tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14563003454585467362024-03-13T05:33:20.618-07:00Sociopaths & Narcissists: A User's GuideIf you've been touched in your life by a sociopath, you understand how shameful and alone it can feel on the other side. Maybe you're being hurt by one now. Or perhaps you have concerns about a new person in your life. However you have come to know these malignant bastards, here's hoping to better educate ourselves to avoid further trouble. This blog is for warning, sharing with, and counseling those who were unfortunate enough to cross their path, and hopefully help others avoid the same fate.America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-72939571347085179372017-12-11T03:33:00.001-08:002017-12-11T03:33:26.766-08:00Learn to Love Yourself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-35234294780291624052013-07-25T09:42:00.000-07:002013-07-25T09:42:56.127-07:00A Perfect Fit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>Sociopaths tend towards spousal and child abuse (when they</strong></div>
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<strong>have set their sights on long-term relationships.) Since their own</strong></div>
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<strong>They're unaware of and unconcerned with others, and they can </strong></div>
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<strong>justify their own actions at every turn.</strong></div>
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<strong>And, after having committed an act of abuse, they utilize the victim's</strong></div>
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<strong>vic into a vulnerable position to <em>begin</em> with--to convince them that</strong></div>
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<strong><em>they</em> were to blame!</strong></div>
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<strong>The predator convinces his/her vic that the socio's needs trump the </strong></div>
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<strong>pain and hurt of the victim. The sense of superiority and deservedness</strong></div>
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<strong>of the sociopath is reestablished, and the socio continues to rule the</strong></div>
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<strong>roost...while the vic walks on eggshells and caters to their ego.</strong></div>
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<strong>Breaking free of the socio's stranglehold on</strong></div>
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<strong>to distance themselves and escape the cycle of abuse.</strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-42394464580023522772013-06-05T08:44:00.000-07:002013-06-05T08:44:57.009-07:00Narcissists Illustrated: Michael Lohan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>Yeah...he really went there.</strong></div>
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<strong>Hey, there are no boundaries or shame for</strong></div>
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<strong>a rode-hard-put-up-wet, over the hill, raging,</strong></div>
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<strong>selfish, drug addict loser who wins "Worst Parent Ever"</strong></div>
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<strong>awards year after year. </strong></div>
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<strong>Really, dude? </strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-63053341285739121182013-05-31T12:31:00.001-07:002013-05-31T12:31:29.190-07:00'Grease' is The Word<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>Socios are </strong><strong>successful because of one important tactic; <em>telling people </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>what they want to hear</em>. Making</strong><strong> them feel good so they're more easily</strong><br />
<strong>used...open to the socio's machinations. </strong><br />
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<strong>A seemingly innocuous--and even desirable--helpful quality, if it</strong><br />
<strong>were more than a means to its own end. </strong><strong>But it's the turning of the </strong><br />
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<strong>Like all calculations, it's designed to fatten up the pig before</strong><br />
<strong>leading it to slaughter. To manipulate and draw in the target as </strong><br />
<strong>part of the machinations, long term and deliberate.</strong><br />
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<strong>The more desirable and ebullient the socio makes themselves, </strong><br />
<strong>the more people desire to be in their presence....to trust them...</strong><br />
<strong>to want to be around them.</strong><br />
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<strong>Whether the sociopath is sporting a lie or the absolute truth,</strong><br />
<strong>whether they believe the words falling out of their mouth or </strong><br />
<strong>disagree vehemently, it makes no difference. It's all about the</strong><br />
<strong>usage of words (or emotions or ideas) to create what's needed</strong><br />
<strong>for their ultimate plan.</strong><br />
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<strong>And you can bet it doesn't involve the interests of anyone else.</strong><br />
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-16274122851780178522013-05-28T12:13:00.000-07:002013-05-28T12:13:26.248-07:00Suited for the Part<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>One of the most basic parts of a sociopath is that they can </strong></div>
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<strong>'read' and suss out people--figure what makes them work, </strong></div>
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<strong>and thereby what will also motivate them and control them.</strong></div>
