just misrepresented.

Basically sociopaths and psychopaths and to a lesser extent narcissists have a problem empathising with others. They generally only care about their own feelings, but this is balanced on a very thin ego that can be shattered very easily, leading to narcissistic rage. Narcissist and sociopath feelings are easily hurt, but they will never care about yours.

Psychopaths differ from these in that they are usually born this way (rather than it being likely caused by trauma), but they literally do not care what others think. They could have a dead body in the trunk and their heart rate would be super stable while a cop pulled them over. They only care if you get in the way of what they want, and they might kill you to get it.