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Psychopathy Test - Am I a Psychopath?

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Instructions

This quiz is designed to help give you some idea about whether or not you may be a psychopath or sociopath, or have psychopathic tendencies. This quiz is not meant to diagnose psychopathy or tell you definitively whether or not you’re a psychopath. But it will give you a pretty good idea, based upon the research. For each item, indicate how much you agree or disagree with the statement. Take your time and answer truthfully for the most accurate results.

This online screening is not a diagnostic tool. Only a trained medical professional, like a doctor or mental health professional, can help you determine the next best steps for you.

A person suffering from psychopathy is something that mental health professionals might typically diagnose as antisocial personality disorder. Someone with this kind of personality disorder typically experiences four (4) or more of the following symptoms: failure to conform to social norms; deceitfulness; impulsivity; irritability and aggressiveness; a reckless disregard for other people’s safety; consistent irresponsibility; and a lack of remorse.

Learn more: Symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder

Many people confuse psychopathy with sociopathy. These are pop psychology terms whose meaning are not well-defined by researchers, but you can understand the differences between a psychopath and a sociopath here.

Learn more: Why Do People Become Psychopaths?

Treatment of Antisocial Personality Disorder

While psychopathy doesn’t completely align with antisocial personality disorder, the two are similar enough to suggest treatment options might also be similar. You can learn more about the treatment options here.

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Psychopathy Test - Am I a Psychopath?

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Instructions

This online screening is not a diagnostic tool. Only a trained medical professional, like a doctor or mental health professional, can help you determine the next best steps for you.

Learn more: Symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder

Learn more: Why Do People Become Psychopaths?

Treatment of Antisocial Personality Disorder

Ready to start therapy? Our Find a Therapist resource may help.

Last medically reviewed on November 17, 2020

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Medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PhD, PsyD — By Psych Central Staff on November 18, 2020

Spring exacerbation: How to recognize a psychopath

Spring is the time of love and spring exacerbations. It was at this time, according to statistics, that it is easy to pick up a nice and charming psychopath on the street, in a bar, public transport and in general anywhere.

What is a psychopath?

If we talk about terms, then a psychopath is an abbreviation for the term "mental pathology". Simply put, a psychopath is a predator who takes advantage of other people through charm, deceit, violence, and other methods to get what he wants. nine0003

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Of course, one should not write down all the polls as psychopaths. We are all people, and at different moments of life we can not be friends with the head. But a psychopath differs from an ordinary, adequate person in that his inadequacy is a permanent state, not a temporary one.

And the problem is that identifying a psychopath is not so easy. You can easily connect your life with him, suffer for a long time and hard, being in a close relationship with him. So, for example, it is very easy to get him as a husband or wife, as a lover or mistress, as a friend. nine0003

Why is it easy to get into a relationship with a psychopath?

Unlike normal people, psychopaths are able to please others extremely. This is their special ability. And they use it when they seek to have a close relationship with someone.

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By the way, as a rule, psychopaths have increased sexuality. They are more sexual than usual, attractive and more indefatigable in sexual affairs than normal people. This is explained by the fact that their animal essence dominates over the spiritual human. nine0003

Psychopaths literally charm people with their understanding and attractiveness. This mechanism is akin to the behavior of killer flowers. A psychopath is able to seduce you into any relationship with him - from family and love-sexual to friendship. And then slowly and persistently will begin to "devour" you. And then he will simply forget about you, taking everything he needed from you.

Living with a psychopath

You can live with a psychopath. And you can even live happily ever after. True, for this you need to be the same as him, a psychopath. That is, to profess and adhere to the same principles in life as he did. If not, then your life with him will turn into an eternal hell, from which you can only escape from the "inadequate". Do not hope to remake it, since psychopathy is a state of the individual and the psyche, which means it is incurable. With modern methods and drugs of psychotherapy, psychopathy can only be slightly corrected. nine0003

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How to recognize a psychopath

Since, according to statistics, every hundredth person on the globe is a psychopath, then at least one in a hundred of your acquaintances is almost certainly related to them. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to be able to calculate a psychopath in order to always keep an eye on him and not allow himself to be harmed.

