Inside the Brain of a Psychopath

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Inside the Brain of a Psychopath

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In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the physical differences in the nervous systems of those that suffer from Antisocial Personality Disorder.

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References

Dr. Ramani

Psychopathy and ASPD Overview

MAOA Gene

Serotonin

Orbitofrontal Cortex

Insular Cortex

Cingulate Cortices

Amygdala

Parahippocampal Gyrus

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Video Timeline

00:00 - 00:47 Intro
00:48 - 01:59 Cluster B Personality Disorders
02:00 - 03:07 Psychopath vs Sociopath
03:08 - 04:55 Serotonin Creation/Action
04:56 - 06:16 MAOA and Genetics
06:17 - 06:36 Genetics and Psychopathy
06:37 - 08:39 Function of Serotonin
08:40 - 09:51 Serotonin and the Fetal Brain
09:52 - 11:25 Why Men Are More Commonly Psychopathic
11:26 - 12:22 The Contributing Factors of Psychopathy
12:23 - 13:04 The Struggle of Studying Psychopaths
13:05 - 15:13 The Empathy Center of the Brain
15:14 - 17:54 The Rational Center of the Brain
17:55 - 18:47 Childhood Trauma and the Brain
18:48 - 19:43 Sociopathy and Childhood Trauma
19:44 - 22:04 The Common Behaviors of Psychopaths and Sociopaths
22:05 - 24:16 Unique Behaviors of Psychopaths
24:17 - 25:37 Unique Behaviors of Sociopaths
25:38 - 26:56 Treating Antisocial Personality Disorder
26:57 - 28:16 Justin's Opinion on a Solution
28:17 - 28:53 Why You Can't Diagnose Children
28:54 - 29:34 The Impossible Task Ahead of Us
29:35 - 33:50 The Importance of Logic
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#Brilliant #Psychopathy #Sociopathy

[marniemarn]

My child (16 yo) was murdered by an individual with ASPD. I wrote a heart wrenching victims impact statement, but when I faced him in court, I decided instead to tell him he did not deserve to know the devastation he has delivered upon me and my family. Though his demeanor expressed little more than disinterest, I like to think that I didn’t give him the pleasure of knowing his actions have caused long reaching, Devastating pain. This video affirmed my decision. Thank you for posting it.

[orionx]

Seeing that having "little to no anxiety" is a symptom of psychopathy was very relieving, I have very high anxiety perpetually. This is the first time I've been happy about it 😬👍

[herothegeorge]

The fact that a group of humans have figured this out is probably more amazing than the pathological development of psychopathy itself. My mind is blown.

[BeastMi]

I was diagnosed with ASPD in early adulthood. I wanted to say a few things:

I can understand other peoples emotions, but I cannot feel them. Imagine not understanding a math problem, that’s what it’s like in my brain regarding emotions. I know people feel them and what they look like, but I don’t feel them.

The connection between right and wrong exists, I can see which is “right” and “wrong” but it really comes down to which benefits me more.

I think the biggest take away is that what normal people feel, the consequences for other people they hurt, it doesn’t compute for me. It almost doesn’t make sense, it’s literally something I cannot understand, like reading a foreign language.

[astraldeer]

As a person with an Antisocial Personality, I appreciate you going through this! I never knew that my CNS could change due to trauma. One thing I would like to say though is that most people with this disorder usually do have a moral compass, but it's more skewed. Personally, it's not about hurting people. It's like, my mind is so logical that it only works in that way without emotional empathy. I can reason why it's not a good reason to do something, but there's no emotional attachment to the decision.

[DMG]

I was diagnosed with psychopathy (ASPD/psychopathic traits) and I agree in most part with this video, although I have to say I think more should have been made of the fact that we hav emotions AROUND empathy. We may not experience "empathy" but we DO experience disgust, sadness, fear, etc. and a good, loving upbringing is VITAL to keep those with psychopathy on track. TEACHING your children good morals and good lifestyles is vital. For eg. people laughed and scoffed when Ted Bundy talked about "pornography" luring him, but I can honestly say that (for people WITH a predisposition) that stuff really is a blackhole for us to fall into. NOT for most people, but for those with a pre-disposition. But THE most important factor imo is a good, loving upbringing where parents teach their goods good, solid morals and worldviews. Don't just let your kids "figure it out for themselves". If you don't FEEL something, you CAN be taught it.

