Why do psychopaths go after what they want regardless of the negative consequences they may experience? According to the journal Nature Neuroscience, the answer may be chemical—an overactive dopamine reward system.
Read Driven toward reward without regard for consequence on Time.com.
Read the scientific study, Mesolimbic dopamine reward system hypersensitivity in individuals with psychopathic traits, in Nature Neuroscience.
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one/joy_step_at_a_time
ha…what, what?
one/joy_step_at_a_time
snort!
hens
its something that has to be processed, studied – the encounter with him really upset my whole unorganized apple cart – it has not been easy – i am different, someways better someways not – there was a purpose for it because i have let go of alot of hurt that i wasnt dealing with.. I have issues that i dont discuss here, issues that cant be solved only lived with the best i can -but i have found a sense of peace with who I am – my confidence is better – but i will never pursue an intimate relationship agin , he changed that in me , maybe for the better – i just dont/cant go there and that is ok really it is..
ErinBrock
I think I agree with the 2.5 years….
I feel differntly every day…..
I don’t talk about him to my daily gf’s….and I think it was a good conscious decision….or i’d run em off.
I really do beleive there is a statute of limitations with ‘compassion’ on this subject.
one/joy_step_at_a_time
i posted this earlier today: ‘sooner or later things will become more balanced in my life, but right now i feel like a world wobbling on it’s axis ”“ an axis that has been disoriented. centre is off. reverb is powerful. ‘
i know i am still in the panic state – and am coming out of it slowly. i look forward to coming to processing and studying more thoughtfully. i need to get back to workig with the book the betrayal bond – it somehow both contains this mess and reveals it.
i had some peace, pretty much for the first time, jst before i met the N ex and then the spath. I want something even bigger now. deeper, more durable: heart wood.
oh,and it is the sapwood season. sitting in the woods today – all the trees look like sensual and sexual beings to me. if it weren’t such a public place, perhaps i would get close to one of them.
it does push us – i feel pushed to the wall – i must come out bigger and better, and i suspect vastly different.
hens
going to bed friends thanx for putting up with my sillyness happy april fools day to all
one/joy_step_at_a_time
having trouble with my internet connection the last couple of days – darned thing drops almost every time i post. ergh. but a minor inconvenience…but one i PAY for. :l
one/joy_step_at_a_time
goodnight to you to hens and EB – am very tired…so late here. sleep tight!
hens
thats a great post onesteppers – I have watched you grow sense you came here – you are making progress – if i can give any advice dont try to rush it – thats what i wanted, was for it be done with and over i was tired of him in my head – but what i have surmized is this – he wasnt a boyfriend gone bad – he wasnt someone that it just didnt work out with – he was evil he is a sociopath and that is a fuckin huge thing to overcome and only the ones that have been down that road understand the damage.
ErinBrock
I will second that….for both of you!!!!
I’ve seen it before my eyes………..
COOL!!!
Me….I just get meaner! 🙂