Researchers want to know about your experience with a psychopath
PDF Plenty of scientific researchers have studied psychopaths. But few have studied the victims of psychopaths, so there is little documentation of what we have all been through.
Perhaps that is beginning to change.
Lovefraud has been contacted by a researcher from Carleton University in Ottowa, Ontario, Canada. She is conducting a study entitled Victimization, coping, and social support of adult survivors of psychopaths. The graduate student is working under the supervision of Dr. Adelle Forth, who is a colleague of Dr. Robert Hare.
The purpose of the study is “to gain an understanding of the victimization experiences of adult (18+) survivors of psychopaths, in an attempt to raise awareness amongst the general public, and mental health and criminal justice professionals.”
Everyone at Lovefraud is invited to participate.
The researcher has developed a web-based survey. The survey has both self-report scales and open-ended questions. You will be asked to rate the presence or absence of psychopathic traits of the most recent psychopathic individual you have been involved with on one scale. Questions revolve around demographics, your relationship and experiences with the psychopath, including being deceived and its impact on your mental and physical health, your ways of coping, and your support networks. The survey does not ask for any information that might identify you.
Completing the survey will take approximately one hour, and Lovefraud strongly encourages you to participate. If you are concerned about your safety, please be sure to take appropriate precautions.
Here—finally—is a chance to develop information that may make a difference in how victims of psychopaths are viewed and treated. Let’s take advantage of the opportunity.
Data is being collected from now until Dec. 31, 2008. Be sure to add your voice.
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Wini says:
That’s mommy doesn’t live here … sorry, typed too fast… and this borrowed computer sucks.
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Indigoblue says:
You think I didnt say your mommy doesnt live here a million times the only thing he learned from mommy was to put the toilet seat down he was good at that ! that has to be a female thing !
~ us men look before we sit 
~ DUUUUUUUUH !:)~
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brenda1213 says:
i took the survey and passed with flying colors, my ex could be th poster child for sociopath. when i met him 10+ yrs ago he had me convinced he had his own business(with cards and all) loved his family(he actually loathed them and does not speakto them) he actually would leave the house like he was going to work, no money, the customers fault. he had an answer to every question. to this day he still blames everyone from his dog to his brother for why he is in the spot hes in now….down and out. i believe what goes around comes around and his day is near. but i still wil NEVER let my guard down ever!!!
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Wini says:
Indigoblue: What part of selfish, self centered, self absorbed … of your EX’s personality did you forget about?
I would have turned him into to the Humane society in your area for killing your pet snake, because the pet snake, even though it was bought by him, was shared by both of you … and no animal has to be killed so carelessly and viciously like your EX did in a moment of having an adult temper tantrum and purposely destroying an innocent life of the animal … It is written in Proverbs that man will be judged how he treats the animals … not judged by man, but by God.
And yes, I am a activist for the elderly, children, the infirmed and animal rights. As should we all be in those major areas. The rest of us can take care of ourselves until we too become the elderly or infirmed.
Peace.
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Indigoblue says:
myself
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shattered says:
How do you know for sure your ex is a pyscopath, it’s not as though they volunteer for testing is it?
I’m convinced my daughter’s ex is, but he as never been assessed properly by a pyschiatrist. He did see a pyschiatrist four times and told us he has sorted his problems and was now fine. If only!!!!
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Indigoblue says:
Shattered
The best way is to observe behavior
the words will be the exact opposite of the behavior ! lies
emotional emptyness
Google Robert D. Hare read aftermath;survival after Psycopathy ! If s/he is these traits will all fall into place ! LOVE jere
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kerisee04 says:
Shattered-
There are behaviors that they manifest that follow a pattern of psychopathy/sociopathy/narcissism, etc. I’m sure most of these P’s haven’t been properly diagnosed, but most psychologists don’t want to touch the issue because not only are these people dangerous if you cross them, but there’s not a whole lot of research to go off of yet. They can’t even agree on what to call them. The only thing I can say is that all the people here have common stories. We’ve all been victims of the same attacks. We are all trying to heal from the same wounds. So, title or not, they are the predator, we have been the prey. Now if we join arm in arm, we together can be a bigger, more powerful force than dealing with the predator alone. That’s why we’re here.
Hugs.
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OxDrover says:
Dear Shattered,
Welcome to Love Fraud, it is a healing place.