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</strong><strong>This skill makes them great assets in fields such as managing </strong></div>
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<strong>political campaigns, controlling offices filled with workers </strong></div>
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<strong>(peons), and running death camps.</strong></div>
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<strong>They can also just as easily get high on power working in</strong></div>
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<strong>community affairs, heading up committees and being coaches </strong></div>
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<strong>for ball teams or being on boards. Because they're willing to</strong></div>
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<strong>take on jobs no one else wants with such gusto, there is a </strong></div>
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<strong>good bit of having their way with the rules, since others are</strong></div>
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<strong>And power--however much or little it may be--is the true desire </strong></div>
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<strong>of </strong><strong>someone who already feels they <em>deserve</em> to be in control</strong></div>
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<strong>of other human beings....and will say and do anything to </strong></div>
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<strong>get in a position to use it.</strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-66572437552015042102013-05-07T19:14:00.000-07:002013-05-07T19:14:41.518-07:00Drawn Badly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>Anotherr trait of those of us drawn to (and targeted by) </strong></div>
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<strong>a socio or narc is someone so scarred by past hurt that </strong></div>
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<strong>we seek out (either consciously or subconsciously) the </strong></div>
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<strong>There is a safety in being drawn to the unattainable and </strong></div>
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<strong>emotionally standoffish that our self-protection seeks out.</strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-7428462101023125312013-04-26T13:37:00.003-07:002013-04-26T13:37:47.335-07:00"Zero. Zero Fucks Given."<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>Kids who pretend to be Trayvon Martin,</strong></div>
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<strong>Kids who witness--and participate in--<u>rape</u></strong></div>
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<strong>Kids who spend more time desensitizing on a</strong></div>
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<strong>Who relish the bloodthirsty actions of a </strong></div>
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<strong>at a time when the judgement centers of their</strong></div>
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<strong>Harassment and bullying and deception</strong></div>
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<strong>via social media tools. Playing with people's emotions,</strong></div>
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<strong>'catfishing,' fake-flirting with lonely kids,</strong></div>
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<strong>Thugs. Rapists. Connivers. Cheats.</strong></div>
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<strong>Assailants. Murderers. Torturers.</strong></div>
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<strong>Excessive and dangerous 'pranks.'</strong></div>
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<strong>Remorselessness.</strong></div>
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<strong>Apathy.</strong></div>
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<strong>This is our culture, now; our new normal.</strong></div>
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<strong>It's who we--en masse-- have become, even as the </strong></div>
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<strong>polar </strong><strong> opposite facade of being </strong></div>
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<strong>well-mannered and socially well-connected </strong></div>
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<strong>This is how we live; A world of sick, duplicitous, </strong></div>
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<strong>self-condoning, mercenary, shameless, excuse-</strong></div>
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<strong>making, </strong><strong>justify-my-shit-at-all-costs world of disgusting </strong></div>
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<strong>liars and thieves. </strong></div>
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<strong>Coddled endlessly, given access to </strong></div>
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<strong>everything, exposed to all manner of depravity--</strong><strong>and, </strong></div>
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<strong>conversely, neglected and unsupervised by equally</strong></div>
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<strong>self-absorbed care-givers who are not developing </strong></div>
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<strong>and exhibiting nurturing, caring traits.</strong></div>
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<strong>IN a world devoid of personal connection,</strong></div>
