What Goes Around Comes Around

There's a sick girl in my class. This article here describes her better than my own words.

The psychopath is one of the most fascinating and distressing problems of human experience. For the most part, a psychopath never remains attached to anyone or anything. They live a "predatory" lifestyle. They feel little or no regret, and little or no remorse - except when they are caught. They need relationships, but see people as obstacles to overcome and be eliminated. If not, they see people in terms of how they can be used. They use people for stimulation, to build their self-esteem and they invariably value people in terms of their material value (money, property, etc..).

A psychopath can have high verbal intelligence, but they typically lack "emotional intelligence". They can be expert in manipulating others by playing to their emotions. There is a shallow quality to the emotional aspect of their stories (i.e., how they felt, why they felt that way, or how others may have felt and why). The lack of emotional intelligence is the first good sign you may be dealing with a psychopath. A history of criminal behavior in which they do not seem to learn from their experience, but merely think about ways to not get caught is the second best sign.

The following is a list of items based on the research of Robert Hare, Ph.D. which is derived from the "The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, .1991, Toronto: Multi-Health Systems." These are the most highly researched and recognized characteristics of psychopathic personality and behavior.

* glibness/superficial charm

* grandiose sense of self worth

* need for stimulation/prone to boredom

* pathological lying

* conning/manipulative

* lack of remorse or guilt

* shallow emotional response

* callous/lack of empathy

* parasitic lifestyle

* poor behavioral controls

* promiscuous sexual behavior

* early behavioral problems

* lack of realistic long term goals

* impulsivity

* irresponsibility

* failure to accept responsibility for their own actions

* many short term relationships

* juvenile delinquency

* revocation of conditional release

* criminal versatility

Source: http://www.oregoncounseling.org/Handouts/PsychopathicPersonality.htm

She reminds me of the children in the movies like Orphan, Case 39 and Omen. People usually see them as normal kids but only a very lucky few (or unlucky, depends on how you see it) get to see the real devil nestled behind that calm pair of eyes.

In my case, the girl also uses other people's work and claim it to be hers. If anything happens to me, this blog entry is a testament that I (and a few others) know the truth about her.