Jordan Schaul | Scapegoat Strength | Clubhouse Event | January 24, 2022 Malevolent partners and spouses who exhibit both dark personality traits and a surprising degree of empathy are an enigma. But are these ‘dark empaths’, as they are known, a new variant of pathological personality? Perhaps some people who fall into the hypothetical diagnostic construct of the dark tetrad, meaning they present with narcissism (NPD), psychopathy (ASPD), Machiavellianism, and/or sadism, are more empathic more of the time than other deviants. I argue that all dark tetrad personality types exhibit cognitive empathy and very little if any, emotional empathy, but not all choose to weaponize their empathy as much as others.
Dark Empath: Is there Such a Thing?!
Dark Empath: Is there Such a Thing?!
Dark Empath: Is there Such a Thing?!
Jordan Schaul | Scapegoat Strength | Clubhouse Event | January 24, 2022 Malevolent partners and spouses who exhibit both dark personality traits and a surprising degree of empathy are an enigma. But are these ‘dark empaths’, as they are known, a new variant of pathological personality? Perhaps some people who fall into the hypothetical diagnostic construct of the dark tetrad, meaning they present with narcissism (NPD), psychopathy (ASPD), Machiavellianism, and/or sadism, are more empathic more of the time than other deviants. I argue that all dark tetrad personality types exhibit cognitive empathy and very little if any, emotional empathy, but not all choose to weaponize their empathy as much as others.