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<strong>how could we expect any other result to</strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-71465951073715908452013-04-08T13:58:00.000-07:002013-04-08T13:58:46.206-07:00Just Rewards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong><em>Circles in this fiery inferno to </em></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong><em>give you the tour of!</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong><em>Who knew conservative politics</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong><em>was the wrong way to go!?!?"</em></strong></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.georgiaunity.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><strong>www.GeorgiaUnity.blogspot.com</strong></span></a></td></tr>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-20086977136948100462013-04-05T13:23:00.000-07:002013-04-05T13:23:27.027-07:00Wheel Keeps on Spinning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong>People who say hopeful and blissful and meditative silly shit </strong><br />
<strong>like "Let's focus on the good in the world," and "Nobody's all </strong><br />
<strong>bad," or "so-and-so is just misunderstood," or "There's hope for </strong><br />
<strong>the human race," do NOT feel that way or say those things </strong><br />
<strong>because they really believe it or because it's true.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>They say them because if we acknowledge in our inner self the </strong><br />
<strong>true sick, twisted, depraved, reprobate, decrepit nature of </strong><br />
<strong>this race of vulturous, duplicitous, sacks of shit we are, we'd all </strong><br />
<strong>be too god damned depressed and suicidal to go on or function.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>And it's the ones who act the nicest or the most above-it-all </strong><br />
<strong>that you most have to watch out for. The inability to trust or</strong><br />
<strong>believe or have faith in those who are selling a positive image </strong><br />
<strong>that we believe in is some soul-devouring shit. So most keep </strong><br />
<strong>believing the lies even <em>after </em>they've been proven false. </strong><br />
<br />
<strong>We just so desperately <em>need </em>a beautiful lie, a false promise to </strong><br />
<strong>hold onto. Thieves, con men, sadists, crazy people; that's </strong><br />
<strong>what this world offers. But those guys are not the ones who </strong><br />
<strong>take you by surprise; mostly you see <em>them</em> coming. It's the ones </strong><br />
<strong>who smile and cajole and play the friend or show compassion </strong><br />
<strong>as a lover that gain special access to do the most damage.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>And there's enough variety of insidious bullshit that you can live a </strong><br />
<strong>hundred years and not see all the many ways it hides and manifests </strong><br />
<strong>itself. Which is of course why people gloss over it...ignore it....</strong><br />
<strong>make light of it....and frame it as pardonable, insignificant, and </strong><br />
<strong>harmonious, changeable. </strong><br />
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<strong>Cuz it sure as shit <em>ain't</em>...and that's a deal breaker.</strong></div>
America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-84857533875751527582013-03-21T12:30:00.000-07:002013-03-21T12:30:55.435-07:00Ironies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">has the ability to </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>two</em> people...</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">ending up </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">being </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">only half a person.</span></strong></div>
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<strong>The issue in dealing with sociopaths and narcissists can't merely</strong><br />
<strong>consist of being aware of them and avoiding them.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Those of us drawn to and drawn in by these folks have to recalibrate</strong><br />
<strong>our internal engines; there is typically something inherent in us that</strong><br />
<strong>brings the calculating trolls running to our doors.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Some of the traits that tend to belong to us, otherwise known as </strong><br />
<strong>'victims' or targets for the narcs and socios;</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>*People who need to be needed, who get a part of their needs met </strong><br />
<strong>by having a role or being of use to others</strong><br />
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<strong>*People who are lonely or emotionally needy; who have done without </strong><br />
<strong>affection in the past</strong><br />
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<strong>*People who have been abused or in abusive relationships (as we are </strong><br />
<strong>always more inclined to accept and overlook abuse; even, often, to</strong><br />
<strong>be drawn to it)</strong><br />
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<strong>*People who have poor boundaries, who have not learned to stand up</strong><br />
<strong>for themselves</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>*People who have issues with codependency (wanting someone else </strong><br />
<strong>to make them feel complete, obsession with others, eternally lonely and</strong><br />
<strong>deferring to others)</strong><br />
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<strong>*People who care more about others' feelings than their own (No, this</strong><br />
<strong>is NOT a positive attribute, despite what they drilled into you in Sunday</strong><br />
<strong>school!)</strong><br />
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<strong>To truly combat against outside abuses, we have to be aware of our </strong><br />
