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Monday, January 01, 2018

Shocking List of Tipoffs for Narcissists and Psychopaths

In general,

you shouldn't be walking around free

trying to identify your friends, coworkers, even family
members as psychopaths and narcissists. To do so

could land you in school for a very long time,
trying to make a career of it and you can skip

that part. But be aware of this shocking list

of tipoffs: have you ever noticed people?

Is one of them apparently empathic? Tipoff.

Narcissists and psychopaths are notorious empaths.
A genetic mutation, they can sense emotions of others

and this is why they don't care. Tipoff number one.

Has your lunch been taken with no sign, from the communal
fridge multiple times by the same person? Tipoff number two.

That person is a sociopath. He (and it's always he
with these clowns - not sociopaths, the lunch thing) should have left

a sign!

But we're not focusing on sociopaths. That's tipoff
number three.

At this point you may be:
avoiding eye contact,
mentally rehearsing stories,

fidgeting with your left hand only, or your right hand
if you're left-handed, or both
if you're ambidextrous -

these body language cues can be very illuminating. Thank you.

Do them. Don't hide

who you are from me. That's tipoff number four,
if you do but I can see you're not. Therefore

I'll let you off with a warning: you may

be having an off day, and not
have a pathological problem.

Go on about your existing business - and watch out.

Somebody around here's a narcissist

or a PSYCHOPATH.

And I know who it is

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