[Verniece]

I was in a relationship with a Narcissistic Psychopath. The craziest thing I noticed is that he couldn't cry. He learned how to make himself cry. He was so good at faking emotions. They learn by observation of non-psychopathic people and they learn young. They observe others and mimic emotions and get really good at it. It's so crazy.

[Maiden_America]

7:43 “Synchronicity”
12:42 PET Scans - “metabolic active during specific thoughts and actions.”
13:33 pre frontal cortex
15:00 lack of empathy / moral compass
16:03 environmental morality
18:09 environmental destabilization
19:06 childhood trauma
20:29 heart rates
20:42 risk and dopamine (sociopath)
22:51 characteristics
24:37 impulsive actions
27:29 parenting
29:39 personal thoughts… 😊
30:49 sponsor

Excellent video. Writing about the subject and this breaks it down perfectly. Thank you.

[hibryd]

"Psychopaths have a different brain than you or I...unless you're a psychopath. But not me, I'm definitely not a psychopath", said the man holding the human brain.

[xeztan]

Crazy that we know the brain doesn’t fully develop, specifically the part in our brains responsible for logical/rational decision making, until we’re about 25 years old yet we’re expected to decide what we want to do with our lives while we’re still in high school. Arguably one of the biggest decisions we’ll ever make which requires a lot of planning and logical thinking.

[yolandaponkers]

My mom worked with someone she now believes to have been psychopathic. Her name was Lynn, and she and my mom had to interview candidates for positions at the company. Lynn loved to torment the interviewees. She would always make the person cry, and when they left in tears, she’d turn to Mom and say, “Isn’t this fun?” Mom said that she’s never seen anyone else get so much genuine joy out of mentally torturing others.

[SebastianDavidPB]

As someone who had a drunken psychopathic father with a brain tumor I went thru enough trauma that almost made me insane, beside that the bullying in school by teachers and rich kids, still however by some miracle I have not developed APD. Instead it made me introverted, withdrawn kind of shy and suspicious of the intentions of others.

[heha]

I have a graduate degree and have been a psychiatric social worker for 20 years. I learned more in the last 30 minutes about brain function in chemistry than I did in any of my grad school classes. I cannot believe there’s so much more updated information from recent research.

[lumy]

This is very interesting to me, because my father was the narcissistic type of psychopath, and now I understand better why psychiatrists sounded so desperate when they had to repeat to my mom that no matter how hard she would try to "change" him, she could actually never fix him.
Thank you so much for these explanations!

[andrewkoster]

I love your parenting advice. As a father of 4, it’s absolutely critical to strive to be a better parent everyday. This is not a matter of opinion, it’s fact. Kids are suffering today because of the lack of parenting. Many parents today are more concerned about their own WANTS (not always needs) instead of their children’s NEEDS. Being a good parent requires sacrifice, and many parents don’t want to do that. Well done sir.

[EmbeeSpeaks]

This is an excellent video.

I am currently divorcing my husband of 26 years. I left him 7 years ago after finding out about his love of prostitutes, beginning to drain our bank accounts, etc. We went to marriage counseling at my demand. It was during this time that he admitted he has never loved anyone. That he doesn’t know how to feel love. When asked how long he knew this about himself, he said at least since high school (55 at the time he said this). I was his second wife and he had three children and to hear he never loved anyone was a smack in the face.

For 19 years, I saw my husband as perfect. In hindsight, I remember his financial control over me. I remember his humiliation of me, thinking he was so much smarter than me, denigrating me, gaslighting and manipulating me. I remember the smirking when he’d say something that hurt me. I remembered how he’d sometimes look at me like I was prey. He’d literally zone in and look at me like a predator looking at its prey. I called him on it once and he said that was the look of “adoration”.

I honestly could not see it the ASPD. I know some of my family find it hard to believe but it was almost as if I was brainwashed. Our marriage counselor said I was probably the first person to see his mask off.

All five of our kids were out the door ASAP after graduation. My two kids want nothing to do with him. One of his feels the same. Another of his kids keeps in contact for, I believe, inheritance reasons. His youngest… she has said he’s the only one that pays attention to her. Sadly, she is the child most like him.

My daughter in law insists he is a sociopath. She’s a psychiatrist and has observed him for 13 years. I see it could go either way…. I’ve seen him methodically plan but also do things just for excitement with no planning.

