Neither Hitler,Stalin,Mao nor Obola are/were "imbalanced".
"Imbalanced" is when you have a brain disorder (schizophrenia,for example) that causes you to believe that the receiver chip in your brain is getting transmissions from Mars."Psychopath" is,by far,the best word to describe the individuals mentioned above.They do know the meaning of right and wrong...they just don't care.
I don’t know where you get your definitions from but a psychology textbook defines psychological imbalance as
“It is characterized by mental instability, confusion, unhappiness, mental disturbance, frustration, worry, panic,
maladjustment, depression, mental hang-ups, obsessive
behavior, neurotic tendencies, abnormal feelings and behavior.
Some things that can lead into it are:
- fear
- insecurity
- anger
- lack of confidence
- self-doubt
- worry
- anxiety
- hostility
- frustration
- unrealistic personal goals, objectives, expectations
Combinations of the above negative things can work together to
create a vicious circle that pulls one down ever deeper and
deeper into a mental abyss. Frustration, fear, anger and panic
can create great mental stresses that can cause instability,
maladjustment and abnormal feelings and behavior. Victims
develop mental hang-ups by repeatedly, but futilely, trying to
analyze their way out of their problems. They become so
preoccupied with their problems that they lose perspective and
balance (they become like a fly trying to get free of a
spider’s web). They become caught in negative thought and
feeling patterns that pull them down. They find themselves all
mentally confused.”
Good enough description of those mentioned for me. Psychopath works too because without a psych assessment, we are just guessing. And arguing semantics when we essentially agree is a waste of time.