Unmasking the Mask: 69 Shocking Signs Psychopaths Use to Hide in Plain Sight
Fast forward a few months, and my wife finds out one of the kids that she worked with there had stabbed his mom in the neck multiple (10+) times. I can’t remember if the kid was adopted or not, but I think that’s beside the point. She still isn’t sure if it was him who made the dead rabbit art, but if I had to put money on it he would be my bet.
I’m a mental health counselor for a residential inpatient with adolescents and I always love these threads so I started looking. That’s when I realized that I actually think I’m currently working with a psychopath, whom I’m actually seeing in about four hours.
The most history I’ve gotten from him is that he has 4 counts of m**der, has been physically aggressive with two girls, and has been in and out of gangs since age 12. His history of violence doesn’t seem to phase him much but he’s also in the throes of working a 6-9 month long residential that usually surpasses a year, so he’s only about a third of the way through the program but part of me feels I’m waiting for a level of remorse that’s never gonna show.
He’s court mandated (obviously) and seems to be making good progress. He’s been there for about 3 months and I just recently started working with him after his last counselor left (she was an intern, didn’t leave because of him).
As I spoke with him I got the vibe that he wasn’t necessarily remorseful and actually expressed a desire to hop back into the gang to make enough money and move out to buy his own place in the projects. He said that he knew what he did was wrong and that he wants a different life for himself and that getting a place in the projects is just a fall back plan. However, he only said this to me after I approached the topic as to why this wasn’t a good idea, and he seemed to willingly agree. He’d had a history of getting into problems with some of the other kids in the residential, but that’s not new or unique by any means. When I was assigned his case I was determined to help get him on the right track, as all of us in this field are. But some part of me thinks he’s placating me cause he knows I don’t know him that well.
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