Apropos of nothing, I’m glad to see you’re still around.

I’m waiting for the cultural appropriation police to weigh in.

Please tell me I am having a Mulholland Drive-esque dream, and I am going to wake up in May 2015, and everything is going to be ok again.

Thank you. My thoughts exactly.

Maybe I’m ... not up on fashion (ok, no “maybe” required), but even if I had the resources to spend $600 on a pair of shoes, I wouldn’t. I would spend it on books; on shows; on concerts; on travel; on music; but shoes? My $30 clearance Eastlands are doing just fine.

There is no clinical diagnosis of sociopath or psychopath in the DSM, and the antisocial personality disorder diagnosis presents problems because it involves an element of criminality and — like you note — not all psychopaths / sociopaths are criminals. RE: Ted Bundy, I’m assuming he fit the criteria for sexual sadism…

I should also add that psychopathy is part of the “dark triad” in psychology — the other two being Machiavellianism and narcissism.

No; although there is is no DSM diagnosis of “psychopathy” — much like there is no diagnosis of “pathological lying” — but the phenomenon is recognized by psychologists. Psychopathy — lack of empathy — is a symptom of a personality disorder, most commonly antisocial personality disorder or narcissistic personality…

And dismiss, dismiss, dismiss! Don’t engage. (Directed at everyone, not you.)

I hope they get protested and/or laughed out of the venues. Please.

This reminds me of one of more extreme cases of Munchausen’s I’ve read about:

It’s a great book, but one of the saddest I’ve read. Factitious disorders — and especially Munchausen’s — are among the most tragic of psychiatric diagnoses. Munchausen patients tend to be homeless, they tend to be men, and they spend their lives in a kind of medical wanderlust, traveling from hospital to hospital and…

I recommend Dr. Marc Feldman’s book on factitious disorders, Playing Sick. He looks, in depth, at the ability of factitious patients to deceive doctors.

Agree with everything you wrote about Andrea Yates ... and then I got curious and found this: http://www.yateskids.org/

I bet you’re a real delight at parties.

+1

If I may ask, what is your field of study?

Why do you think it’s worse in law school? Is male entitlement worse in general there?

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