Mask

I have been curious as to what psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder is, as are other people. We often associate psychopaths to crazy, killers, or our exes. I have done that a time or five myself. Now, bear with me here because a lot is still left to discover about psychopaths and antisocial personality disorder. Some common questions I have asked myself (and researched) and others may have wondered are the ones not completely answered yet. What is antisocial personality disorder?…

exhausting activity is pretending to be what you know you aren’t.” I wholeheartedly agree with this, and it is one of the reasons that I decided to work on eliminating my constant use of emotional masks that attempt to project a constantly happy, fun persona. Specifically, I wanted to stop wearing a happy mask all of the time because it created difficulties with emotional expression. I was active in working to improve my chosen behavior, even through the many successes and non-successes along…

“We Wear the Mask,” written by Paul Laurence Dunbar is a realist poem about feigning happiness as a means to disguise true feelings and emotions. The speaker frequently claims that they and others wear a mask of smiles and grins to portray a superficial contentment. In the second stanza, the speaker questions why the world cares about one’s true feelings, yet only chooses to recognize the mask as one’s true feelings. In the third and final stanza, the speaker admits that walking and existing…

In the article, Behind the Mask, it concentrates on the impact of a prevalent hidden injury known as post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). The military war veterans have been struggle with the psychological affects of war since they have returned. Melissa Walker is a therapist that designed a healing program for veterans suffering from PTSD. The experiment was first introduced at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Although many of the veteran participants were reluctant many…

In The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, the game takes place in the world of Termina. Termina is a separate realm from Hyrule, the main setting of the franchise. It is divided into four regions: the swamp, mountains, sea, and canyon. Both Hyrule and Termina are polytheistic, having their own respective pantheon of deities. We will focus on Termina. Hylian belief mentions a supreme power that can grant any wish and shape reality. The Triforce. The deities the Hylian race worships, the Golden…

Note: Within the essay, whenever the term serial killer is used, it encompasses any type of violent offender without a motive or a connection to the victims. Today’s society is not able to truly comprehend the serial or the mass murderer. With no motive or connection to the victims, the violence does not make sense. It is difficult to depict a character or concept only partially understood. Psycho took this perplexing subject and executed it respectfully and appropriately. It was the…

To further understand how serial killers are created by their upbringing, we must first get to know what a serial killer does, and the different types of serial killers there are running around. Many psychologists have classified that serial killers are sociopaths and or psychotic. Under the psychological microscope, Sociopath and psychopaths are considered to be the same by nature, they both exhibit antisocial behavior, but they’re both extremely different. Psychopathy, used to describe a…

An almost psychopath follows the behavior society finds acceptable while still not playing by the rules. They often have aggressive narcissism and a problem with competiveness. If someone were to get close to one or to meet one, the relationship of sorts would more than likely not last very long. If it did last, it would be through the work of the partner who wasn’t an almost psychopath (Becker and McNenry). Psychopathy is more common than what most people would like to believe, being twice as…

Many people may think a psychopath and sociopath are the same thing; insane people with mental disorders that make them have no feeling or attachment toward another person, so they go around killing everyone. Well, that is not the true, for the most part. A psychopath is an individual with a psychopathic nature, which is in turn seen as someone with no moral quality and introverted behavior, also being incapable to love or establish true intimate relationships, very self-centered, fails to…

Title: In Cold Blood Thesis: The history of the anti-social personality is long and complex. you may have heard the terms sociopath and psychopath which are used to refer to individuals who behave violently, aggressively, and selfishly. The media often applies these labels to serial killers. It is certain that the features of the psychopath and sociopath are similar to the current descriptions of the anti-social style. It is characterized by the persistent and pervasive disregard for the needs…