Getting into the mind of a psychopath

[Edwardo Piet]

I'm sure they are.

Yep.

But don't mistake extreme for not being able to plan.

I certainly wouldn't. Like I said... they're less anxious than sociopaths and more cold and calculating. They're pleasure seekers and they do indeed do very calculative plans to maximize their thrills. It's easier to do that without the high anxiety sociopaths have.

According to most sources they're usually highly intelligent and master manipulators.

Yes.

You usually won't notice if anyone's a psychopath, since they are masters at passing for human.

They are human. Unfortunately. This is how fucked up humanity is: there are psychopaths amongst us.

And they're as much as 1% of the population. The vast majority of them not being killers.

If you're lucky, they're just unable to walk in your shoes and only see you as an end for their means, if you're unlucky they're predators, lurking in the shadows.

Yes. But many psychopaths get their kicks from being more bullies or social abusers than predators: hence Psychopathic CEOS. Others are more toys or victims than prey.

The aforementioned Ted Bundy is a prime example of someone like that. Everyone knowing him couldn't believe he'd done what he did. But there are other ones, more closely to my home. Such as Jack Unterweger, who made headlines by being one of the select few international serial killers. He's been convicted of killing about a dozen prostitutes, but there are assumptions that he also had killed on the American East coast as well as the Czech Republic.

Yes. Most psychopaths aren't killers though.