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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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Mordechai · 31-35, M
Psychopath means someone who's brain has developed to not feel empathy, and not understand emotions eg. Practicing facial expressions in the mirror to fit in. You can be born with it or develop something similar due to upbringing and experiences.

it sounds like you grew up having to be strong and self-reliant so you probably took on responsibility early because you had to. I grew up in chaos aswell with drugs and violence around me and I had to be the adult for my parent sometimes, Ive always had a good heart though and maybe people are just born that way sometimes.
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