Having just one of these traits does not make someone a psychopath, but it’s someone’s overall personality traits that indicate psychopathy.
Parasites lead a parasitic lifestyle, often sponge off others financially, or get others to do things they could do themselves, such as doing work for them, even though they might pay for that work to be done.
Psychopaths also tend to have a lot of short-term relationships and display a lack of empathy with others.
Behavioural problems are evident from childhood. Psychopaths are often short tempered and will start to display these signs in childhood. Being violent toward other children, even pets, is another sign. Psychopaths may often explode with anger, usually for manipulative purposes.
Promiscuity is also an indication of psychopathy, jumping from one short term sexual relationship to another. A lot of whirlwind romances and marriages are another sign — they’ll meet someone and get married quickly, but the marriage won’t last.
Psychopaths do not care about other people’s feelings. If you approach a psychopath to tell them about how you’re feeling, it may be obvious they’re not interested in how you feel!
Psychopaths are good at putting on superficial charm, but as you get to know them, that charm will disappear as you discover they are not as charming as you thought. Everyone who meets them for the first time will think they’re nice, charming, funny, and yes, even caring, but this is entirely nothing more than window-dressing, paving the way for them to get what they want.
Psychopaths also harbour a grandiose opinion of their own worth, thinking they’re the best at everything, never wrong, and no one can ever better than them a higher intellectual plane than others.
Psychopaths are always pathological liars. This trait is not always noticeable at first, but once you start getting to know your psychopath friend, you’ll see that lying is deeply ingrained in their nature and they sometimes do it just for the fun of it!
Psychopaths are also skilled manipulators. They know every trick in the book that will help them achieve their aims. They will lie, they will use anger or charm as it suits, and they’ll use an armoury of tactics to get what they want, and you won’t realise you’ve been had until it’s too late.
Psychopaths lack any sense of remorse or guilt. They don’t care about ruining your life, they’re only focused on achieving their aims, and whoever gets in the way will be crushed and destroyed in the process.