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Defense Against the Psychopath

Stefan Verstappen
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:56 UTC

Defense Against the Psychopath is a documentary excerpted from chapter one of my book; The Art of Urban Survival. Teaches people how to recognize and defend against our society's most dangerous predators, psychopaths.

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Free download of the PDF booklet, Defense Against the Psychopath here.

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Mikko · 2011-08-30T15:55:11Z

This... disease...

Sorry for being uneducated, but I'm not fully convinced of that it exists. I know, I should probably do my research, will one day. I'm just a blue-eyed person, having no trouble to believe conspiracies but this... I know it's documented and all, but I've always believed there's some inner good in each one of us, even if sound of conscience can be weaker in some of us.

Whether it's just a behaviour or an incurable disease, I think my argument still stands, that we should have smaller scale societies, towns and cities and small rural areas instead of countries. Small tyrannies by the majorities instead of large-scale ones. Simply because infecting many small cells is harder than one large central one. And to vote for things, not for people who vote for things, because things aren't psychopaths like this.

Ruth · 2011-08-30T16:55:04Z

Asking a psychopath to start to feel emotions, or to grow a conscience is like asking a blind man to see, when this person was born blind, or perhaps an amputee to grow another leg. Its just not going to happen, because it's not possible.

I see you are engaging in wishful thinking here... you don't 'like' the idea of psychopaths existing... and yet you are proposing a 'solution' to it. Interesting.

I hope for your sake you 'get educated', because as an uneducated person, you are nothing but a potential victim for a psychopath. I suppose being a victim might be the difficult way to learn.

System · 2011-08-30T20:33:29Z

It may be a harsh reality to accept, but it is the role of creation and the road of evolution.

I understand where you are coming from though, for the longest time since being born on this planet, I carried in me the innermost desire to see the empathic quality in each 'names' of creation. And this may still be true on other levels of reality (or dimensions), but on this level their circuitry just does not have it in them. I do not see us as Individuals only on this level of reality, we have much depth contain in our existence.

RosieConnelly · 2014-01-13T17:48:11Z

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daviests · 2011-08-30T20:59:38Z

What I have witnessed in my own life with what I believe was called the monevolent (I know I am spellingit wrong) psychopath is that no one believes what you say about the individual. You can read everything you can get your hands on, all the knowledge you can grasp, but; until you have the miss-fortune of experiencing it first hand, you just really cannot comprehend. They do exist and they are all around you.

why wander · 2014-01-12T21:42:12Z

I think you are pretty dead on daviests.

rtb61 · 2011-08-31T00:44:22Z

Psychopaths vs Narciccists

Care should be taken to differentiate between a psychopath and a narcissists. Whilst both lack a genetic lack of autonomic empathy, the narcissist still have a range of emotions and some, all be it not much, conscience.
What is interesting is that psychopaths will surround themselves with narcissists for two reasons, one of course is a lack of empathy for the victims of the psychopath and secondly the narcissist is readily manipulated by empty compliments.
So in terms of apparent behaviour and visible outcomes, you have the Dick Cheney and George Bush, relationships. With the intelligent psychopath Dick Cheney controlling the public image provided by the narcissist George Bush.
The failed developmental patterns of either defects, leave them as victims of their own defect, they are not the way they are by choice they are truly just born that way, a victim of the genetics of a psychopathic parent.
Whilst they do deserve forgiveness and pity, their inherent danger should never be forgotten. Testing is late childhood can have them safely isolated from positions where they can cause harm in a reasonable fashion and the onus is upon society to establish effective testing procedures in order to protect all people, including the psychopaths and narcissists themselves.

why wander · 2014-01-12T21:48:02Z

Very enlightening rtb61. Thank you for taking the time to explain that.

Scarlet · 2011-09-03T10:13:17Z

RE: This...disease...(Mikko's comment)

"Sorry for being uneducated, but I'm not fully convinced of that it exists. I know, I should probably do my research, will one day. I'm just a blue-eyed person, having no trouble to believe conspiracies but this... I know it's documented and all, but I've always believed there's some inner good in each one of us, even if sound of conscience can be weaker in some of us." -Mikko

Hello Mikko, I think it's important to remain critical of information when one does not fully understand it. Blindly following authority figures and their information opens one up to be misled. This is why it is important to do our own research so that we don't rely on others to convince us.

I, like daviests, have had first-hand experience with people who have exhibited these traits. Perhaps the fact that I have been stung by people makes me more inclined to want to understand so that I can protect myself. Like you, I "always believed there's some inner good in each one of us." Unfortunately, I have observed otherwise and have now come to see that the "inner good" people with these characteristics portray is only a manipulation technique they use to gain trust so that they can exploit others.

If this information is new to you, I highly recommend studying it further before making judgements. If you are interested in learning about this maybe it would be a good idea to read the recommended books from QFS (http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,4718.0.html)

Psychopathy
The Sociopath Next Door - Martha Stout
Women Who Love Psychopaths - Sandra Brown
Snakes in Suits - Robert Hare and Paul Babiak
Without Conscience - Robert Hare
The Mask of Sanity - Hervey Cleckley
Political Ponerology - Andrzej Lobaczewski

Also, here are some "Key References Related to Psychopathy and the Hare Scales": _[Link]
There certainly has been quite a bit of research done on this subject in recent years and the phrase, "knowledge protects" won't ever become a cliche...;)

Hope this helps.

why wander · 2014-01-12T21:46:16Z

very interesting

Loved the film clip and find the e book quite generous as well. I learned some things and agree quite deeply with his conclusions, definitely will buy the book.

denekin · 2014-01-13T11:01:11Z

Psychopaths and narcissists

While it's interesting to make the distinction between Narcissists and Psychopaths and Sociopaths, the practical truth is that when you have been dealt with abusively, maliciously, and deceitfully, in my opinion, the etiology of the perpetrator's actions are less important than simply acknowledging the damage that has been done to you and the need to separate oneself from said perpetrator...I observe people spending lots of time trying to figure out "why" they did this to me. The important thing is "what" they did to you...my two cents...

JayMark · 2014-01-13T15:09:47Z

It is exactly because we ask ourselves ''why'' things are the way they are that we can hope to understand the Truth. If you don't ask, you'll never know. And without this Knowledge, we endanger ourselves, especially in a world ruled by a psychopathic elite.

The majority of people do not ask themselves ''why'' and only point out the actions. The result is that most people have no idea as to what a psychopath is, or refuse to believe they even exist. They hence lack the proper Knowledge to protect and defend themselves against these predators and the ponerization of the masses.

Saying that the important thing is what they ''did to you'' (in the past tense) implies for me that it only really matters when the damage has been done. By understanding their true nature (understanding ''why'' they act like so), we can fortunately expect to be able to prevent these things from happening to ourselves and perhaps others.

Of course, I'm not denying the importance of acknowledging these acts and separating oneself from the psychopathological being. Just saying that asking ourselves ''why'' is in fact very important.

My 2 cents as well.

denekin · 2014-01-13T15:48:45Z

Establishing what we're dealing with is a prerequisite to understanding the why it happens. I'm trying to point out that often hurry to why did this happen, before we clearly describe what happened; a process that rarely brings clarity.

JayMark · 2014-01-13T14:25:10Z

In a nutshell!

Bravo! Very good video!

Good Optics · 2017-12-30T04:29:36Z

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