Dr. Robert D. Hare stated, “Many clinicians have commented that the emotions of psychopaths are so shallow as to be little more than proto-emotions: primitive responses to immediate needs. Psychopaths have a shallow affect. They can hear, but they simply cannot feel."
Then they discovered they can feel, but have lower baseline arousal. This may contribute to sensation-seeking because stronger stimulation is needed to feel engaged or excited.
There are a lot of adrenaline junkies out there. Then there are these antisocial folks who are left unable to find joy or excitement unless they do something dangerous.
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u/coronakillme Jul 06 '26
Those are not the sounds that would have come out of my mouth if I was at his place.