Psychopaths: New Research & Studies

Alternatively, the female ftmb'ers might be victims of so much fuckwittery, we're at breaking point.

Obviously, not from ANY of the fellas here. Ok, maybe that's not so obvious.
 
A boring 6%
You are warm and empathic with a heightened awareness of social responsibility and a strong sense of conscience. You like to carefully weigh up the pros and cons of a situation before you act and are generally averse to taking risks. You are very much a ‘people person’ and dislike conflict. ‘Do unto others…’ are your watchwords. But, although you avoid hurting others, those residing at the higher end of the psychopathic spectrum might not be as considerate, so stay vigilant to avoid being hurt unnecessarily.
Click to expand...
Whilst this is reasonably accurate, one thing I am definitely not is a 'people person'. Anyway, apparently I have to avoid all you lot - PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!! :eek::Do_O
 
Novena said:
A boring 6%

Whilst this is reasonably accurate, one thing I am definitely not is a 'people person'. Anyway, apparently I have to avoid all you lot - PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!! :eek::Do_O
Click to expand...
You don't have to avoid me - I'm a softy! :cool:
 
I'll look after you Novena ;)
 
You on my team :) which means I'm Julie Andrews. :grouphug:
 
Acccording to a new study, people with psychopathic traits are less likely to catch a yawn from the sleepy people around them because they tend to lack empathy and emotional connections with others.

It has long been believed that “contagious yawning” is actually a deep-seated signal that demonstrates an empathetic connection with another person. People with strong emotional ties, such as family members, share yawns more easily than they do with strangers. And it’s not unique to humans – contagious yawning has been documented in many species of socially-inclined mammals, including chimpanzees, wolves and dogs.

"I thought, 'If it's true that yawning is related to empathy, I'll bet that psychopaths yawn a lot less.' So I put it to the test," Brian Rundle, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student in psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University said in a statement.

If someone with a strong empathetic nature “catches” a yawn easily, it stands to reason that a person who lacks empathy would not yawn as often. To see if this was true, Rundle first had the study’s participants answer a standard psychological test to figure out where they landed on the psychopathic spectrum. Then, they were sat in a darkened room and given noise-cancelling headphones to wear while short video clips of yawns, smiles and blank faces played on a screen. Electrodes on the participants’ faces recorded the number and frequency of their yawns alongside physiological responses, like muscle movement and nerve reactions. The study found that the less empathy a person demonstrated on the test, the less frequent they were to yawn in response to the videos.




Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...agious-yawning-180956386/#L8epWSFkp7ik43XV.99
Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGv
Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
 
FrKadash said:
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/04/the-secret-to-dealing-with-a-psychopath/
Click to expand...


Not that practical if you have to face people on a daily basis.

My advice would be:

1) Try not to be shockable - these people often go on the offensive verbally and physically and use body space to intimidate and get their way. Move around stand up, sit down change what you are doing so you are not the target.

2) Take their shitty comments, (done to shock and belittle, they are done suddenly to take you off guard), with a rueful smile and just nod ok. Be understanding and listen. Deflate their aggression. Even if you are hurt or horrified by what they say look up to the ceiling and compose yourself.

3) respond calmly or say you need time to respond to what they've said.

4) Practice - if you have a psycho boss then go into work knowing you are going to face him/her and just get used to taking the sting out of it. They mostly move onto an easier target.
 
Naughty_Felid said:
Not that practical if you have to face people on a daily basis.

My advice would be:

1) Try not to be shockable - these people often go on the offensive verbally and physically and use body space to intimidate and get their way. Move around stand up, sit down change what you are doing so you are not the target.

2) Take their shitty comments, (done to shock and belittle, they are done suddenly to take you off guard), with a rueful smile and just nod ok. Be understanding and listen. Deflate their aggression. Even if you are hurt or horrified by what they say look up to the ceiling and compose yourself.

3) respond calmly or say you need time to respond to what they've said.

4) Practice - if you have a psycho boss then go into work knowing you are going to face him/her and just get used to taking the sting out of it. They mostly move onto an easier target.
Click to expand...

I've only ever had one psycho boss and it was a nightmare being stuck with him .... he'd invent the most trivial crap to complain about then have me in the office for official form signing punishment ... one example was me not taking a table apart to clean the inside of it even though he hadn't asked me to or even told me the table could be taken apart plus there was no good reason to do so anyway. One day he called me a c**t, another day he said "Was your Dad in prison?", I replied with "No, did you ever meet yours". This bloke had an 80% staff turnover and was proud of the fact, an out and out bastard to as many people as he could be. What eventually ground me down was the every day nasty factor about him. I ended up physically threatening him one day and he backed down then, that's not the way I behave normally so I ended up resigning, working my notice, refusing to go in an office with him or sign anything he put in front of me ... in fact, I started amending his complaint forms about me. A more senior manager (after I'd been signed off with work related stress) came to my rescue and allowed me to work the last two weeks out in a different department. When you're working for a psycho, the best advice is to get away from them. They normally pretend that you are the one bullying them at the last stages although this didn't happen to me with my weirdo boss.

Tim Field wrote an excellent book on dealing with people like this detailing every factor imaginable called 'Bully In Sight' that teaches you how to combat these people. I don't normally go in for self help books but if the mods don't mind, I'd like to provide a link to the book .. if this is a problem, please remove it.

http://www.amazon.com/Bully-Sight-C...id=1460355173&sr=8-1&keywords=tim field bully

I remember standing next to this guy's (my ex boss) soft top car and realising how easy it would be to just leave my lit cigarette on top of it .... or what if I bought a disposable barbeque, wore latex gloves so I didn't get any finger prints on it, slid it under his car and wore the hoody jacket that I only wear if I want to do something naughty and don't want cameras to recognise me? ..... but then the abused becomes the abuser so I stopped myself. I thought about getting inside his head and flat out asking him who'd bullied him in the past but then again, I'd have become an abuser. It's always best to just get away from these sociopaths .. ironically, his son's a lovely bloke .. I ended giving that kid a digital watch display T-Shirt at a party a while back :) ... as Naughty Felid has pointed out, don't give bullies your energy.
 
Last edited:
Swifty said:
I've only ever had one psycho boss and it was a nightmare being stuck with him .... he'd invent the most trivial crap to complain about then have me in the office for official form signing punishment ... one example was me not taking a table apart to clean the inside of it even though he hadn't asked me to or even told me the table could be taken apart plus there was no good reason to do so anyway. One day he called me a c**t, another day he said "Was your Dad in prison?", I replied with "No, did you ever meet yours". This bloke had an 80% staff turnover and was proud of the fact, an out and out bastard to as many people as he could be. What eventually ground me down was the every day nasty factor about him. I ended up physically threatening him one day and he backed down then, that's not the way I behave normally so I ended up resigning, working my notice, refusing to go in an office with him or sign anything he put in front of me ... in fact, I started amending his complaint forms about me. A more senior manager (after I'd been signed off with work related stress) came to my rescue and allowed me to work the last two weeks out in a different department. When you're working for a psycho, the best advice is to get away from them. They normally pretend that you are the one bullying them at the last stages although this didn't happen to me with my weirdo boss.

Tim Field wrote an excellent book on dealing with people like this detailing every factor imaginable called 'Bully In Sight' that teaches you how to combat these people. I don't normally go in for self help books but if the mods don't mind, I'd like to provide a link to the book .. if this is a problem, please remove it.

http://www.amazon.com/Bully-Sight-Challenge-Workplace-Bullying/dp/0952912104/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460355173&sr=8-1&keywords=tim field bully
Click to expand...


Sadly in the present job climate you often can't get another job so you have to deal with what you've got.

I also think psychos make very good managers. HR departments and senior management are willing to turn a blind eye to the bullying. Unions are more interested in negotiating pay deals and working collaboratively with employers rather than addressing bullying. Unions are not interested in looking after their individual members anymore.

I'm saying that if you can't escape - some of us can't - look at mitigating the damage and surviving.
 
Last edited:
Naughty_Felid said:
Sadly in the present job climate you often can't get another job so you have to deal with what you've got.

I also think psychos make very good managers. HR departments and senior management are willing to turn a blind eye to the bullying. Unions are more interested in negotiating pay deals than addressing bullying as well and representing workers.