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Here is 19the most significant signs of psychopaths:

Psychopaths are not just attractive - they are charming. Especially at first glance. Sweet, intelligent and smart.
The charm of psychopaths always helps them to catch people in their networks and make them do what the psychopaths themselves need. Riding others is their favorite pastime. They know how to flatter like no one else.
Psychopaths speak well. They can easily give out a real acting monologue, forcing others to listen to themselves with their mouths open. They will most likely not let you insert your word. nine0056
Psychopaths are never consistent in their lives. Frequent change of places of work and study, love partners and even views. In the distant era before e-books, on the table of a psychopath, one could easily find 10-20 books that he began to read and abandoned everything at the very beginning.

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Psychopaths lie all the time. Everyone and for any reason. They lie to no avail and do not particularly try to hide it. The actions of psychopaths very often diverge from their words. nine0056
They do not recognize any norms of behavior and moral laws, as well as often legal laws, considering them unnecessary, fictitious restrictions. They can steal, cheat, mock people and consider this to be completely natural behavior, to which they have every right.
Psychopaths don't respect anyone. Always consider themselves superior to their surroundings. In a work team, a psychopath who is at the bottom rung of the administrative ladder can easily jump over the head of all his bosses and go directly to the head of the organization to resolve the issue, sometimes literally bursting into the boss’s office for this. nine0056
Psychopaths become enraged very easily and can be intimidating. However, they are also easy and calm down. Switches between rage and calm can be almost instantaneous.
In communication, the psychopath adheres to a condescending and contemptuous tone. He always does this when he does not want to seem very nice, as he knows how. And even in relation to people older than him in age and position. Such condescending and contemptuous behavior of a psychopath, his ironic half-smile on his lips in response to all objections of the opponent often bring people to a state of white heat. If this happens, the psychopath patronizingly invites the opponent to calm down. Or, on the contrary, he falls into inadequate repentance: he begins to wring his hands, kneel down and ask for forgiveness. nine0056
The psychopath blames others, most often people close to him, for his own shortcomings and misdeeds. At the same time, he is well aware when he speaks a lie. But very often, at the time of the dispute, he begins to accuse the opponent of his own lies, infuriating him. This is the goal of a psychopath - to deprive his interlocutor of peace of mind.
Psychopaths are two-faced and many-sided. They can change their masks every minute. Just now, the psychopath played the role of the "evil cop" in front of you and immediately turned into a "poor child" who should be pitied. But as soon as you soften, he will immediately try to "bite" you again. nine0008
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Psychopaths do not remember the good, but always remember the evil done to them. And not only remember, but also greatly exaggerate it. Communicating with a psychopath, you will always be aware of how terrible his parents, grandparents, acquaintances, partners, school teachers, kindergarten teachers and everyone else were. How they all did not accept him and bullied him all his life.
When dealing with a psychopath, you may get the impression that this person simply does not understand what hurts people. You may even want to explain it to him. Don't be in a hurry. You can be sure that a psychopath always knows that he is hurting, and he does it on purpose. nine0056
Psychopaths never have a lasting good relationship with anyone. They have no friends, they hardly communicate with relatives, love partners run away from them.
Behind the wheel, a psychopath often adheres to a dangerous driving style: speeding, cutting, pressing. It gives him real pleasure to see the fear of other people, especially if he is not alone in the car.
Psychopaths love to arouse feelings of jealousy in their love partners. They can easily come on a date and bring a "friend" of the opposite sex with them. This behavior is demonstrated by both male psychopaths and women. nine0056
Psychopaths sleep little. Usually no more than 4-5 hours a day. And almost all the time they are in a state of excitement and "business" activity.
Psychopaths often have perverted needs in their sexual life and force their partners to satisfy them.
Psychopaths have a reduced sense of danger. They often go in for extreme sports.

How to communicate with psychopaths?

If you want to preserve your mental health, it is better not to communicate with them at all. From them it is possible and it is necessary to abstract. If fate brought you to a psychopath in your personal life, run away from him, if with your boss, quit. If the psychopath is a colleague you meet on a daily basis, but who is not your supervisor, simply ignore him, no matter what he says or does. nine0003

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And most importantly, trust your instincts and intuition. If you think someone has psychopathic traits, stay away from that person so you don't get manipulated or dragged into a relationship that will only hurt you.

