Short Psychopathy

Summary: It has more to do with lying or being unhappy with height compared to physical stature. Deep unhealthy comparison to others. Trying to pull down others rather than being a genuinely balanced human with authentic connection.

VeryWellMind - What Is a Psychopath?

Psychopathy Is – What Causes Psychopathy?

Psychopathy Is – Psychopathy Signs

Label the behaviour, not the person. The risk is higher with shorter people than tall people, the dark triad is not fully height biased, its the brain rather than the body calling the shots. The experiences, environment, and genetic precursors play a part in combination in the womb.

Quote: There is no “psychopathy gene,” but research tells us that psychopathy tends to run in families. Even if a parent does not have psychopathy, they may carry one or more genetic variants that increase their child’s chance of developing psychopathy.

Ayo & Iken – 20 Ways to Spot the Psychopath in Your Life

Manipulative charming, detached or cold disconnected shorter people can be equally as self-serving as a person of a different height for several reasons, check the childhood and parenting style they received.

Choosing Therapy - 10 Signs of a Female Psychopath (and men but are different)

Good parenting is key for anyone, including those who are vulnerable to developing psychopathy. Study the behaviour, its agenda, and how much empathy and charm is present with conflicting roles bully-victim or stable authentic considerate behaviour.

Quote: “Psychopathy is highly genetic. What that means is that a person can be born with a predisposition, a genetic risk, to develop a psychopathic personality disorder.”

“There is, however, an interaction between nature and nurture. Whether a child with genetic risk actually develops the disorder may depend on the type of parenting that he or she receives, or other factors in the child’s environment.”

Core – Psychopathy as a Female Phenotypic Expression of Borderline Personality Disorder?

Quote: "The researchers found that shorter people and those who were unsatisfied with their height were more likely to exhibit signs of psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism."

References:

HuffingtonPost - Your Short Friend Might Be A Psychopath, Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You

NYPost - Short, bitter people are ‘more likely to be psychopaths’

Yahoo News - Short people are 'more likely to be psychopaths' – especially if they envy tall people

Ayo & Iken – 20 Ways to Spot the Psychopath in Your Life

VeryWellMind - What Is a Psychopath?

Psychopathy Is - Psychopathy Symptoms and Their Impact

PsychCentral - Psychopathy Test

Psychopathy Is – What is Psychopathy?

Psychopathy Is – Psychopathy Signs

Psychopathy Is – Psychopathy Symptoms

Psychopathy Is – What Causes Psychopathy?

Psychopathy Is – Related Psychological Disorders and Diagnoses

Download Behaviour Table

Psychopathy Is – Test Your Knowledge

Psychopathy Is – Our Stories

Core – Psychopathy as a Female Phenotypic Expression of Borderline Personality Disorder?

PSYCNET – Borderline personality disorder as a female phenotypic expression of psychopathy?

VT – Borderline Woman as Dissociative Secondary Psychopath

Big Think – Psychopaths don’t move their heads when talking

Medium – How to spot a psychopath (Hint: It’s not just in the eyes)

Psychology Today – Why Female Psychopaths Are a Different Breed

USA Today – Psychopaths are everywhere

RD – 13 Signs You’re Dealing with a Psychopath

Nature – Neurobiological roots of psychopathy

PCL – Triarchic Model of Psychopathy

Psychiatry – Neurodevelopmental Basis of Early Childhood Disruptive Behavior

LF - Psychopathy can run in families – a possible warning for you

PT - The Hidden Suffering of the Psychopath

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR)