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April 1, 2020 11 mins
Hello and welcome to the newly formated Murder Is My Sign Podcast. It is still very much a true-crime podcast but with the soothing tones of ASMR whispering in your ear. In today's episode, I will be reading an article that describes the differences between Psychopaths and Sociopaths.

I do hope that you not only enjoy the new format of MIMS, but that you also enjoy the new intro and outro music.

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This show may contain adult language inthemes. Listener discretion is advised. With
that op the way, let's startthe show. You are listening to the

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Murder is My Sign podcast, theonly true crime astrology podcast, and I'm
your host, Shorty Death, hereto light your way through the true crime
astrology storm and welcome to the newformat of Murder is My Sign. It

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is still a true crime podcast,but with the soothing tones of as mr.
I hope you will enjoy this newformat of Murder is My Sign.

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Today, I decided to read aspecial article from Time Life magazine from the
inside the Criminal Mind copy from Februarytwenty nineteen. The article I will read

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is called psychopath versus sociopath. Thetwo words are often used interchangeably, but
psychopaths are controlled more by their genesand sociopaths by their life circumstances. Psychopathic

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criminals are specially formidable predators because oftheir ability to manipulate people and circumstances coldheartedly
and their own advantage. Their socialcounterparts, meanwhile, tend to lash out

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with raw sudden ferocity, but bothare victims of a mental disorder asp D,
anti social personality to order and eachgroup is the product of both genetic

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and social factors. Indeed, psychopathsand sociopaths have a lot in common,
but psychopaths are controlled more by theirgenes and sociopaths more by their life circumstances.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manualof Mental Disorders used by psychiatrists,

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psychopaths and sociopaths share quote a pervasivepattern of disregard for and violation of the
human rights of others end quote.Although alienated from the mainstream, many,
if not all, if not most, appear normal. They know how to

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act around other people, and caneven be well liked generally by faking normal
behavior. These wolves in sheep's clothingare specially dangerous because they are harder to
discern than those who are noticeably off. We will now go through two columns

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of comparison of psychopaths versus sociopaths.On the topic of moral awareness. Psychopaths
have no sense of right and wrong. They lack conscience, They lack moral

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insight, whereas sociopaths have a senseof right and wrong but feel unconstrained by
morality. On emotions, psychopaths areincapable of emotion or empathy for others,

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whereas sociopaths are capable of emotion butin limited capacity for empathy relationships. Psychopaths
are unable to form emotional bonds withothers, whereas sociopaths are able to form
emotional bonds with certain individuals under certaincircumstances. Outward appearance, psychopaths appear successful,

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intelligent, charming, composed, sincere, and trustworthy, whereas sociopaths appear
irritable, restless, impatient, andhot tempered. Psychopaths and their social skills

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are manipulative, deceitful, narcissistic,predatory, and skilled at playing roles,
whereas sociopaths are antisocial, unsophisticated,heedless, and get what they desire by

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taking it. Violence. Psychopaths arecold blooded, premeditated, controlled, symbolic,
deliberately, cruel, and furative,whereas sociopaths are spontaneous, uncontrolled,

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reactive, explosive, and flagrant criminalmethods. Psychopaths have detailed planning, secrecy,
risk management, and prolonged torture,whereas sociopaths lack planning, have knee

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jerk reactions, confrontation, speed,and savagery. Motivation psychopaths are motivated by
power, control, exploitation, greed, and revenge, whereas sociopaths are motivated

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by entitlement, anger, revenge,and reactions. Examples of psychopaths include Ted
Bundy, Jeffrey Dalmer, and JohnWayne Gacy. Sociopaths, for example,

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would be Jack the Ripper and Lizzieborden Well. I hope you enjoyed that
little article about psychopaths versus sociopaths,and I hope that you enjoyed this new

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for your continued support. I hopeyou will join us on Friday as we
continue this new format of Murder isMy Sign. We will begin our monthly
topic on the Deadly Duo. Tunein on Friday to find out who we

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will be talking about. Thank youso much for listening. Please continue to
take care of yourself, practice socialdistancing, wash your hands and stay home

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and until thun rest and peace
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