<strong>inner landscape and make the necessary changes to reshape the parts</strong><br />
<strong>of us that are self geared for self-preservation.</strong><br />
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<strong>It's entirely possible, and we are certainly worth the effort.</strong><br />
<strong>I made the necessary changes, and so can you.</strong><br />
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-2000864717909297762013-03-09T13:22:00.000-08:002013-03-09T13:22:18.665-08:00Sympathy for the Devil<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">(Tip of the hat to fellow blogger Ben for the title! Check out his </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: blue;">blog </span></strong><strong><span style="color: blue;">"Sympathy for the Devil" in my faves!)</span></strong><br />
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<strong>Sociopaths will engage in two tactics (or variations thereof) in</strong><br />
<strong>order to create a sympathetic persona for themselves. As always</strong><br />
<strong>the purpose is to manipulate others and draw them into the fold.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>The first type of tactic is to completely invent a scenario that they</strong><br />
<strong>will attribute to themselves, one they will claim as a real happening </strong><br />
<strong>in their life. The bit of history (or current issue) will have such </strong><br />
<strong>excruciatingly detailed nuances that questioning its origins will </strong><br />
<strong>never occur to most.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Socios are master liars, but they will sometimes borrow from </strong><br />
<strong>works of fiction in order to maintain a plausible story. Hell, they</strong><br />
<strong>probably get an extra thrill from doing so as it would mean they</strong><br />
<strong>were pulling one over on someone even more because the mark</strong><br />
<strong>didn't pick up on a classic tale.</strong><br />
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<strong>The second method of garnering people's affection is to take a</strong><br />
<strong>minor, insignificant (but real) experience from their past and play </strong><br />
<strong>it up as traumatic and heartbreaking. They use the tools they have</strong><br />
<strong>gathered from observing people with actual emotions and merge</strong><br />
<strong>them with the non-issue to manufacture a sense of gravitas for</strong><br />
<strong>themselves.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>All of this is designed to draw empathy from the people around </strong><br />
<strong>them, maybe help them to fit in a little more with this sympathetic </strong><br />
<strong>tale. It's all about the end game with these guys, and they're ever</strong><br />
<strong>planning its arrival. When we think people are hurting, we tend to </strong><br />
<strong>let down our guard and feel more at ease with them.</strong><br />
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<strong>With a sociopath and narcissist, that's like inviting the vampire </strong><br />
<strong>into your home.</strong><br />
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<strong>**********************************************</strong>America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-12580812822399285522013-03-04T13:45:00.003-08:002013-03-04T13:45:49.402-08:00"Wha- happened?!?"<br />
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<strong>"Why is it my sociopath <em>started out</em> like a sad sack and </strong><br />
<strong>then <em>this </em>guy showed up out of nowhere?"</strong><br />
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<strong>Socios employ a variety of tactics to snare their prey. </strong><br />
<strong>Many play the martyr--the long suffering hurt victim of </strong><br />
<strong>any number of things...bad marriage, a job that doesn't </strong><br />
<strong>appreciate them, a family that treats them badly, etc. </strong><br />
<br />
<strong>This is to gain sympathy and tug on the heartstrings of </strong><br />
<strong>empathic and gullible, big-hearted people--the easiest </strong><br />
<strong>ones to trick. With a sad story, they can win over the </strong><br />
<strong>targets who want to care take of and help people. </strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>It's part of their 'I'll be whoever you want me to be' strategy </strong><br />
<strong>that allows them to do whatever it takes. The only base </strong><br />
<strong>personality of a socio is a manipulative pathological liar. </strong><br />
<strong>They are essentially blank slates...empty vessels under </strong><br />
<strong>whatever ruse they use.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>They can switch it on and off in a moment, to play victim </strong><br />
<strong>to one person, then walk across the room and play Big </strong><br />
<strong>Man to another, and then access another role to draw in </strong><br />
<strong>someone else. They can be a smooth operator who has </strong><br />
<strong>investors thinking they're a wheeler-dealer and a debonair </strong><br />
<strong>world traveller, or for the needy widow they become a </strong><br />
<strong>vulnerable guy who 'really just needs a loving touch.'</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Once you see the beast, don't be fooled; <em>That</em> is the real deal.</strong><br />
<strong>Don't buy the arguments and pretenses.</strong><br />
<strong>Don't let your guard down again.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>The monster is the real person and the 'needy soul' is the</strong><br />
<strong>trap they lay. You have not stumbled upon the first case </strong><br />
<strong>in history where the opposite is true. Quit lying to yourself.</strong><br />
