Warning Signs: Is Your New Boyfriend a Psychopath?  By Ronald
Schouten MD JD and James Silver JD  Originally published on
Advocate.com June 21 2012 2:21 AM ET   But you start to have
some doubts after a friend says, “I hate to say this, but this
new guy gives me the creeps — too charming, takes up all your
time, and has basically moved in after just a few weeks. You
better watch out.”   “What are you saying?” you ask. “I’m with
some kind of psychopath?”  “No” she responds. “Not a psychopath.
But almost.”  Now you’re worried, and confused. Aren’t
psychopaths inherently evil, the human equivalent of the Honey
Badger? And in the worst cases, aren’t psychopaths serial
killers like Hannibal Lecter and Ted Bundy? You couldn’t be in a
relationship with one. Or could you?   What Is Psychopathy?
Psychopathy involves a major abnormality in how people interact
with the world, characterized by a lack of empathy for other
people’s feelings as well as behaviors that are considered
inappropriately deceitful and aggressive. 