Friday, September 29, 2006

psychopaths.

this is what min told cai ling, yie yie and me about an article she read in reader's digest about psychopaths.

one in every 100 people is a psychopath. you will definitely meet at least one in your life.

a psychopath is a person without a conscience.

their condition is due to a certain part of their hypothalamus, ie the part of the brain that controls emotions, being blocked. hence, they are unable to experience certain emotions ordinary people can.

whilst we have a certain reaction (ie emotion) to negative words such as death and rape, due to their condition, a psychopath feels nothing.

and check this out: psychopaths come across as extremely nice people at first, and are said to be rather charismatic. after a period of interaction with them, however, one will then realise his/her true colours.

i never knew that this was the definition of a psychopath. i just thought they were crazy dudes/dudettes. i never realised it was such a sad condition.

so there you go. you've learnt something new today. :)

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