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<strong>****************************************</strong>America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-17387460804134968382013-02-19T10:34:00.001-08:002013-02-19T10:34:26.738-08:00It's Not Unusual<br />
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<strong>When you tell the truth about someone who's evil,</strong><br />
<strong>it's not a matter like in the movies where everyone </strong><br />
<strong>cheers and heads start nodding in affirmative approval.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>The person you confront doesn't say "You're right," and </strong><br />
<strong>set about correcting the issues. </strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>There are no apologies, no deep and burning turning</strong><br />
<strong>around of one's life because of the public embarrassment.</strong><br />
<strong>No introspection and curiosity about how to join a </strong><br />
<strong>commune and make restitution.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>No, in Reality, confronted con men DENY.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>They dig their heels in deeper on their stories.</strong><br />
<strong>They act as if the revealer is the immoral one, and they set </strong><br />
<strong>about destroying <em>your </em>reputation and relationships with new</strong><br />
<strong>elaborate lies and shadow campaigns.</strong><br />
<br />
<strong>They funnel their rage at being caught into undermining your </strong><br />
<strong>credibility and inventing more sweeping manipulations to</strong><br />
<strong>sucker people. Coming clean does not occur to them.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>Exposure turns sociopaths and narcissists into trapped</strong><br />
<strong>beasts, and that leads to rabid crazy-making. (Yes, moreso</strong><br />
<strong>than usual.)</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong>They make your truth-telling into a 'patently absurd attack' and</strong><br />
<strong>are then, 'rightfully' filled with righteous indignation, t</strong><strong>hey resent </strong><br />
<strong>and blame and get bombastic. They bully and </strong><strong>intimidate and </strong><br />
<strong>threaten. </strong><strong>They put up such great appearances </strong><strong>to continue and </strong><br />
<strong>recommit to their lies that people think you must </strong><strong>surely be out </strong><br />
<strong>of your mind.</strong><br />
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<strong>So be wary of trying to topple one....</strong><br />
<strong>Even what should be their defeat they can turn their way.</strong>America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-39401714194884858662013-02-12T09:32:00.000-08:002013-02-12T09:32:06.204-08:00Gin Wigmore - "Man Like That"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/is6AFxPkTAA" width="480"></iframe><br />
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<strong>Nothing like a cautionary tale with a rocking beat and a happening video!</strong><br />
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<strong>A Sociopath's <em>version </em>of an apology is </strong></div>
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<strong>"Why were you stupid enough</strong></div>
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<strong>or</strong></div>
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<strong>"You're the vulnerable and naive one;</strong></div>
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<strong>I'm not<em> responsible</em> for how you respond</strong></div>
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<strong>to my deeply deceptive machinations."</strong></div>
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<strong>or</strong></div>
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<strong>"You kind of <em>asked</em> to be abused</strong></div>
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<strong>and taken advantage of, really."</strong></div>
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<strong>But never,</strong></div>
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<strong>never-ever</strong></div>
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<strong><u>Never</u> will you hear</strong></div>
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<strong>"I was wrong."</strong></div>
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<strong>or</strong></div>
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<strong>"I'm truly sorry."</strong></div>
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<strong>or</strong></div>
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<strong>"What can I do to make it up to you?"</strong></div>
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<strong>The 'blame-the-victim'</strong></div>
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<strong>and <br />'I'm so misunderstood'</strong></div>
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<strong>rift is the closest these guys get</strong></div>
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<strong>to (feigned) remorse, kids!</strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-87522050354626678132013-01-18T09:54:00.001-08:002013-01-18T09:54:39.883-08:00Trending<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>We are a nation of salesmen, liars, frauds, cons, cheats, and manipulators.</strong><br />
<strong>Lacking civility and integrity, it's every man for themselves... but with a cover story</strong><br />
<strong>of the 'great Christian nation' (so long as that will get you somewhere.)</strong><br />
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<strong><br /></strong><strong>A skewed sense of ego, expectation, nerve, bravado, and privilege;</strong><br />
<strong>the worst of the worst getting away with all manner of criminal pursuits</strong><br />
<strong>in between Cheshire cat photo ops and charity cover-ups.</strong><br />
