How many psychopaths have you met in YA?
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I wouldn't necessarily call them psychopaths.More like schizophrenics off their Thorazine.I've come across a few.
153680
hmmmm.. a lot many I suppose..\n\nA LOT LOT LOT many..  scary!!!!!!!!!
686921
I totally agree with you. YA is a enclosed prison for the free mind filled with twits who have acquainted themself with the "Report Abuse, Oh sir!" function. I, and many others, will be joining you in due course.
76821
generally yes. however only 2% of people with mental illnesses are violent.. stop watching all those stupid hollywood movies..\n\nalso psychopath is not an appropriate word.. psychosis is a symptom.. not an illness...\n\na personality disorder such as anti-social generally are the more appropriate diagnosis..\n\nnote to question asker.. dr. dee doesnt have the slightest fricking clue what he is talking about.. geez.. quite frankly id call his post a textbook example of "projection".. if you want to learn something about psychology.. see what he says if he returns and reads this paragraph.. ;)\n\nas to your hypothetical.. many serial killers prior to being caught were very well known and liked members of society.. chances are if you knew a serial killer you would have no idea he was in fact one... ted bundy for example was a very charming gentleman.. nobody would have guessed.\n\n\n>>As to bipolar.. aka manic-depressive.. some are known to be violent at times, when they are, it is impulsive. For example... If a person with bipolar attacks or kills somebody its not well planned and would be obvious to authorties who was responsible for it. Because of the nature of bipolar disorder... the person would eventually "come back to reality". Now as to psychopaths who are "serial killers"... by the time somebody had claimed enough victems to be labeled as such, would be experienced and "rational" enough to know not to behave in a way which would indicate their guilt for murder or any other crime. Many people who have a tendancy towards psychosis are very intelligent people, ironically.\n\nlizzie borden is an example of "impulsive".. as I already mentioned.. she killed her parents with an axe.. she wasnt a serial killer.. and from my understanding of the story.. they probably deserved it..\n\nby the way.. Ms. Borden was found "not guilty" of those murders... does it mean she was innocent?.. probably not (think O.J.).. but legally she was...
560273
When there is a way to identify the psychopathic freaks.
15579
I had an art teacher in high school who was hit three times in her life. I'm not lying and I'm pretty sure she wasn't either. I know one of them happened at school. She was crazy.
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Terrorist, people who are on death row, chid abusers/torcher, and serial killers
282180
Sure have and it wasn't the best experience in my life I can tell you that. Was being charged with two felonies. Could have faced 20 yrs in prison. Both charges were dropped though. \nA shout out to all the girls in Unit M, county jail........J/K.
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I don't know about percentages but I do know there is a psychiatric condition called sociopath and like any condition there are degrees of severity.  Sociopaths are evil.  Our jails are filled with sociopaths.
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my dad served on a jury for a mentally ill patient who was petitioning his release from the institution.  \n\nhe said he could see vampires.\n\nwhen asked if there were any vampires in the courtroom, he said there were 5\n\nso i guess the answer is crazy people?
7737
Be very, very careful with internet love.  I've had a couple of psychos threaten to kill me, after I decided I didn't want to talk to them, or they realized I was chatting to someone else besides them.
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Not just serial killers but ALL murderers and rapists and molestors
874523
I've dated a rapist, a player, and a youth pastor that preys on young girls(before I even knew that these guys were)\n\nYou call them jerks?  I'd say so.  By the way I didn't technically date the youth pastor...long complicated story and the rapist is in jail because I put him in there haha!
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A Killer Among Friends
682893
yes! i had a librarian at my old high school screw 4 students and if i knew she did that b4 she got arrested i would have been in the library a lot more often
878182
how many pink hair psychos could entertain us on y!a like you honey
940605
Pretty freaky on almost all answers, but I am not telling 27 friends.\nBArk BArk Bark