SilkRoad
Lay the coin on my tongue
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I was reading Daniel Goleman's book Social Intelligence and found the section on narcissists, Machiavellians and psychopaths very interesting.
Apparently there are many people who are at least sub-clinical examples of these types. Do you think you know anyone who falls into one of these categories? What have your experiences been with them? Or do you think YOU might be one...?
I've run up against a few people in recent years who I've thought might have these tendencies, but then it's hard to tell for me sometimes if I'm just being over-sensitive because someone hurt my feelings, or if I just caught them on a bad day (though when you realize it's been a bad several months, or years, of empathy-deficiency, you do start to wonder)...sometimes I give people way too much benefit of the doubt, and sometimes no benefit of the doubt at all.
I really would like to read some concrete examples of these types from your own life if you have them. Also, does anyone have a good link with descriptions of these types and the differences between them? Too lazy to find one myself right now
Apparently there are many people who are at least sub-clinical examples of these types. Do you think you know anyone who falls into one of these categories? What have your experiences been with them? Or do you think YOU might be one...?
I've run up against a few people in recent years who I've thought might have these tendencies, but then it's hard to tell for me sometimes if I'm just being over-sensitive because someone hurt my feelings, or if I just caught them on a bad day (though when you realize it's been a bad several months, or years, of empathy-deficiency, you do start to wonder)...sometimes I give people way too much benefit of the doubt, and sometimes no benefit of the doubt at all.
I really would like to read some concrete examples of these types from your own life if you have them. Also, does anyone have a good link with descriptions of these types and the differences between them? Too lazy to find one myself right now