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10 Signs that you’re dating a sociopath

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April 12, 2010 //  by Donna Andersen//  1,523 Comments

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If your new romantic interest exhibits all or most of the following behaviors, be careful. He or she might be a sociopath.

1. Charisma and charm. They’re smooth talkers, always have an answer, never miss a beat. They seem to be very exciting.

2. Enormous ego. They act like the smartest, richest or most successful people around. They may actually come out and tell you that.

3. Overly attentive. They call, text and e-mail constantly. They want to be with you every moment. They resent time you spend with your family and friends.

4. Jekyll and Hyde personality. One minute they love you; the next minute they hate you. Their personality changes like flipping a switch.

5. Blame others. Nothing is ever their fault. They always have an excuse. Someone else causes their problems.

6. Lies and gaps in the story. You ask questions, and the answers are vague. They tell stupid lies. They tell outrageous lies. They lie when they’d make out better telling the truth.

7. Intense eye contact. Call it the predatory stare. If you get a chill down your spine when they look at you, pay attention.

8. Move fast. They quickly proclaim that you’re their true love and soul mate. They want to move in together or get married quickly.

9. Pity play. They appeal to your sympathy. They want you to feel sorry for their abusive childhood, psychotic ex, incurable disease or financial setbacks.

10. Sexual magnetism. If you feel intense attraction, if your physical relationship is unbelievable, it may be their excess testosterone.

For more on this topic, see Donna Andersen’s book, Red Flags of Love Fraud—10 signs you’re dating a sociopath.

Category: Explaining the sociopath, Seduced by a sociopath

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  1. MiLo

    January 22, 2012 at 11:36 am

    Assie ~ I’m so glad to hear you are getting your “groove” back, humor wise.

    Making people laugh has always been my thing too. Laughing at myself is better yet. My humor tends to be a little (OK a lot) sarcastic at times (OK most of the time). That tends to get me in a lot of trouble.

    I had to hold my fingers down yesterday when I read “It’s” reference to John Lennon.. WHAT, Oh I so had to hold my fingers down. But I did Oxy, I didn’t want the skillet. I personally don’t think Sky was rude at all, I think there was a great amount of compassion in what she wrote.

    Oxy ~ I use a pastry cutter on the eggs too.

    Strong ~ I make swiss steak when I’m feeling I need to release anger. I get that meat hammer out and beat the crapola out of the steak. It really works and hubby says my swiss steak is the tenderest he has ever tasted. LOL

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  2. Ox Drover

    January 22, 2012 at 11:42 am

    I only went to the “whine page” where he was saying how no one would believe, no one would believe, no one would believe, and after reading several pages of that I thought NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE ** WHAT?***

    It was soooo boring, and I still didn’t know what he wanted me to believe, then….I clicked on the “crucified” page and I read for a few lines and I saw the SEND DONATION part and I quit reading immediately and closed the link. It was just TOO STINKING to even read….so that was all I read of his pages….but it was ENOUGH. LOL

    THANKS MICHAEL! LOL (or maybe it is just a Michael clone! LOL)

    Anyway, it was definitely an “eye opener” LOL I’m not sure WHAT the guy is, but I think it is possibly someone who is an N or A P who got “found out” and “unmasked” by someone else, either a former victim or another P he ran into and hooked up with, and now he is claiming “victim” and trying to retaliate against the other party—maybe a victim who escaped damage.

    Whatever it is, I don’t want any part of it and I’m glad his ITs posts are gone.

    Did anyone make a donation to it? LOL ROTFLMAO I just have a feeling that while we might disagree on the guy from Kickstart film bit, some pro and some con, I bet ya NO ONE from this group donated to that creep. Won’t say its name even. LOL

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  3. MoonDancer

    January 22, 2012 at 11:43 am

    aussiegirl – you are the 1000th comment on this thread, you win a prize..look under your chair !!!!

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  4. strongawoman

    January 22, 2012 at 11:51 am

    Aussiegirl,

    Mine hated my silly sense of humour. He was a miserable sob. It rubbed off on me and I changed my personality…..for him. Sigh, what was I thinking.

    Have a good sleep friend.

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  5. MoonDancer

    January 22, 2012 at 11:51 am

    – John Lennon was anything but christlike – he tried to walk on water an about drowned – talk about a narc…dont boink me just send donations to henry , check or money order will be fine

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  6. strongawoman

    January 22, 2012 at 11:54 am

    Milo,

    You beat the “crapola” out of your steak!! Lmao 😆

    I like your style

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  7. MiLo

    January 22, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Henry ~ If you can get my donation back from Erol, you can have it. You don’t think he would use my credit card information for anything shady, do you?

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  8. Ox Drover

    January 22, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    There are those who think John Lennon WAS the Christ…problem is that I think Lennon thought he was too…didn’t rise from the dead though, so guess he and they were wrong. LOL

    Henry paid his “duck support” in $3 dollar bills, the feed store won’t take them, they have OBAMA’S pix on the front! LOL (for those of you not in US we do not have a $3 bill, it is a made up obvious fake currency. LOL

    I have a big bulliten board behind my desk on the wall with all my favorite things, pictures and cartoons and they are there with the rest of my favorite smile makers.

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  9. MoonDancer

    January 22, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    Yap he would….

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  10. darwinsmom

    January 22, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    Hens worded exactly my thoughts as I TRIED to read a few paragraphs of that post

    “Oh my” indeed. Didn’t just sound like word salad, it read like word salad too, including just visually. By the end of a sentence I was still wondering “what did I just read?” Noted some claims on “relevant” studies, and then several martyrs mentioned (and of those I only respect 2: ghandi for his philosophies, Lennon for his music) Gave up on finishing the rest after that.

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