It Just Irks Me

[guardians_song]

“Psychopathy is probably the most pleasant-feeling of all the mental disorders,” says the journalist Jon Ronson, whose book, The Psychopath Test, explored the concept of psychopathy and the mental health industry in general. “All of the things that keep you good, morally good, are painful things: guilt, remorse, empathy.”
(source)

Well, no, actually. There's the joy of accomplishment, the self-esteem benefit of knowingly doing good, the happiness of causing improvement (of oneself, others, or the world)...

STOP GLAMORIZING PSYCHOPATHY AND UNDERCUTTING VIRTUE.

The fear of punishment alone won't make you good. All it will make you is neutral. Goodness actually takes work and motivation. A lump of stone has committed no evil. It has committed no good either.

PEOPLE DON'T JUST DO GOOD AND AVOID EVIL BECAUSE OF "PAINFUL THINGS'. WHAT THE FUCK.

Comments

[lliira]

Wow, he's just full of shit, isn't he? Doing good for others feels good. There have been tons of studies showing that the happiest people are those who think of themselves least and doing good for others most. And empathy is "painful"? Since when? Sure, it's painful when bad things are happening to other people, but it's wonderful when good things are happening to them, and especially when you're the one making good things happen.

Where'd this guy get his degree, anyway? Personality Disorders R Us?

ETA: Looking up "psychopaths depression", the first link on Google was this article: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/psychotic-affective-disorders/hidden-suffering-psychopath-0

Some quotes:
Like anyone else, psychopaths have a deep wish to be loved and cared for. This desire remains frequently unfulfilled, however, as it is obviously not easy for another person to get close to someone with such repellent personality characteristics.

Despite their outward arrogance, inside psychopaths feel inferior to others and know they are stigmatized by their own behavior.

As psychopaths age they are not able to continue their energy-consuming lifestyle and become burned-out and depressed, while they look back on their restless life full of interpersonal discontentment. Their health deteriorates as the effects of their recklessness accumulate.

[guardians_song]

Wow, he's just full of shit, isn't he? Doing good for others feels good. There have been tons of studies showing that the happiest people are those who think of themselves least and doing good for others most. And empathy is "painful"? Since when? Sure, it's painful when bad things are happening to other people, but it's wonderful when good things are happening to them, and especially when you're the one making good things happen.
Exactly. I didn't call out the "empathy" remark because it can get painful, but yep, he completely ignored the good side.

Where'd this guy get his degree, anyway? Personality Disorders R Us?
Wherever LKH got hers. |P

Thanks for the link! That's interesting...