I suggest tha tyou go back through the archives and read all he articles. It will give you aknowledge base from which to assess what your daughter went through and how they operate on the victims. I also suggest that you refer your daughter here if she is interested. She also needs to learn about the Psychopaths–the “diagnosis” terms are not important the important part is that they are TOXIC PEOPLE, just like a rattle snake is poison, so are the people who are predators on others. Knowledge=Power and learning about them will help both you and your daughter.
She needs your understanding and support for what she has been through. It may take her quite some time to get over it, long after she would have gotten over a “regular” break up. Because they devalue the victim and discard them. It takes a horrific toll on the self esteem and the souls of the victims. ((((hugs)))) for you and your daughter and God bless you both.
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shattered says:
Thanks so much for your comments, I’ve studied and researched and know for sure in my heart. I’ve told my daughter about your site and others but she’s unresponsive to anything at the moment, but perhaps if I explain a little some of you may be able to help me, because quite honestly I feel my heart is breaking.
I know what she is going through because I’ve been there myself, and it’s only by finding these sites myself that I can now understand, and it’s like a light coming on. My ex still stalks me 16 years after splitting up. It becomes an obsession trying to figure them out, you know they’re not right but you don’t know why, and you honestly wonder if you could have done something different. Now I eventually realise he will never change and accept responsibility for the hurt that he caused.
I don’t deny it screwed me up, and I thought I was recovered, but it’s only now, that I understand that I would say I am whole again. Well I would be if I could help my daughter.
First of all I would like to explain that my daughters will admit that they were more or less unaware of what went on in my relationship, I managed to protect them from it (my ex knew it was the one boundary he dare not cross)
My daughters situation though is much worse.
My daughter and her two daughters, aged 10 and 14, the eldest from a previous relationship, escaped and came to live with me and my partner two years ago after being with her ex for 13 years. I won’t go into details of her relationship yet, but I will tell you what as caused her to be emotional broken.
Six months after escaping the youngest was effectively kidnapped by her father and kept from us completely for four months. During that time he has completely brainwashed her, and she is totally under his control.
She is a totally different child. She abuses us and does whatever he wants her to do. He uses her in any way he can to abuse my daughter and me (to a lesser degree).
I will not even mention child protection and courts, because they totally disgust me.
Any suggestions as to how I should be handling this, in order to help my daughter and granddaughters would be very much appreciated.
Thank you all in advance.
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brenda1213 says:
to shattered, i can relate to your story. my 12 yr old daughter has been emotionally damaged due to her father and what hes done to me and our family. i tried to get orders of protection for me and my kids but the judge(female, can u believe it) only granted the order to me, he can still talk to them and see them (which thankfully is not often due to his lack of a place to live) she to this day will still protect him and stick up for him, she is in intense therapy right now for extreme anger and ptsd and mood disorder. i pray for the day that she will relize the type of person he is , and how he represents pure violence and intimidation, but until then i am doing my best to protect them and get all the availalbe help i can get thru professionals and resources in my community. best of luck to you and your family. brenda1213
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Indigoblue says:
Sigfreed & Roy
Theses guys are most probably the foremost Tiger trainers & etertainers in the world !?
well gueess what happened? yup ! Sigfreed gets Attacked +mauled and almost Killed by one of His own TIGERS!
Ok , The Tiger Union was never interviewed or even contacted
The Big Kitty welfare and ETHICS (animal services) was never questioned!
No investigation into alleged Genetic factors , Mommy Tiger or Daddy TIGER or all the Tigers before them!
No investigation into Wether this Tiger was just having a bad day!
Some of the evidence was collected that leads TSI (Tiger scene INnv.) to believe That fowl play is/was involved !
someone was reported to have been eating KFC in the audience ! TSI also stated that Fishy business was detected (Tuna sub rapper) besides just being in Las Vegas!
All the alledged Tigers pointed to the suspect !
All Tigers where born and raised and trained by People!
You can take a TIGER out of the WILD ! You can’t take WILD out of a TIGER!
LOVE jere
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shattered says:
Thanks Brenda,
We only wish she was here with us to get her the help she needs, but unfortunately that is not the case, we only see her for a few hours a weeks if we are lucky.
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Stargazer says:
IndigoB,
That story about your ex cutting off the snake’s head because it bit him really sends a chill down my spine. It also makes me especially sad because I love snakes. My own snakes have bitten me several times in the past (usually feeding-related mistakes) but a few times with one because he gets nervous being taken out of his cage. I would never dream of hurting them!!!! That is just too horrible for words. I’m so glad he is out of your life, and please do not ever go back to him.
