SCANNING PSYCHOPATH

Psychopaths. Perhaps I've watched too many horror movies and CSI reruns, but the mere thought of them in the dead of night keep me up with my pulse going faster than the Road Runner being chased by While E. Coyote. How can someone be detached completely from their emotions that they can feel no guilt or remorse from their actions? How does someone not care about other people, or getting caught for what they've done? I wonder if that is what makes them so feared by society. It's almost impossible to explain the weird feeling when thinking about them. I think it might partially have to do with how they are depicted in horror movies, how they toy with the mind and are so sadistic.

In the article "Scanning Psychopath," it raises the concern of how they blend so well into society. I think that's one of the most terrifying things about psychopaths. Being so into fictional shows, I've always thought they were easy to spot, because there was always something off about those individuals that sent off alarms and red flags so I was pretty shocked to find just how easily they can blend into the norm. In reality, there is no warning music or carefully crafted scenes to show what goes on behind closed doors. This is exactly why psychopaths poses as such a threat. There ability to camouflage means that they can be anyone with access to whoever they want. The fact that they can charm and deceit their way into other people's lives is -for the lack of a better work- very disturbing. For other types of criminals, it is much less frightening because they are easier to spot. They have habits and distinctive behaviour or life styles that flashes "I'm probably trouble so stay away". The signs for psychopaths are simply not there.

And if that isn't enough to send chills down one's spine, I think it's the fact that they feel no empathy or remorse for their actions that takes the cake. Or the fact that what goes on inside there mind cannot be understood. As humans we fear the unknown and that's exactly what psychopaths are. With their mysterious and twisted mind, they are almost like the real-life version of the boogie monster. It's hard to tell what they will do and because of their nature, they are emotionally capable of doing just about anything without so much as breaking a sweat. The unpredictability that comes from their lack of feeling is definitely a strong contender on why they are feared by society.

In truth, I can't exactly pin point what precisely makes them so scary. Maybe it's the way the media portrays them, maybe it's the way way the merge into the society like normal people, or maybe it's their different way of thinking. What I do know is that there is something so eerily scary about them that sets them apart from other criminals. And since I procrastinated yet again on doing my blogs, searching for a picture of a psychopath in the middle of the night was not a pleasant experience so here's the picture: