Thursdays with NAMI: What Is Psychopathy? - 7 p.m. December 16, 2021

Psychopathy is a mental disorder that affects 1% of the population. It is characterized by personality traits that include reduced empathy and remorse, a bold and daring personality, and difficulty controlling behavior.
Because they cannot feel guilt or remorse, it’s easier to fall into behaviors that are considered antisocial. People with psychopathy may deceive, manipulate, threaten, steal from, or physically harm others. At the same time, they may seem outwardly friendly and well adjusted.
One mother described her feelings while raising a teenager with the condition:
• Verbally attacked - by my child, sometimes in front of other people
• Tearful, confused, flustered, and anxious
• Afraid, sad, and angry (in that order)
• Misunderstood by people who hadn’t experienced a child like mine
• Shamed (by my child) and ashamed (of my child)
• Blamed by others
• Alone
Fortunately, psychopathy is treatable, and support is available for both peers and loved ones. Join us for a conversation about this difficult brain disease. Psychologist/neuroscientist Dr. Abigail Marsh is a professor at Georgetown University and the author of The Fear Factor: How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between. Lisa Michael got involved with the Psychopathy community due to her extensive experience with family members who have the disorder. She is a physics teacher at Summit Denali High School in California. Together they formed an organization called Psychopathy Is to educate the public and offer support.

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So I just want to add here. She has mentioned twice that other children in a family doing fine is evidence that the parents are not to blame. I just want to suggest that in future you may want ( or Dr. Marsh) may want to dig deeper with that as evidence. Give more clarity as most of us who have some knowledge about child abuse know that often an abusive parent picks a scapegoat to bully and another child as a golden child, so it’s unclear to me how one child being OK and another having behavior issues is evidence that this is entirely heritable. There are many families that have very well concealed emotional abusers.

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WHY CAN'T THIS GET MORE VIEWS?????❕️‼️❗️❓️⁉️❔️❕️❕️

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