Speaking of snakes, you will all be proud of me. I made a decision NOT to go to the reptile show this weekend. I was planning to go because there is a frozen rat vendor there who can save me some money on snake food. But my ex is likely to be there. He goes to all of them (and he followed me around the last one). I actually could feel Oxy’s skillet boinking me on the head with the message, “Is it really worth saving $15 to risk PTSD?” HELL NO!!!
Thanks to everyone here for helping me stay sane and maintain NC. I’m doing very well with 4 months NC.
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Indigoblue says:
Star
The reason your snake gets nervous is probably because of the type of cage you have ! Correct me if I am wrong but You probably have a tank , that you go into from the top ???? To the snake , this is threatening comming from above ! If you have clamp closures . you could turn the tank on it’s side , so you go in sideways instead of from the top ! ~~~~~~~~~ Love Jere
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Stargazer says:
Thanks, Indigo,
I’ve received much advice about my nervous snake on the reptile site, but who knew the best help would come from LF? I think you may be right. I am planning on buying their permanent (front opening) enclosures as soon as I can afford it. Something like boaphiles. I think they will like them better. Thanks for the great advice.
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Indigoblue says:
STAR
another thing is because snakes don’t have eyelids we can’t tell if they are sleeping! My 71/2 foot Boa Gandolf never ever bit except once I startled Him form sleeping ! You probably allready know to feed in a different location and not in their cage ! thats basic! Love jere
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blondie says:
i think im still caught up in my fantasy that the x had me believing who he was. has anyone ever been though that? for me regarding relationships i feel like i find myself looking to be with guys like the fantasy i have. it was this good looking guy, who had money, nice car, nice clothes, who had his life together. all kinds of trips and things to do. with my x even though he had those things, they were not his. that car was not in his name. he didt earn that money he scammed people to get that money. he never planned ahead or planned for the future. made promises he never kept. i think what i want is just a dream. before the x, i never wanted a guy like this.
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Indigoblue says:
Blondie Please read Aftermath:surviving Psycopathy LOVE jere
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Stargazer says:
IndigoB,
You should really join redtailboa.net. You would be able to help a lot of folks over there. I feel bad subjecting the folks here to all the snake talk. They are busy trying to deal with their own “snakes” (sociopaths).
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Indigoblue says:
See the Snake has alwasys gotten the bad rap it just aint fair ! OH thats Life isn’t Fair Oh Oh the Psy/Soc Isn’t Fair see I can make anything fit in here
~ LOVE jere
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blondie says:
is that a book or a website?
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Stargazer says:
It’s true. Sorry to have insulted snakes by comparing them to sociopaths. lol
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Indigoblue says:
Naw you did’nt insult them you love them! Star I had a Gaboon Viper she was 1foot when I got her and 5 feet when she died ! LOVE jere
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Indigoblue says:
Web site Blondie
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Stargazer says:
You kept hots?????? (That’s venomous snakes for the lay people). Gaboon vipers are some of the deadliest, aren’t they? A guy recently got bit in the face by one. I don’t know if he survived. You certainly like to live on the edge!
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Indigoblue says:
I had 2 water mocasons 1cainbreak 6copperheads a gaboon and a corn and a garter the garter had 64 babies!
Psy/Soc are not Poisioness because you can eat them !
They are venemous and when you get bit your going to need LOVEFRAUD emergency treatment
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Jen2008 says:
Stargazer said: “Sorry to have insulted snakes by comparing them to sociopaths”
I would have agreed with that statement until I came face to face with a snake in my attic. I was about 7 or 8 feet from him and he raised his upper body up from behind a board and just stayed in that position staring at me (or whatever snakes do). I froze for a minute, then slowly backed the several feet back to the attic stairs and got the heck outta there. Gotta get somebody out here to get rid of him. Guess this explains the weird noises I’ve been hearing lately at night coming from the attic. All this snake talk is giving me the creeps–lol. I don’t know which is worse now, sociopaths or snakes. I’m leaning towards snakes.
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Indigoblue says:
Jen the Snake is your friend they eat the rats or mice that make the noise in your atic LOVE jere
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Stargazer says:
Jen,
Of all the luck!!!! I keep hearing stories of people finding snakes in their toilet, in their washing machine, in their back yard, on their front porch………me, I actually go out into the wilderness LOOKING for the little darlings. Ya think I’d find even one? Never happens. I’m curious how a giant snake got into your attic though. He was probably somebody’s pet and probably waiting for you to cuddle with him.
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Unwilling Raconteur says:
I took the survey, and there were a lot of questions that I had to answer “don’t know” to about my sociopath because I honestly don’t know his full history. I mean, he was never sexually violent or intimidating with me, but that doesn’t mean that he wasn’t this way with someone else. I had to go on things that I knew about him, proof positive, such as the arrest that I did know about and an online fraud that he perpetrated once. It made me realize just how much I did not know about the man and probably never will know …
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Stargazer says:
Well, I’m no longer addicted to the sociopath. Now just addicted to the internet. How do you fix that? Do you recommend no contact with the computer?
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Indigoblue says:
Pour water in there where the disc goes in that works every time
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Stargazer says:
IndigoB, I think that’s a form of revenge. It would just instigate the computer even more. I’ll bet it would start smoking and manipulate me into getting a repair person over to fix it. I really think NC is the best.
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Jen2008 says:
Stargazer said: I’m curious how a giant snake got into your attic though. He was probably somebody’s pet and probably waiting for you to cuddle with him.
Stargazer, I see this snake has already played “the victim” to you and has you pitying him. I strongly susect this snake is a psychopath and would score high on the Hare checklist. This snake is a predator as he assessed my vulnerabilities then slithered his way into my life as soon as he spotted a weakness in my boundaries such as a hole in my foundation or a vent or a opening around a pipe.
This snakes is is very irresponsible, never notifying me of his comings and goings, partying at night with the rats, and shows a total lack of empathy over keeping me awake at night. He lives a parasitic lifestyle, not contributing a cent towards the house payment or utilites, completely mooching off me, feeling perfectly entitled to eat any food I have around the house and he doesn’t even bother to check if I mind. Not only that, he is sexually promiscous, sometimes forming mating balls where he and several of his male friends all wrap around the female snake prior to sex (the snake version of an orgy). Once he has sex with her, he ditches her and likely never sees her again, but instead hunts up another babe to get it on with. Never mind that he never even bothers to see his offspring.
I also hear he is quite cold blooded, so I think it would be fruitless for me to attempt to cuddle with him. Oh he might mimic affection by curling in my lap, but then he would show his true colors and bite me sooner or later. I feel he is probably very criminally versatile, seeing as how he broke into my home, steals, and I suspect he has poisoned some he has come in contact with when he loses his temper and strikes. I’m sure he plays the victims and implies someone stepped on him or something, but as for me, I am through believing the psychopath. I feel there is no hope for him to change his behavior as I feel it is mostly genetic. After all he is a descendant of that lying, deceiving SNAKE from the Garden of Eden, so what can you expect. I am going proactive this time and I plan to seek justice for his crime. Since it is his first offense (or at least the first one he has been caught at), I will not object to him receiving probation as long as a restraining order is issued against him and he abides by it.
And no I have not been drinking.
Jen2008
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Indigoblue says:
Jen
describ the slithering serpant as best you can from your eve (nieve) point of view ! If you tell me what state or where you live I can probably Identify it with out seeing it!
~LOVE ya! jere
1. It’s in the atic= it is not venomis (harmfull to people)
2. it’s in the atic = it’s a climber= north american serpants that climb are in the rat snake family
3. snakes cannot hear
4.most snakes hunt at night
5. snakes are cold blooded= it’s warmer in your atic than outside!!!!!
6. rodents are also seeking warmth and snakes eat rodents= rodent extermination or control at no cost to you!!!!
7. snakes make no noise= stealth is there tactic
8. snakes don’t need light to see or hunt =smell+ taste the air!
9. EVERY light fixture! EVERY ceiling fan! EVERY Air vent! IS a doorway INTO JENS ROOM!
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Wini says:
Does anyone remember reading the story about the young women who went on Spring vacation down in Mexico a few years back?
Well, she partied with all her friends for the week they were out of school …having a great ole time … remember those days?
They found a lost dog … a little white Chi-hua-hua.
She took the little dog every where she went that Spring break… All the kids she met, they all loved that little dog. The dog became their mascot … it went everywhere the kids went. When they went to eat, she made sure the little pup ate… everyone kissed the little dog … every time they saw it. They taught him tricks .. how to sit, come, stay … do flips .. the dog loved to please.
