In a little bit of a twist on the movie Seven Psychopaths, this post (on a website for victims), gives 17 basic classifications for psychopaths. It's not at all scientific (doesn't really claim to be), but I think it's an interesting exploration of how different sociopaths can appear. Also, there is only 1 of 17 that is a killer (and I think only one other where violence is a predominant trait). You can read the descriptions on the site (some of them are rather lengthy), but here are the categories:
1. THE LIAR/CONTRACT BREAKER
2. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC "CLIMBER"
3. THE SEXUAL PSYCHOPATH
4. THE EXPLOSIVE PSYCHOPATH
5. THE VIOLENT PSYCHOPATH
6. THE CHARMER, OR "SOUL MATE"
7. THE THIEF OR "COVETOUS PSYCHOPATH"
8. THE QUIET PSYCHOPATH
9. THE BRAINWASHER
10. THE RISK TAKER/THRILLSEEKER
11. THE PARANOID PSYCHOPATH
12. THE 'BAD BOY' OR 'BAD GIRL' ANTISOCIAL PSYCHOPATH
13. THE USED CAR SALESMAN (OR WOMAN)
14. THE MURDERER OR SERIAL KILLER
15. THE MORALIST OR SAINT
16. THE CREATIVE ARTIST
17. THE ACADEMIC PSYCHOPATH
According to this taxonomy, I guess I would be closest to an academic psychopath (somewhat literally). It seems pretty clear that there is overlap between the categories and that one person could show aspects of multiple categories.
Thoughts?
1. THE LIAR/CONTRACT BREAKER
2. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC "CLIMBER"
3. THE SEXUAL PSYCHOPATH
4. THE EXPLOSIVE PSYCHOPATH
5. THE VIOLENT PSYCHOPATH
6. THE CHARMER, OR "SOUL MATE"
7. THE THIEF OR "COVETOUS PSYCHOPATH"
8. THE QUIET PSYCHOPATH
9. THE BRAINWASHER
10. THE RISK TAKER/THRILLSEEKER
11. THE PARANOID PSYCHOPATH
12. THE 'BAD BOY' OR 'BAD GIRL' ANTISOCIAL PSYCHOPATH
13. THE USED CAR SALESMAN (OR WOMAN)
14. THE MURDERER OR SERIAL KILLER
15. THE MORALIST OR SAINT
16. THE CREATIVE ARTIST
17. THE ACADEMIC PSYCHOPATH
According to this taxonomy, I guess I would be closest to an academic psychopath (somewhat literally). It seems pretty clear that there is overlap between the categories and that one person could show aspects of multiple categories.
Thoughts?




