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Is Andrew Cuomo a sociopath who will take out as many DS as he can on his way out? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/toxic-relationships/201801/the-difference-between-narcissist-and-sociopath#:~:text=Sociopaths.%20Loving%20a%20narcissist%20is%20painful.%20Malignant%20narcissists,Shared%20traits.%20They%20both%20can%20be%20charismatic
The Difference Between a Narcissist and a Sociopath | Psychology Today
Sociopaths and narcissists can share similar traits, but knowing the difference is crucial to determine whether the relationship improve. Information is power.
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Thanks.... I will be OTLO! Copied: If you were to plot the narcissist’s “feelings and emotions” on an emotional scale which varies from 0 (meaning completely despaired) and 10 (meaning blissfully happy), with a 5 in the middle (meaning general satisfaction), then the narcissists ‘default mode' hovers between 0 and 4.9.
Between 0 and 4.9 you have feelings of despair, worthlessness, insecurity, depression, worries, sadness, boredom… (boredom is probably the least bad of the negative emotions, and this still isn't great). Basically, they are constantly on the bottom 50 percentile of the emotional scale where all negative emotions are. This is the narcissist's ‘home'.
But narcissists really want to be in the upper 50 percentile of the emotional scale, and it kills them that they cannot stay there. That's where you have genuine feelings of hope, peace, eagerness, purpose, happiness, chirpiness, bliss.
Narcissists are unable to achieve and maintain these positive feelings and so a
Narcissists are unable to achieve and maintain these positive feelings and so are constantly trying to get this through other people. The fallacy here is, true feelings of goodness can only come from within, not from others.
So while narcissists try to find their happiness through others, at best this distracts them from their own negative feelings for a fleeting moment — but it does not last. Never has, never will.
Unless the narcissist can introspect with the view to making the necessary inner change, they can never heal.
