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What makes a psychopath a psychopath?

seriously. i have read all of the nonsense literary salad of analysis on why someone goes crazy. but i want to know your opinion.
the first 4 years of my life, i was Appalachian, then i was moved to Cincy. Cincy....where hopefully no one knows your name....where if you didn't belong to some cult and behave like a gang member, you were the outcast.

the family that raised me were drunks druggies perverts and murderers and so were all their friends and relatives. and all the kids i went to school with. and i was ostracized. i never did drugs, my drinking was laughable, and i smoked because being in a smoky room drove me nuts unless i was smoking. i didn't sleep around.

i was nice nice nice....and all people did was attack me and lie about me. Why do i have no wish to murder and destroy people?

Why was i never a pervert or weirdo? i don't even cut or steal....am i not human?



See...these are the things we need to understand to keep these school shootings from happening.... what is it that makes the difference?
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MoveAlong · 70-79, M
It has been determined that true psychopaths have brain abnormalities not a mental illness. Psychopaths cannot experience empathy, love, remorse, hate and other emotions sometimes even fear.

Most killers, even serial killers can experience love and often feel remorse for their actions. They are just criminals who choose to disregard the norms of life. Many had rough and dysfunctional upbringings and many did not. It is very hard to predict how a person will turn out based on their past.