I'm saying that if you can't escape - some of us can't - look at mitigating the damage and surviving.
Click to expand...
Psychos only make good managers in that they are analytical but people skills are also important, something a socio lacks. Consider staff training costs impacting on a business ... it saves money to nurture a good member of staff instead of constantly having to replace them because one person put in charge is insecure .. I agree, HR departments are mainly just used to cover the company's interests these days, the same with Union reps these days .. they mostly just want a second income and couldn't care less about the people paying into there façade ..
 
Swifty said:
Psychos only make good managers in that they are analytical but people skills are also important, something a socio lacks. Consider staff training costs impacting on a business ... it saves money to nurture a good member of staff instead of constantly having to replace them because one person put in charge is insecure .. I agree, HR departments are mainly just used to cover the company's interests these days, the same with Union reps these days .. they mostly just want a second income and couldn't care less about the people paying into there façade ..
Click to expand...


No really you are wrong there. sorry edit: So psychos are hugely important as they don't care in bullying people out of a job.

HR are only and I mean only interested in cutting costs. It doesn't matter if the organization actually fails to perform it's function - nobody cares it's about saving money.


HR and management have no interest in the skills or knowledge of their staff.


Crazy? Yes as ultimately it will lead to the downfall of departments - but there will always be a private firm to take over at a cheaper price. With lack of training and expertise.


That's what it's about at the moment and we still keep voting in governments to allow even basic services to fall away because it's cheap and we are in debt - blah blah blah.
 
Last edited:
Naughty_Felid said:
No really you are wrong there.

HR are only and I mean only interested in cutting costs. It doesn't matter if the organization actually fails to perform it's function - nobody cares it's about saving money.


HR and management have no interest in the skills or knowledge of their staff.


Crazy? Yes as ultimately it will lead to the downfall of departments - but there will always be a private firm to take over at a cheaper price. With lack of training and expertise.


That's what it's about at the moment and we still keep voting in governments to allow even basic services to fall away because it's cheap and we are in debt - blah blah blah.
Click to expand...

I think we're agreeing with each other NF, as I wrote in the post you're replying to "HR departments are only interested in covering the company's interests" .. or something similar .. I also agree with you that loyalty, skills etc count for nothing these days.
 
Naughty_Felid said:
No really you are wrong there. sorry edit: So psychos are hugely important as they don't care in bullying people out of a job.

HR are only and I mean only interested in cutting costs. It doesn't matter if the organization actually fails to perform it's function - nobody cares it's about saving money.


HR and management have no interest in the skills or knowledge of their staff.


Crazy? Yes as ultimately it will lead to the downfall of departments - but there will always be a private firm to take over at a cheaper price. With lack of training and expertise.


That's what it's about at the moment and we still keep voting in governments to allow even basic services to fall away because it's cheap and we are in debt - blah blah blah.
Click to expand...


lol sounds like a ranting but I don't think it's far from the truth
 
Swifty said:
I think we're agreeing with each other NF, as I wrote in the post you're replying to "HR departments are only interested in covering the company's interests" .. or something similar .. I also agree with you that loyalty, skills etc count for nothing these days.
Click to expand...


You've been out of the corporate/public employment world for awhile mate. If you can do anything and I MEAN ANYTHING don't go back.


You have skills, more so than many, get into Spfx - I know how easy it is to drift from week to week - do it!
 
Naughty_Felid said:
You've been out of the corporate/public employment world for awhile mate. If you can do anything and I MEAN ANYTHING don't go back.


You have skills, more so than many, get into Spfx - I know how easy it is to drift from week to week - do it!
Click to expand...
Thanks for the belief mate .. there's major factors involved though including contacts, a large shed with an extractor fan, an oven, materials ... the list goes on forever. I think I'd do better doing the 80's thing and making Haloween masks .. I've got a face cast NOT curing in my back yard at the moment because I mixed the materials wrongly .. it's not been curing for two years now ..:(
 
Swifty said:
I can't tell if you're joking or not? ..
Click to expand...


Not at all when lots of money is concerned. Managers have targets and getting rid is one of them - no extra shifts, no overtime etc. Staff that have been employed for years cost money as they have extra holidays etc so getting rid is a good idea to cut the budget.


I had a brief step on the management ladder myself but decided to step off.
 
