Encountering "Strong People" and how to deal with them

Admitted 'strong person' here (though there is no way to verify that). I can see who the male psychopaths are pretty quickly (never noticed any females...) in real life situations as it is different to some plain interview- it is hard to fake absolute lack of anxiety for example and the psychopathic mindset. Most masks still lack something (very hard to describe- perhaps the overarching emotional narrative of a person- emotions persist and fade over time- which is far harder to fake than just a couple of reactions?) Even on here it is pretty obvious who is and isn't a psychopath.

(Psychopathic traits is far harder to correctly guess- usually come across as 'assholes')

The truth is that even when I tell others to stay away from someone they don't listen as since they have little to no idea about psychopathy/ASPD they rationalise the behaviours of the person as infinitum.

If they don't disrupt me it's not much of a problem anyway.

The worst tactic is confrontation of the strong person as it just draws attention and only scares the weak. The best is simply acceptance and denial/ slight avoidance.

Most people will never believe you're a psychopath anyway- especially if you have a handful of examples of prosocial behaviour to reference and know how to joke about it. They always give benefit of doubt, especially if you're charming and make them laugh.

Just don't be unpleasant to the 'strong' people as otherwise they may become extremely determined to out you, reaffirmed by your actions- best to ignore them- few will believe them.

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