How to recognize a male psychopath: signs

He is not at all what he seems: not an unrecognized genius, not a male mystery and not an enchanted prince. He is a psychopath. Real. And if you find in him several signs out of these ten, run before it's too late. nine0003

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He was a "bad boy" and proud of it

He is happy to tell you how he guarded half the school and regularly dunked his head in the toilet of all the losers? Is he proud of the fact that he "knocked out" money from these same losers? His stories of teenage sexual experiences are more like scripted thrillers, and the victims are, of course, girls? These are not "sins of youth". This is the true nature of a psychopath, just at that age he has not yet learned to hide it. Since then, in fact, nothing has changed - it's the same sadist, just in the mask of a decent person. His methods are different, but the principle is the same: he tortures people and enjoys it. nine0003

He doesn't worry about anything

Psychopaths are not capable of empathy, other people's feelings simply do not exist for them. A psychopath can watch the most disgusting horror movie in which people are tortured, and at the same time chew a sandwich with appetite. He will not react in any way to the news of any catastrophe. If he is informed about a serious illness or even the death of a loved one, he will shrug his shoulders and say "It happens." He does not hide his true feelings under the mask of a harsh, impenetrable man. He just doesn't have these feelings. The only person a psychopath considers worthy of sympathy is himself. The rest are not very people at all, in his opinion. Mannequins, which he uses as decorations. By the way, he also has no sense of shame. At all. nine0003

He's an unfortunate victim

Psychopaths like to talk about how everyone hurts them. There are enemies around. Everyone wishes him harm, trips him up, deceives him, uses him for his own selfish purposes, and, of course, no one understands or appreciates him. But he is actually a magnificent hero, selflessly doing good, yes, yes. If you do not agree with this, then you immediately become an enemy: now you do not appreciate him either and simply use him. How could you! The performance is masterfully performed, so that you really will soon believe that he is a victim. nine0003

He is always right

The psychopath is sure that he cannot be wrong. He will never take responsibility for his actions, and he will never admit that he is wrong. Instead, he will blame anyone involved for everything, and he will expose himself, again, as an unfortunate victim. The only exception to this rule is manipulation: the psychopath admits that he is really to blame, but it's not about him, it's about you, for example. It was you who brought him. It is you who are cruel and unfair, it is because of you that he made a mistake, it is you who are to blame for everything. nine0003

He is an adrenaline addict

A psychopath needs constant mental stimulation - his emotional sphere is too poor, he does not feel alive if he does not constantly stimulate emotions. At the same time, psychopaths rarely use extreme sports as a stimulant, for example. They prefer alcohol, sexual promiscuity, risky driving, scandals and fights.

He was married several times

Psychopaths, as we have already found out, are incapable of love, but they are able to instantly get carried away. In addition, they have a passion for grand gestures. Propose on a first date? Easy! Naturally, a psychopath does not marry because he is in love, but because he likes to be in the spotlight, he revels in his role as a handsome prince and groom. And does it over and over again. So if a very young man has more than three marriages in his anamnesis, it makes sense to think about it. Most likely, he really is a psychopath. nine0003

He is a parasite. become someone's partner in business, and it is obvious that the enterprise will come to an end very soon. A psychopath cannot give, he can only take.

He is a manipulator

All psychopaths are subtle manipulators, so subtle that their victims sometimes do not understand what is happening for a very long time and blame themselves for everything.

He always hits the sick

Psychopaths are not only born manipulators, but also born actors. They know how to pretend to be sympathetic, sincerely loving people who certainly want to open up and tell about all their troubles. A psychopath will listen carefully and remember it forever. And then, at the right moment, it will hit the most painful point.

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By the way are you a psychopath

Psychopathy Test - Am I a Psychopath?

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Psychopathy Test - Am I a Psychopath?

Treatment of Antisocial Personality Disorder

Ready to start therapy? Our Find a Therapist resource may help.

Read this next

Spring exacerbation: How to recognize a psychopath

What is a psychopath?

Why is it easy to get into a relationship with a psychopath?

Living with a psychopath

How to recognize a psychopath

Here is 19the most significant signs of psychopaths:

How to communicate with psychopaths?

How to recognize a male psychopath: signs

He was a "bad boy" and proud of it

He doesn't worry about anything

He's an unfortunate victim

He is always right

He is an adrenaline addict

He was married several times

He is a parasite. become someone's partner in business, and it is obvious that the enterprise will come to an end very soon. A psychopath cannot give, he can only take.

He is a manipulator

He always hits the sick