Signs of a Psychopath
Yesterday I posted different signs to tell you if someone is lying. Today's signs are listed for one to recognize a psychopath\sociopath.
-Freudian slips of the tongue (indicative of mental conflict)
-Guilt feelings (covered up, but wants to be punished for something)
-Uses defense mechanism of projection (blaming others for own faults)
-Uses defense mechanism of displacement (ditching, self-handicapping, settling for 2nd best, being own worst enemy, but feels entitled to something or being 1st)
-Oral fixation (smokes or always has to have something in mouth)
-Oedipus complex (or other love/hate relationship with parents)
-Comes from dysfunctional family or broken home (absent or abusive father)
-Impervious to fear, anxiety, depression, or remorse (unremorseful)
-Superficially charming, a real cool cat (manipulative and conning)
-Inability to love or express emotions deeply, can't respond to kindness (cold)
-Pathological lying (for no reason at all, can't help self)
-No self-insight (doesn't reflect much upon own personality makeup)
-No self-humor (can't stand to be the butt of jokes or can't laugh at self)
-A fairly high IQ (good grades in school or disparity in achievement)
-Uses neologisms (makes up strange new words, abbreviations, or sayings)
-Fascination with fire (or death, or purified ways to destroy something)
-Cruelty to animals (or doesn't like animals)
-Lack of probity, courtesy, or doesn't tolerate society's "niceties" or obligations
-Moody, obsessive-compulsive, suffers from one or more phobias
-Does not tend to learn from mistakes unless immediate punishment given
-Lack of formal-operational thinking (tends to think in concrete, black-or-white terms)
-Identity conflict (often with delayed adolescence, hasn't grown up in certain ways)
-Preconventional morality (thinks things are wrong only because it might lead to punishment or it's not in his/her best interests right now, failure to understand disparities between own behavior and socially acceptable behavior, often in trouble with law)
Source: www.karisable.com/crmh.htm
Signs of Deceit
Signs of Deceit
The following are known signs of a person lying. They are indicators which should serve as a pattern to detect a liar. Every criminal lies and many are experts at it. They are very good at deceptions, manipulations and mistruths.
· Liars tend to move their arms, hands, and fingers less and blink less than people telling the truth. A liar’s voice can become more tense or high-pitched. The extra effort needed to remember their story and what they already said may cause liars to restrain movements and fill their speech with pauses. People shading the truth tend to make fewer speech errors and rarely backtrack to fill in forgotten or incorrect details
· People who lie tend to avoid details in favor for bold facts. When a person is genuinely sad, their forehead wrinkles with grief and the inner corners of their eyebrows associated with an angry scowl can be faked by almost anybody. If someone says they are sad and the inner corners of their eyebrows don’t go up then likely they are faking it.
· Liars often repeat the questions that are given to them.
· When smiling, a person moves more than just the mouth. The muscle around the eye that gives crow’s-feet also moves. Liars tend to just move their mouths.
· People who lie may also feel fear, guilt, or delight in fooling others. They mumble and take longer pause between a question and response than an honest person would. This happens because the liar is not sure where they are going with the lie or they might be having trouble following through with the lie.
· A liar’s speech pattern changes. Liars may mispronounce words or mumble more than the honest person. This happens because the liar is not sure where they may be going with the lie or might be having trouble following through with the lie.
· People who lie may fidget which can indicate nervousness due to the deception.
· Touching the face while talking may be a sign that the person is uncomfortable or deceptive. The higher up on the face the worse the lie.
· Liars have shifty eyes. A liar will often not look you straight in the eye.
· A liars pupils may change in size. This happens because when under stress, adrenaline is released causing pupils to dilate. Enlarged pupils alone don’t indicate a liar. Always look for a pattern.
· Liars tend to tap their fingers, scratch their nose, fake coughs and play with something in their fingers. Also heavy breathing, sweating or a tight jaw may be signs.
· Another indicator is if a person looks up while talking.
· People who lie tend not to use pronouns like “I” or “me”.
· When questioned enough, liars will often not be able to remember the lies they have made up and will attack or leave before they are trapped.
· Liars in general are afraid of getting caught and might feel guilty. This can cause a liar to express anger or pace around as a show to hide their anxiety.
