There are a couple of people in my immediate family who have some mental/emotional disorders. they aren’t probably psychopaths, but they are nasty people. They each have some measure of guilt which helps somewhat, but the one would surely kill me if he could without getting punished. thankfully, they aren’t psychopaths. They both would probably kill me, or the rest of the family, with no cares to stop them.
I scored 17.
The question about “feeling bad for tricking people” bothers me. If you don’t trick people, there’s no need to feel bad.
Some of the less well known characteristics of toxic narcissists and sociopaths are:
1. Needing constant praise.
2. Over the top fantasies concerning money, power, fame, sex
3. Secret sex lives.
4. Identification with famous and talented people, or seeing oneself, along with one or a few others as exceptional and above the usual rules( My ex-boyfriend was a perfect example of this when it came to his business partner with whom he was probably having an affair. He also liked to brag about famous people he knew.)
I learned this stuff from an article in the Seattle PI about 10 years ago. Also A Perfect Husband by Aphrodite Jones, so-so true crime book with one terrific chapter.
You can see how some of this stuff intersects with other problems such as bi-polar disorder or erotomania, which is what I suspect Anita Hill may ha e had.