What’s embarrassing for me is I minored in psychology. I studied abnormal psych. I could not see any of this in him while it was happening. It took me catching him with the prostitutes to start looking back at things.

[faecreature]

my dad once told me "Somewhere along the way adults forget what its like to be kids. They forget what its like to be be new here, to not know how anything in the world works and that basic things has to be explained to kids." and hes right. I was a kid when he told me that and I remember feeling so relieved that this adult understood that I didn't understand why the rules were the way they were. It was stressful donig something and not knowing why i was being yelled at. Worse was when no one would explain what I did wrong so I had no idea if i'd do it again or not.

Some things just made no sense. Why do I have to stop and wait before running across the street? what are we waiting for? The park is RIGHT THERE!" "Why can't we just flush things we don't want (like annoying brothers...) down the toilet? its a magic hole that makes things disappear!" And he would take the time to explain "Cars are on roads. Cars are big and heavy and move fast. Come sit here and look out. From here, the adult can't see little kids as well because the front of the car is in the way. They may not stop for you because roads are meant for cars, so kids shouldn't be in the street and they cant see you." Oh. Ok. that makes sense (and I could apply that to other situations. If I run across this park can that adult with a baby carriage see me? Maybe not. I'll wait). "We can't flush things we don't want down the toilet because the hole is this big. theres pipes that take everything away and it can only handle potty stuff. And also, you may not like your brothers but I'm a little invested in them so please don't flush your brothers." Ok. that makes sense I guess. Its not a magic hole that makes things go away. There's limits to what the magic tube can take away and my brothers cant fit. Also, my dad would be sad for some stupid reason if i flushed and I don't want my dad sad so I won't."

Parenting is really hard but taking the time to remember that kids don't know how anything works and then taking the time to explain it not only helps them learn quicker and apply that knowledge to other situations (instead of just guessing while being yelled at), but it builds trust with the parent. I always knew I could ask my dad any question, no matter how stupid, and he would explain it. This helped out a lot when i look back at situations where, (now) I can see that an adult was being inappropriate towards my siblings and I but as a kids, they were just acting weird and much like most of the world, I didn't understand why. Asked my dad "hey dad, XYZ said/did this weird thing. i dont understand why he was being so weird." and he was like "Yeah kiddo. thats pretty strange alright. I dont know why they would act like that either but I'm gald you told me. You kids stay here, I'm going to go find out." And then XYZ never talked to us ever again.

take the time to explain things. take the time to let them ask question. take the time to ask them how they think something works so you can correct it. Building that trust goes a long way.

[Jenesis]

My coworker and her child psychologist husband raised 3 amazing kids. One thing I remember well is that they always had dinner together. During dinner no matter who asked questions, there was no immediate answer. It’s always a round table of “what do you think?” and “what is the logic behind or what would be the logical conclusion?”. Her kids learned to process thoughts and explore possibilities from early on. My old supervisor and his wife also raised 3 great kids. They listened to them and not confined them mentally. Kids trust them and talk to them freely. They practice their belief without preaching, in essence showing their kids how to live a responsible life. They also do certain things together like Friday night movie premiere (they know every comic book, superhero movie, and tv shows), comic con yearly, and scifi channel watching nightly.

[humpadumpathump]

I like the portion at the end about parents. To anyone who’s a parent, get help immediately if you’re struggling with anything such as depression, anxiety, anger, addiction, etc. You’ll make such a profound difference in your kid’s lives. We’re extremely fortunate to have resources available to us that prior generations never had. Stable family life + children = peaceful society

[ilovekaeya]

My professor is a psychopath. We are pretty close because we both are into spirituality. What you said is true; he appears to be intelligent, charming and can literally make anyone swoon even if he is 35+ and married. Speaking about marriage, once I overheard him talking to someone about his married life.. He said both he and his wife weren't interested in a "physical" relationship when asked about kids and that he was not interested in marriage, but his family persuaded him to marry. I've noticed his mask slipping sometimes when I was taking his classes. He'd stop teaching five minutes before the hour ends and would let us do whatever we wanted (talk to others, study etc) and one such day, I noticed him analyzing everyone. Almost like he was studying us. I thought it was the light playing tricks on me.. But it wasn't. One of my classmates also felt the same. We obsevered him for a few months and came to the conclusion that he was indeed a psychopath. He'd observe how people act, and adapt accordingly. He intrigued us so much that this classmate of mine became my best friend and we decided to write a book about our journey lol.