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<strong><br /></strong><strong>The hubris of immoral thieves and dirt bags, loudly demanding and intimidating</strong><br />
<strong>with their thuggish tactics coupled with a disconnect from objective reality.</strong><br />
<strong>We are spawning sociopaths as our main export, and that's a short-term</strong><br />
<strong>'gain' that will definitely come back to bite us in the ass.</strong><br />
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-86203266920388059042013-01-12T10:42:00.000-08:002013-01-12T10:42:45.249-08:00Sell That Story!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Quickly, without forethought, answer the following;</strong></div>
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<strong>Is this a picture of terrorism or collateral damage?</strong></div>
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<strong>What's the difference in the two?</strong></div>
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<strong>What you were told to think about it.</strong></div>
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<strong>Just like our country's leaders have the ability to</strong></div>
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<strong>spin things and make their own reality out of life</strong></div>
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<strong>(many a narcissist present in <em>that</em> group, surely)</strong></div>
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<strong>so too is a socio masterfully manipulative in the way </strong></div>
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<strong>they do a PR job on everyone in their radius.</strong></div>
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<strong>No matter what's in front of your eyes, they</strong></div>
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<strong>skillfully convince you to see what they wish.</strong></div>
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<strong>There, there,...that's a good little sheep.</strong></div>
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<strong>We have to learn to break the spell and</strong></div>
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<strong>resist the charms; think for ourselves and not </strong></div>
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<strong>Everybody's pushing a story...and </strong></div>
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<strong>a <em>story</em> is just what it is.</strong></div>
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<strong>When it looks dangerous and destructive,</strong></div>
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<strong>why would you allow yourself to think</strong></div>
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<strong>any other way about something?</strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-20335940706800982532013-01-10T13:11:00.000-08:002013-01-10T13:11:55.405-08:00Science, Not a Mystery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>A sociopathic personality is a fixed phenomenon.</strong></div>
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<strong>They are a black hole masquerading as a </strong></div>
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<strong>human being.</strong></div>
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<strong>Beautiful in some respects, dark and 'mysterious-</strong></div>
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<strong>seeming,' and ultimately nothing of note </strong></div>
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<strong>more than destruction and danger.</strong></div>
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<strong>They do not change their essence </strong></div>
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<strong>simply because of perceptions or issues </strong></div>
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<strong>of proximity, observers' ignorance, or</strong></div>
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<strong>passage of time.</strong></div>
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<strong>Scientifically knowable, absolute, to be</strong></div>
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<strong>avoided at all costs. It can only be </strong></div>
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<strong>what it was made to be. Respect that,</strong></div>
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<strong>and stop disregarding its nature.</strong></div>
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<strong>Fantasizing that you can put a leash on</strong></div>
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<strong>a sociopath or expect sincerity--or that they</strong></div>
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<strong>will change in any fashion--is the same as </strong></div>
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<strong>thinking you can put a black hole in a </strong></div>
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<strong>box and tame it.</strong></div>
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<strong>You can't <em>wish</em> it different; and while you </strong></div>
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<strong>You wouldn't have sympathy or empathy for </strong></div>
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<strong>a deadly force of nature, would you?<br /><br />So stop making excuses for and returning</strong></div>
