In fact, from what we know sociopaths are more likely to go on those mental breakdown kill streaks.

If a Psychopath is fixated on elevating his or status, then unless they also have violent impulses, they aren't going to want to go axe crazy for no reason unless it'll benefit them in the long run. But if you think about it, it makes sense. Of course, this is just the few psychopaths that we know about openly and have studied, so who knows how many people psychopathic killers are out there that we just don't know about and haven't been able to study. We see in examples of nonviolent psychopaths which appear relatively more commonly then a violent psychopathic killer. But due to their inability to truly sympathize with others, they can come off as completely cutthroat and cruel. Often times, Psychopaths have mindsets that are completely fixated on survival or elevation of status or power and after surprisingly pragmatic. Psychopaths DO have their own sense of morality but it is completely different and less empathetic then the average person. The fact of the matter is, with our current understanding with what a Psychopath is, this is not even close to being the case. have a bad habit of depicting Psychopaths as these completely Chaotic Evil monsters or do anything they want when they want to and are almost always axe crazy maniacs with an evil laugh. This I think comes from a misunderstanding of what a Psychopath is which I explain in another post: But it does deserve repeating and since it's a relatively new science, we do have to accept that a lot of what we assume or hypothesize may not be necessarily true.įiction, whether it's films, tv shows, books, comics, cartoons, etc. Light Yagami had a strong sense of morality and did not kill people randomly. I have dealt with two counterpoints that fans (all Light Yagami defenders) kept laying on me when I said that Light Yagami was absolutely a psychopath. Right down to his evil laughter and desire to become God. I think most of us know the stereotypes of a movie psychopath and even with that inaccurate, exaggerated, and false idea of what a psychopath is Light Yagami wears that in spades. Even though he fits within almost all the traits that would apply to a stereotypical psychopath: Inflated Ego, power hungry, questionable morality, a lack of empathy, the need to prove oneself is better then another, etc. So a few years ago, I found out through a weird Death Note discussion forum that I might have been in the minority that believe Light Yagami was a legitimate psychopath.

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