Swifty said:
Thanks for the belief mate .. there's major factors involved though including contacts, a large shed with an extractor fan, an oven, materials ... the list goes on forever. I think I'd do better doing the 80's thing and making Haloween masks .. I've got a face cast NOT curing in my back yard at th


e moment because I mixed the materials wrongly .. it's not been curing for two years now ..:(
Click to expand...


I watched "last phases" a werewolf film that used 80's effects it was good. just do it.
 
Naughty_Felid said:
Not at all when lots of money is concerned. Managers have targets and getting rid is one of them - no extra shifts, no overtime etc. Staff that have been employed for years cost money as they have extra holidays etc so getting rid is a good idea to cut the budget.


I had a brief step on the management ladder myself but decided to step off.
Click to expand...

I've been a corporate manager status type of bloke myself and also decided to step off .... treating staff like shit isn't a problem for me because I'm trying to be a nice person, it just doesn't work .. it's short term thinking false economy because you have to replace them which costs corporations even more money in the long term .. I've been put up in hotels for training days where I'm shown how to pick up a box (again), how to wash my hands (again), they don't seem to worried about me knowing which fire extinguisher is supposed to be used for each type of fire anymore .. but everyone's to chicken shit to point that out and so this continues ..
 
Naughty_Felid said:
I watched "last phases" a werewolf film that used 80's effects it was good. just do it.
Click to expand...
I'm thinking Halloween masks, props etc that I could flog over ebay .. hopefully ... I used to supply a cult/horror shop in Birmingham so maybe I could do that again? .. it still costs quite a lot of money to get going. I'd need an airbrush, mix my own PAX paint, oil based clay, various types of plaster of paris plus hardener, various formulas of latex, a hot glue gun, somewhere to actually work, sketch pads and artist materials ..... the list goes on, it isn't cheap ..
 
Naughty_Felid said:
No really you are wrong there. sorry edit: So psychos are hugely important as they don't care in bullying people out of a job.

HR are only and I mean only interested in cutting costs. It doesn't matter if the organization actually fails to perform it's function - nobody cares it's about saving money.


HR and management have no interest in the skills or knowledge of their staff.


Crazy? Yes as ultimately it will lead to the downfall of departments - but there will always be a private firm to take over at a cheaper price. With lack of training and expertise.


That's what it's about at the moment and we still keep voting in governments to allow even basic services to fall away because it's cheap and we are in debt - blah blah blah.
Click to expand...
This is exactly true.
However, it is also what will ultimately bring the downfall of even very large businesses.
It's short-sighted and dunderheaded.
 
Swifty said:
I'm thinking Halloween masks, props etc that I could flog over ebay .. hopefully ... I used to supply a cult/horror shop in Birmingham so maybe I could do that again? .. it still costs quite a lot of money to get going. I'd need an airbrush, mix my own PAX paint, oil based clay, various types of plaster of paris plus hardener, various formulas of latex, a hot glue gun, somewhere to actually work, sketch pads and artist materials ..... the list goes on, it isn't cheap ..
Click to expand...
Yeah, I know this myself. I'm still buying tools and paying off bills for them.
I'm getting together all the stuff I need to make props, sculptures, jewellery etc. The list goes on indeed.
Perhaps you could specialise in some small niche to get started? Prop collectors often buy unglamorous repro stuff that isn't as fancy as a latex mask...like a repro phaser, or a steampunk gun or hat.
 
Not really a psychopath but when I was 17/18 I worked briefly in a pub kitchen after art college and the assistant manager was a very aggressive short bald, fat homosexual man, and whenever I would bend over in the kitchen he would grab my arse and grope it. Not just that though, he would ask a new girl who was about 16/17 really weird sexual questions, like this ''I bet you're a good cocksucker aren't you?' :mad:
 
FrKadash said:
Not really a psychopath but when I was 17/18 I worked briefly in a pub kitchen after art college and the assistant manager was a very aggressive short bald, fat homosexual man, and whenever I would bend over in the kitchen he would grab my arse and grope it. Not just that though, he would ask a new girl who was about 16/17 really weird sexual questions, like this ''I bet you're a good cocksucker aren't you?' :mad:
Click to expand...
Not very pleasant!
Unpleasant behaviour does seem to happen a lot in kitchens. :eek:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top