A dear friend of 30 years, betrayed or past... dating an unsympathetic human?

Still, the news continues with the case of close friends in the entertainment industry betraying each other. Many people can't believe that only very close people can betray each other in cold blood.

Today we want to introduce a group of people who can hurt their loved ones without guilt: Antisocial Personality Disorder.

And this is why he betrayed a dear friend who had been together for decades, can be explained by a different cognitive mechanism.

1. View relationships as "benefits" (Transactional Relationships)

People generally associate friends with a mental bond, but for people with psychopathy, they tend to view relationships in the form of "predators" and "prey," or simply as "objects / tools" to get what they want.

Description: A 10 or 30-year relationship does not have the deep "love, bond" meaning that people feel, but it is a long-term investment. As long as the friend provides benefits (money, fame, connectionism), it is also good. But when you want to make the most of it, you are ready to throw it away without regret.

2. Lack of compassion (Lack of Empathy)

This is pivotal. Psychopath usually has Cold Empathy is "knowing and understanding" that a friend will be in pain, but "not feeling" along with that pain.

Description: He knows that if he cheats his friend's money, the friend will regret it, the friend will suffer, but the feeling of pity does not work in his brain, allowing him to do cruel things in front of his eyes, while normal people just think to do it feel guilty until their hands shake.

3. No guilt (Lack of Remorse or Guilt)

Moral mechanisms that keep restraining the average person from doing evil (shame) often do not work in this group of people.

Description: If it is a normal person who accidentally wronged his friend, will lose sleep, be anxious, but the psychopath will be able to sleep well, even if he has just done a great damage to his friend, because he sees "his right to survive or his success" as more important than other people's feelings.

4. Abnormally high self-confidence (Narcissism & Grandiosity)

Psychopaths often have narcissism and are confident that they are smarter than others (Superiority Complex).

Explanation: The reason "dare" to betray him is because he is confident that he is "active." He may think he has good enough rhetoric to make excuses, think that his friends love him so much that he forgives, or think he is smart enough to spin money in time without his friends catching. This exaggerated confidence makes him dare to do what normal people do not dare to do.

5. Superficial Charm

This long-standing relationship without my friends knowing it may be due to the ability to create a smooth image.

Description: Psychopath is often charming, good-talking, trustworthy (Charming but insincere). Doing good for the past 30 years may not be all sincerity, but a "show" to maintain trust in times of need (like fattening and waiting to be slaughtered).

Conclusion in this view.

Under the assumption of psychopath, betraying a dear friend "is not an emotional decision," but a thought-through process that overlooks other people's pain and focuses on their own needs without the moral "brakes" that people have.

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