Sadism
Summary: Enjoying seeing other people suffer, fueling the inner hidden suffering and unprocessed pain. Stimulated in the wrong way. ‘Hurt People Hurting Other People’ can offer insight into environmental influences. Assumming everyone thinking the same is the first self-deception.
Statements such as “I like it when I make them cry”.
No one walks around with a word stamped on the forehead, but pay attention to comments, behaviour patterns, and actions that show the hidden agenda (hiding in plain sight). Plus, childhood may offer further insight into why there is a projecting agenda to see others suffer in a number of ways.
People as objects to play with.
Machiavellianism is seen as manipulative, direct or indirect, while others suffer from a confusing and distracting manipulation to hide the true intention, including ‘blame the victim’. Someone with Machiavellianism and Sadism are part of the Dark Tetrad.
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