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Lack of remorse — Psychopaths don’t care how their behavior affects other people.
They may forget about something that hurts someone, or they may insist that others are
overreacting when their feelings are hurt.

Ultimately, they don’t experience any guilt for causing people pain. In fact, they often
rationalize their behavior and blame other people.

Shallow affect — Psychopaths don’t show many emotions—at least not genuine ones.

They may appear cold and unemotional much of the time. But when it serves them
well, they might exhibit a dramatic display of feelings.

These are usually short-lived and quite shallow. For example, they may show anger if

they can intimidate someone, or they might show sadness to manipulate someone. But
they don’t really experience these emotions.

Lack of empathy — Psychopaths struggle to understand how someone else might feel
afraid, sad, or anxious. It just doesn’t make sense to them as they’re not able to read

people.

They’re completely indifferent to people who are suffering—even when it’s a close
friend or family member.

Parasitic lifestyle — Psychopaths may have sob stories about why they can’t earn

money, or they might often report being victimized by others.

Then, they take advantage of the kindness of others by depending on them financially.
They use people to get whatever they can with no regard for how a person may feel.

Poor behavioral controls — Psychopaths struggle to follow rules, laws, and policies

much of the time. Even if they set out to follow the rules, they usually don’t stick to
them for long.

Promiscuous sexual behavior — Since they don’t care about the people around them,

psychopaths are likely to cheat on their partners. They may engage in unprotected sex
with strangers. .