PSYCHOPATH

Psychopathy and Psychopath

Psychopathy and Psychopath

Introduction

Psychopathy is one among ten types of personality disorder and the person suffering from this disorder is called as psychopath. In its broader form, Personality disorder is known to manifest through two major symptoms. That being:

Person suffering from Personality disorder usually feels, thinks and behaves in a way that is deviating from the society and societal norms.

This pattern is long lasting which leads to negative consequences for the person suffering from personality disorder.

Discussion

Psychopathy is also known as antisocial personality, psychopathic personality or sociopathic personality. The main problem with the person suffering from Psychopathy is that they possess quite distorted view of the world and fails to feel empathy towards others. They consider others as wrong rather than themselves, and act on their own to quench their rage due to perceived injustice.

Due to range of criminal and offensive activities to stimulate themselves and non-conformance to societal standards, they frequently serve in prison. Self-centered and tend to manipulate others, psychopaths do not feel guilty of any wrongdoing they commit (Gulihaugen & Nottestad, 2010, pp. 350). Some psychopaths live like normal people; gaining education, landing a job and getting married but they are so prone to chaotic patterns, they fail to maintain those relationships. Though they have affection for their family and friends, they find it difficult to mix with people outside their confined social group. They face inability to trust others. They may feel devastated over divorce or death, but their behavior fails to have them sustain long-term relationships.

Psychopaths face emotional pain just like normal being. They crave for association and love but their behaviour is impediment. They sometimes even know the consequence of their behaviour but they cannot control their behaviour. They are thus seen as outclass due to their behaviour which makes them live an isolated life. This sometimes precedes their act of crime and violation (Martens, 2000, pp. 418).

They may feel lesser of themselves because of their behaviour and as a result may adapt to the society. This prompts them to hide their true self so that they can have friends and live normal life. They often face challenges, choosing between their real self and associated isolated life or superficial self and its associated social life. They try to change themselves but fail to do so because they cannot control their behaviour.

It has been found that Psychopathy is more common in men than ...