Every night when the young women and her friends went to their motel room, they argued who was going to cuddle with the puppy that night. He was in his glory … all the kids loved him and he loved all the kids. The puppy was so proud … the roomies gave him a nice pink bow … the puppy wore the bow proudly.
Spring break was over and they were driving back over the border to the states. The young woman hid the puppy in her baggy sweatshirt … even though the sun was shining brightly.
None of the guards gave the girls a second thought about them wearing short and T-shirts and here sat the young woman with a baggy sweatshirt. The girls just flirted with the border patrol … and they were passed through with flying colors.
The young woman brought her puppy into the country and walked it each and every day. Everyone in her apartment building loved the little puppy, and the puppy loved them.
Then months latter, the little puppy wasn’t feeling well. The young woman immediately rushed her little pal to the Vets.
The Vet was out when she arrived in the emergency room, so she had to leave the little puppy with the assistants and come back in a few hours after the Vet returned to his clinic.
Worried, the young woman leaned over and kissed her puppy, petted him and told him it would be OK that the Vet would cure him and she would be right by his side.
The assistants took the little dog in the back room to wait for the Vet to return.
The woman decided to run some errands and she’d be back in those few hours to be by her pal.
The young woman ran her errands and returned to the Vets clinic. The Vet came into the waiting room with a flustered look across his face. The young woman swallowed hard and said ‘What is it doctor, what’s wrong with my little puppy’?
The Vet didn’t know how to tell her except to just tell her like it was …
The young woman didn’t want to hear what the Vet was about to say … she sank slowly into her chair.
The Vet said, there is no way to say this than to just come out with it … so here it is… your puppy isn’t sick and it … isn’t a puppy.
The girl couldn’t believe her ears … what was the Vet trying to tell her?
Your new Chi-hua-hua isn’t a dog at all …. your puppy is a RAT.
Moral of the story, even RATS need love.
Peace … true story.
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maniatissa says:
Henry: Thank you so much…I have decided that I am going to limit my interactions with those who aren’t supportive…I wish that there was an in-person LF group…
I am really thankful I found this site…
I was looking at one of Tood’s posts and thinking about something that I spoke about with my counselor, which also has to do with my friend’s attitude about “you should have seen it coming…I did”…I think we still live in a society that blames the victim. I almost said to my friend that if she was so upset about what happened then why doesn’t she give my ex-P a call? Is it because no one wants to confront the perpetrator? Can they not be held accountable? Is it just easier to blame the object of the abuse?
Just some thoughts…
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henry says:
maniatissa You are welcome – more thot’s on the :friends:….I have some friends (a few very good friends) that told me after the fact – when they first met MyX – they knew he wasn’t right for me – one said – he was just different – they were happy for me of course that I had finally met someone – and my son who lives close by was involved in my dramatic relationship. At one point my son confronted me – asking what is going on Dad you look like chit….and I would try too explain the anxiety and depression – my son offered to kick (his) ass – but then guess what? I would take him back and beg him too understand – my son was confused wit me!!! But now 8 months no contact – I am not the least bit curious (well maybe a little) about where he is or what is goin on. Knowing he has so many issue’s – it is best for me to avoid him. I no longer have the need to try to make him understand how I feel or how I felt. Cause any sign of compassion I gave him would be just the chance he needed to fuck with my mind again. It’s like the movie ALIEN the first one was enuff I dont need to watch the sequel – there is no way we will ever understand them, but understanding that they are really really really ….really fucked up alien’s – and there is is is is something wrong with them.. maniatissa – its gonna hurt for awhile but in time you will see just what I mean….thank your lucky starz he is gone…..
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OxDrover says:
Wini–ROTFLMAO, GREAT analogy!!!!
