Comment on Do you ever worry that you're secretly a psychopath that unknowingly manipulates people around you?
MildlyArdvark@feddit.dk 3 months ago
Are you capable of feeling guilt or remorse? If so you are probably not a psychopath. If not you might have some traits. In any case you might want to see a professional.
Also autism is often mistaken for some degree of psychopathy. As an autist I have personal experience with this.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Oh definitely. I just had a spider get stuck on a glue trap meant for thrips and I felt bad the whole day.
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 3 months ago
From the comfort and authority of my armchair, as a (fake) psychologist, I declare that you can’t be a psychopath if you feel guilty about a spider (and other beings, especially humans).
I think of gaslighting as manipulation of a victim by an abusive person by causing the victim to doubt their own feelings and perceptions, thereby gaining control over them. They do this by convincing the victim that what they are feeling and observing is false and the fault of the victim rather than the abuser.
This has a better explanation and some clear examples:
newportinstitute.com/…/what_is_gaslighting_abuse/