Expert shares the three tell-tale signs that you are with someone psychopathic

An expert has shared the three tell-tale signs that you are with someone who is psychopathic.

Calling someone a ‘psycho’ has become an insult thrown out in anger at people just to get back at them for acting ‘crazy’.

But, in reality, being a psychopath stems from a mental health condition.

Psychopaths are considered to have a severe form of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD).

Typically, the NHS say this shows in someone as them being manipulative, deceitful and reckless with no regard for other people’s feelings.

Abigail Marsh is a psychologist and neuroscientist as well as a Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, US, and is known for her research in psychopathy.

In a video for Big Think she listed ‘certain things’ she looks for that suggests a ‘person is genuinely psychopathic’.

Cheating in various ways can be a sign according to Marsh. (Getty Stock)

Displaying anti-social behaviour

Marsh says she often sees the sign that a person tends to be ‘anti-social across’ a variety of domains.

“They’ve cheated on romantic partners, they’ve cheated in professional settings or maybe in school, or in a sports setting,” she explains.

“It’s not just one thing or one domain – you see unethical and anti-social behaviour across domains.”

The idea you're better than everyone else can be a sign. (Getty Stock)

Believing they're better than others

The expert says psychopaths tend to ‘show signs they think they’re better than other people’.

For example, they will tend to believe that problems in the world are always the fault of others.

“Other people are dumb, other people are ignorant, other people are easily duped,” Marsh added.

Believing everybody is the same

And finally, the psychologist sees in psychopaths that they really seem to believe ‘everybody else is just like them’ underneath it all.

So, if they think it’s true of people in general that ‘everybody is actually fundamentally selfish’ then realistically, what the psychopath is ‘really telling you is what they’re like’ themselves. i.e., they are the fundamentally selfish ones.

Signs of ASPD according to the NHS

A person with ASPD may:

· Exploit, manipulate or violate the rights of others

· Lack concern, regret or remorse about other people's distress

· Behave irresponsibly and show disregard for normal social behaviour

· Have difficulty sustaining long-term relationships

· Be unable to control their anger

· Lack guilt, or not learn from their mistakes

· Blame others for problems in their lives

· Repeatedly break the law