Maniatissa, it is a shame that the “blame the victim” thing is a fact, but in many cases it is, and believe me, I have done in the past my own arrogant “blaming of the victim” too—I couldn’t see why a woman wold go back and back to a man who beat her, I WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING—(feeling of superiority here) but you know what, my SON was abusing me and guess what, I would go BACK AND BACK AND BACK. LOL Now I realize that abuse is abuse is abuse, and it doesn’t matter if it is physical, mental, verbal, or emotional, anyone who stands for ANY kind of abuse is being abused. None of us are any better or worse than the others in the abuse we allowed (though some abuse may injure more or less) but we are all human, and for one reason or another, we allowed the abuse to continue more than once. “Chit on me once, shame on you, Chit on me twice, SHAME ON ME.” Sometimes in our pain we even chit back at them—Henry microwaved his X’s phone! LOL and I have done things worse, just not as funny! LOL ROTFLMAO!!! (sorry Henry–welllll, not really sorry!) (head hanging in pseudo shame) LOL
I’ve had people tell me how “bad” I am because I won’t have any contact with my abusive mother, “She IS YOUR MOTHER AFTER ALL” Like that gives her some pass to abuse me, almost get me killed. Or “how could you give up on your P-son, HE IS YOUR SON AFTER ALL” Like that gives him a pass to try to kill me. They also devalue my pain, my emotions etc. and try to say “well, it really can’t be THAT bad” Or just a plain “get over it.”
That hurts of course, at least at first, but I have learned to VALIDATE MYSELF and it doesn’t matter what ANYONE else thinks—I KNOW. The validation I got here at LF when I was in such pain though, was so VALUABLE to me, until I could get the strength to validate myself. SUPPORT is wonderful when you are down and out. I’m so glad that LF is here for me and for everyone else too.
A real llife support group would be wonderful, why don’t you start one in your area? Put a small add in one of your local papers, or put up some posters and get a booth or two at a local eatery, or rent the back room of one, or get a church there to give you a place to meet. PUt your cell phone number on the poster, and see if you can get a group started. I think that we all should do that and spread the word. You can print off some of the LF articles and hand them out and discuss them with the people who show up.
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burnedbuns says:
HELP PLEASE:
I need someone of unassailable credibillity in the study of psychopathy / sociopathy to conduct a brief study and issue a short report. I believe it’s a very interesting case study of a female sociopath – not much research has gone into that area. The report could be conducted remotely, but a face to face discussion would help significantly. I’m in British Columbia, Canada. Any recommendations or referrals would be greatly appreciated. I think Dr. Hare in Vancouver would be ideal, but I don’t know if he provides this service. It is an interesting and somewhat unique set of circumstances that I think might interest a researcher.
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OxDrover says:
Dear burnedbuns,
I suggest that you contact Dr. Hare at his web site. Good luck.
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Indigoblue says:
Burnedbuns
Dr Hare’s site says he does’nt do that but ya never know? It’s worth asking!
we need to change your name!
How about Perfecttoast ! LOVE jere
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OxDrover says:
If you haven’t taken this survey, please complete it, it only takes a few minutes! Thanks!
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Jen2008 says:
A few minutes!!!! lol Oxy, it took me well over an hour, but then there was all those text boxes to elaborate in on certain questions, which I did. I never talk about my P in real life, just the occasional blog here. Those little text boxes were just far too tempting for me.
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OxDrover says:
Dear Jen,
I think that’s great! We want (at least I sure do) to help these folks with their survey so we can have a VOICE in telling what these Ps do to us!
I don’t think the victim impact has been researched enough (if any) or enough stuff given to the “powers that be” like judges etc. to let the see just what a HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE being a victim is. If this survey turns out well, then we can hope that this can be used in courts and counseling etc. to help victims and to also get JUSTICE for the Ps in courts of law.!!! TOWANDA!!!!!
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Trinity says:
I finished the survey. I am interested to see the results.
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psurvivorstudy says:
“burnedbuns” – I am familiar with many of the researchers in the field of psychopathy, so perhaps I can be of help with my recommendation of Dr. Katherine Ramsland (http://www.katherineramsland.com/). She is doing exactly what you hope someone would do with your own unique circumstances (case studies), in collaboration with Dr. Robert Hare. She has written many books in the field of forensic psychology and is a professor of the aforementioned field in Pennsylvania.
Sincerely,
M. (pss).
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psurvivorstudy says:
“Unwilling Raconteur” – People will answer differently depending on what they do and don’t know, and even if you answer don’t know to a few, or a lot, that is still helpful information – we can get a chance to see what kind of information you do know in order to create a scale that survivors can use to assess for the potential of psychopathy. Most psychopathy scales are self-report or professionally administered, although there are a few for observers.
-M. (pss).
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Indigoblue says:
psurvivorstudy
The Brain scans like PET and The one Donna Mentions in Her Artical are these accurate? or is it like a lie detector can a brain scan be fooled ? My Cat cannot be fooled
Love jere
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