Unmasking the Mask: 69 Shocking Signs Psychopaths Use to Hide in Plain Sight
As time continues, they will attribute a lot of their own emotions to you as the projection deepens. Eg commenting that you look sad, asking if you’re ok, or conversely asking why you got angry just then. As time passes their affect turns from microexpressions to more overt dominance displays (leaning back, smirking, getting up and striding around etc). By this point your initial gut feeling is getting more supportive evidence and it’s time to bust out the validated measures.
The biggest sign of all is a general unwillingness to show any vulnerability at all, or to be in a one-down position. The engagement will be superficial – often “pally” or “matey”, with lots of “banter” and joking, always flying close to the wind of outright mockery and contempt. They will start subtly and increasingly become overt in their need to control and dominate the therapy sessions. If the therapist maintains an aloof control, the ante may keep being raised and even end up with overt intimidation of the therapist.
This thread is interesting so I thought I’d contribute.
I’m not a psychologist, I’m a criminologist. Obviously it’s not the same sort of thing and I’ve never been in a clinical situation, but you might be interested in some related experiences. Note here that I’m going to be very careful with my language in order to maintain professional integrity; apologies for the stilted language.
I’ve been to a couple of prisons for academic stuff and work. These are not actually all that interesting, because I knew what the people in there were for and it wasn’t as if I was surprised that some of them were psychopathic. But those would be my first experiences.
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