Mrs. Z displays characteristics of a psychopath, manipulating and sowing seeds of conflict between her husband and his family. She is socially irresponsible, unable to distinguish right from wrong, and shows no remorse or empathy. Her unpredictable and abusive behavior creates tension for her husband, who becomes diabetic from the stress. A psychopath is defined as having antisocial personality disorder, shown through manipulation and violation of others, lack of empathy, and disregard for rules/safety of others. Psychopathy is diagnosed by evaluating thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and relationships for patterns of aggression, opposition, and risk-taking. Female psychopaths seek attention and play the victim while undermining others through lies, bullying, and destroying reputations.

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How does a psychopath women
behave?

2. Story
 Mrs Z belonged to middle class family with one elder sister and one elder brother.
Her father a Govt servant expired early. After death of her father something went
wrong and B and her mother separated from her brother .She managed to continue
her study and did PG in Sanskrit. After her marriage with well educated boy from a
respected family .
 Having remained independent her temperament remained dominating and set the
ball rolling for detaching her husband with rest of the family. She forced her husband
at account for dowry and took away the balance of money. Nothing wrong till now.
 She blamed her husband for illicit relation with his close relative and sowed the seed
for unhealthy relation with family. She always remained rude with all and sundry.
 Created enough tension and problem for her husband. This included all possible
tantrum from shout to abuse to physical bully. He was blamed for not so good health
which she blamed him for hiding(Not true ).Tension took its toll and he became
diabetic. Mrs B never interacted with any of family members for last 20 years .
Everyone in the family was on tenterhook when ever she came to her In Law’s
house . Unacceptable demand were placed which used to be met by her father in
law in spite of not having adequate resources. She never participated in any family
function. Was ready to insult anyone. Unpredictable behaviour
 Her husband an extra great human with matching principle could do nothing except
requesting all to accept her in what ever she was for his shake.
 Her only daughter probably got influenced by her and she also remained cut off.

3. Story
 Characteristics
 Socially irresponsible behavior
 Inability to distinguish between right and wrong
 Difficulty with showing remorse or empathy
 Manipulating and hurting others
 General disregard to responsibility
 Reckless behavior
 Envy of relation with other family members
 Personal Inadequacy as in spite of help of her husband could
notbclear any interview
 Lack deep emotional connections,
 Very aggressive,
 Angry every time with some one or other
 Don’t care if they have hurt someone,
 Be impulsive and abusive
 Lack remorse

4. What is a psychopath?
 The true definition of a psychopath in psychiatry is antisocial personality disorder
(ASPD)
 ASPD describes an individual who shows patterns of manipulation and violation to
others.
 Masand ,Psychiatrist explains. “When we say anti-social in ASPD, it means
someone who goes against society, rules, and other behaviors that are more
commonplace.”
 Common signs of psychopathy:
 Socially irresponsible behavior
 Disregarding or violating the rights of others
 Inability to distinguish between right and wrong
 Difficulty with showing remorse or empathy
 Tendency to lie often
 Manipulating and hurting others
 Recurring problems with the law
 General disregard towards safety and responsibility
 Other behaviors
 A tendency to take risks,
 Reckless behavior, and

5. What is a psychopath?
 Common signs of psychopathy: …Other behaviors …..Being deceitful
with frequent lying.
 They may also
 Lack deep emotional connections,
 Have a superficial charm about them,
 Be very aggressive,
 Get very angry sometimes,
 Don’t care if they have hurt someone,
 Be impulsive and abusive(doesn’t necessarily mean violent.), and
 Lack remorse
 More men than women have this diagnosis.

6. How is psychopathy diagnosed?
 ASPD can be difficult to treat because the person who needs help doesn’t
believe there is a problem with their behavior. As a result, they rarely seek
treatment.
 Mental health professional evaluate a person’s
 Thoughts,
 Feelings,
 Behavior patterns, and
 Relationships.
 At times it may be mixed with
 Conduct disorder (CD) or
 Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).
 ODD is more likely to act oppositional or defiant around
 Family members,
 Teachers, or
 A healthcare provider.
 Pattern of aggression toward others and regular choices in opposition of the
rules and social norms at home, school, or with peers, a clinician may

7. Behave?
 Women displaying traits of psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder.
 Female Psychopaths Seek to Destroy and Command All Attention
 Many female psychopaths seek to destroy others however they can.
 May undermine your self-esteem using innuendo, or bully you
 Turn friends and family against you by poisoning your reputation
behind you
 There is no end to what she might do to shatter your life.
 Many female psychopaths are pathological liars who are more
cunning and manipulative
 The female psychopath desires to be the center of attention and demands
center stage.
 Her style of speech manages to play the victim.
 May shed crocodile tears to play on your sympathy, and the next
moment her tears can transform into raucous laughter.
 Her personality turns on and off like a neon sign.

8. How Does a Female Psychopath Behave?
 Histrionics and Other Tactics
 She can convince and persuade her audience to believe her side of
the story—even after hearing your side first.
 If challenged may trigger a ballistic response.
 Will resort to whatever means necessary to get what she wants and
will use any tool possible—including laying fallacious allegation
 She is loyal to no one.
 May believe she is entitled to everything, while it pleases her to give you
nothing.
 Might gloat over your misfortune but not from heart
 Does not expect you have more than her
 She might steal or deliberately damage a treasured possession—and if she
gets caught, she will never apologize because it is really your fault.
 She distorts all stories in her favour and blames you for what she does.

9. Behave?
 Driven by Envy and Personal Inadequacy
 At her core, the female psychopath may not like herself.
 But it rarely helps to feel sorry for her.
 No matter what you do for her, no matter what you give her, she will
remain ungrateful.
 She is likely extremely envious and desires to obtain everything that
she wants since she believes she was cheated out of life’s bounty,
and it is up to her to even the score.
 THE BASICS
 What she wants is impossible to get has no end and brings her no
satisfaction.
 She appreciates nothing.
 Her confidential information or gossip might be half-truths or even full-blown
lies.
 She may be highly adept at sidling up to people.
 She will size you up in a moment while you are still trying to figure her out.