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Reposting for those insane tags that should NOT be ignored ⬇️
I feel so insane obsessing for JPM for a year now, I get other fictional crushes but I just keep coming back to him as if he's a normal man to love. Like I think it's because he doesn't act that much psychotic on how he really is. It's like hidden deep inside him and is a good manipulator with his looks and charms HE CAN MANIPULATE YOU WITH HIS LOOKS AND MOVES SO EASILY. He's like going to make you be so confused of who he really is. He just looks like a real gentleman in a suit everyday, he's so clean and speaks so fancy. But deep inside is damn gruesome. He's a real boss, he's the goddamn best psycho in American Horror Story. If you disagree, argue with the wall.
Every time I see people talking about ‘psychopathy’ like it’s a real diagnosable thing and not a bullshit social construct it makes me die a little bit inside.
I mean technically if you're looking for an actual medical thing that corresponds, it's ASPD, but the reason ASPD exists in the first place as a diagnosis is because it is really, really hard to make any objective measure of the main traits of 'psychopathy.' Which is why in pop culture everyone loves to 'diagnose' storybook villains and violent criminals as 'psychopaths', because it's just so subjective.
The main problem with ‘psychopathy’ is that it only exists because people wanted to say that everyone evil must have a specific mental disorder, so they should make a mental disorder based around the common perception of evil.
Which is so wrong as both a scientific and moral judgment. Notice that no one ever 'diagnoses' a nice/moral/kind person (real or fictional) with psychopathy, because the idea of 'psychopathy' is so firmly entwined with evil.
Please know that no psychological/psychiatric institution considers psychopathy a diagnosable medical condition.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
New Study Reveals Brain Basis of Psychopathy
According to a Finnish study, the structure and function of the brain areas involved in emotions and their regulation are altered in both psychopathic criminal offenders and otherwise well-functioning individuals who have personality traits associated with psychopathy.
Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterised by persistent antisocial behaviour, impaired empathy, and bold, disinhibited and egotistical traits. However, similar antisocial traits are also common, yet less pronounced, with people who are well-off psychologically and socially. It is possible that the characteristics related to psychopathy form a continuum where only the extreme characteristics lead to violent and criminal behaviour. The collaborative study of Turku PET Centre, Karolinska Institutet, and Psychiatric Hospital for Prisoners in Finland examined the brain structure and function in psychopathic prisoners and healthy volunteers. Brain structure was measured with magnetic resonance imaging. The participants also viewed violent and non-violent films while their brain activity was monitored with functional magnetic resonance imaging.
(Image caption: Brain areas with decreased density in psychopaths)
–In psychopathic criminal offenders, the density of the brain areas involved in cognitive control and emotion regulation was compromised. When viewing violent films, these areas showed stronger reactions in psychopaths. In a large sample of healthy control participants, psychopathy-related traits were associated in similar changes in brain structure and function: The more psychopathic characteristics a person had, the more their brain resembled the brains of psychopathic criminals, explains Professor Lauri Nummenmaa from Turku PET Centre at the University of Turku, Finland.
– Structural and functional changes in the brain were focused in the areas involved in emotions and their regulation. The changes in the activity and structure of these areas can explain the callousness and impulsiveness associated with psychopathy, says Professor Jari Tiihonen from the Karolinska Institutet.
– The results show that the degree of psychopathic characteristics varies also in the general population. Having a little bit of psychopathy-related traits does not cause problems, but for about one percent of the population, psychopathy is so strong that it may lead to criminal and violent behaviour, notes Chief Psychiatrist and Docent Hannu Lauerma from the Psychiatric Hospital for Prisoners in Finland.
– Studying prisoners is difficult, but provides critical information about the neurobiology of violence and aggression. Conducting this type of a study would not have been possible without the help from the staff at Turku Prison, emphasises Nummenmaa.
The findings help to understand the biological mechanisms behind violence, and enable to plan new and more effective treatments to aggression and antisocial behaviour.