| Although you may never know it, people you look up | | | | that is merely a manipulation. They will win you over |
| to, love, and respect could easily be sociopaths. They | | | | by their words and logic, and control you with their |
| give themselves away by exhibiting strange | | | | charisma, enchanting you with their intelligence and |
| combinations of controlling behaviors, such as being | | | | vision. They will give you a show, but you will get the |
| charismatic, calculating, extremely confident, while | | | | bill. |
| warmly embracing those who fall under their | | | | Although sociopaths appear to develop personal |
| influence, and quickly dismissing all who disagree with | | | | relationships, these relationships are only one-way, |
| them. Their ingenuous good natures and smiling faces | | | | dead-ends, and only last as long as the sociopath |
| hide sinister agendas which they disguise in their | | | | gets some kind of selfish reward. If you look closely |
| hearts as friendship and love. | | | | at these people, they are quite delusional, professing |
| These types of sociopaths can be easily spotted | | | | things that they have not experienced themselves, |
| because of their affinity to one-way thought instead | | | | usually only things that they have read about or |
| of open-minded discussions, and they never learn | | | | heard about second hand, even though they pretend |
| from their mistakes, which they disregard as | | | | to be very experienced and wise. |
| inconsequential to their ultimate goal. From a | | | | Sociopaths also exhibit no anxiety, which is a kind of |
| controlling aspect, those under their influence are | | | | self-hypnosis; because they really believe, that they |
| never left to form their own conclusions, which are | | | | are what they profess themselves to be. Therefore, |
| said to be inferior to the sociopath's ideas. Instead, a | | | | no one can ever convince them that they may be |
| sociopath's victim is expected to tow the line and is | | | | wrong, regardless of the logic. |
| reprimanded for daring to challenge the sociopath's | | | | If you find yourself under the spell of such a person, |
| opinions. | | | | think twice before continuing the relationship. You |
| Sociopaths have only one agenda, to manipulate and | | | | could be in danger psychologically or perhaps even |
| exploit in order to attain power and control. Instead | | | | physically. Sociopaths must get their way; they are |
| of saying, "Do what I suggest and see if it makes a | | | | very controlling, and when things don't go their way, |
| difference in your life," they will contend that your life | | | | they can become quite violent. |
| is a mess because you are not following their edicts. | | | | There are people in the world that have your |
| There is a vast difference between the two | | | | well-being at heart, and not their own |
| approaches. One puts you in control, and the other | | | | aggrandizement. This is where you will find legitimate |
| puts the sociopath in control. | | | | relationships and an opportunity to discover the |
| Sociopaths have no conscience. They plot and plan | | | | depths of your own heart. |
| how to maintain their status and use any means to | | | | Stay awake! |
| attain that. They will make you feel very special, but | | | | |