Although he deliberately cheats others and is quite conscious of his lies, he appears unable to distinguish adequately between his own pseudointentions, pseudoremorse, pseudolove, and the genuine responses of a normal person.
Apparently blocked from fulfillment at deep levels, the psychopath is not unnaturally pushed toward some sort of divertissement. Even weak impulses, petty and fleeting gratifications, are sufficient to produce in him injudicious, distasteful, and even outlandish misbehavior.
Hervey Cleckley, The Mask of Sanity.
. . .a person lacking eros (love) can be charming. . .the presence of eros makes life difficult for people. . .Eros means caring, and if someone cares for whatever or whoever it may be, worries, nervousness, even neurotic tensions can be the result. Loving persons are seldom cool and relaxed, but people suffering from a deficient eros are unconcerned and so do not worry; often they are very relaxed and easy-going.
Relationships (for psychopaths) are things of the moment. . .their motto seem(s) to be "Out of sight, out of mind."
Adolph Guggenbuhl-Craig, The Emptied Soul.
You can't "negotiate" or bargain with psychopaths.
Dr. William Higgins.
More about psychopaths and personality disorders here.
133 posted on 11/25/2003 4:35:04 AM PST by msmagoo