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<strong>to the abuse of a narcissist.</strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-63885561433622418192013-01-02T09:53:00.000-08:002013-01-02T09:53:00.089-08:00Perspective<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Dastardly Bastards never <em>see</em></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">themselves as the bad guys;</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">they're just unjustly vilified folks</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">who are misunderstood.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Don't let <em>their</em> lack of remorse</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">or conscience fool you </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">to the facts of their deeds.</span></strong></div>
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America Wokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07770940546018783151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456300345458546736.post-61231500762253347872012-12-31T10:43:00.000-08:002012-12-31T10:43:05.997-08:00"Never Gonna Give You Up"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<strong>"<em>At first he was all like</em>...</strong></div>
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<strong><em>and then he was like...."</em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>Mind-fucking</em> is the name of the game</strong></div>
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<strong>Causing emotional pain, getting folks</strong></div>
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<strong>to let their guard down, playing</strong></div>
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<strong>passive-aggressive games to mess with </strong></div>
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<strong>a person's head--that's all the<em> ultimate</em></strong></div>
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<strong>high for a career pathological dickhead.</strong></div>
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<strong>They don't change; it's the <em>grandest </em>of </strong></div>
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<strong>addictions to control and hold power </strong></div>
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<strong>over other people. It's a persuasion and</strong></div>
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<strong>a desire like no other for them.</strong></div>
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<strong>Pretending they've turned over a new leaf</strong></div>
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<strong>to get you to trust them (or to have</strong></div>
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<strong>'closure') is just a new web they're spinning.</strong></div>
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<strong>And since there's never an end to </strong></div>
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<strong>the number of people they can target, they </strong></div>
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<strong>don't fear getting lonely.</strong></div>
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<strong>There's no cure for a predator.</strong></div>
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<strong>Your love will not set them free.</strong></div>
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<strong>Don't be the 'dumb bitch' in the movie</strong></div>
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<strong>who goes back into the house to see</strong></div>
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<strong>if the monster's still there.</strong></div>
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<strong>Just pick yourself up, and...</strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>RUN</em>, Girl, <u>RUNNNN</u>!</span></strong></div>
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<strong>"It's all about the money, baby!"</strong></div>
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<strong>A confidence man is an exquisite study in self-sufficient organisms.</strong><br />
<strong>They take a person's own fears, desires, and other personal innermost aspects--</strong><br />
<strong>the pieces of your most basic nature, your soul--and use them as ammunition</strong><br />
<strong>against that person, their target.</strong><br />
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<strong>In a sense, you're at war with yourself.</strong><br />
<strong>They stimulate a place in you that has never been touched--an intimacy</strong><br />
<strong>unparalleled--so that it not only a deeply private matter you want kept hidden,</strong><br />
<strong>but the embarrassment at being used in such a way is intense.</strong><br />
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<strong>That's the violation; they prey on the innermost subliminal feelings,</strong><br />
<strong>and once they achieve what they want, you are left once again alone,</strong><br />
<strong>but feeling the loss of that false promise.</strong><br />
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<strong>They put you in touch with your dreams, believing in the possibility,</strong><br />
<strong>having primal desires awakened,...and then you're left holding a bill</strong><br />
<strong>of goods.</strong><br />
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<strong>But the precision of the predatory assessment, the execution, the </strong><br />
<strong>detachment from the sickness of what's done and the absolute dedication </strong><br />
<strong>to one's own survival at all costs is an admirable quality within the </strong><br />
<strong>sociopath. Surely there is something to be learned from dissecting their</strong><br />
<strong>methodology and drive, so we might become more adept at survival </strong><br />
<strong>ourselves.</strong><br />
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<strong>Ruthlessness may not necessarily be a learned skill, but it's for</strong><br />
<strong>damned sure a useful one. At the very least, we have to stop beating </strong><br />
<strong>ourselves up...or allowing others to do so.</strong><br />
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