In the classic film “Tombstome,” Wyatt Earp asks why Ringo behaves the way he does. Doc Holliday responds, “A man like Ringo had a great empty hole right through the middle of him. He can never kill enough, steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.” Ringo was a sociopath.
In Martha Stout’s Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door, she describes in detail the strategies used by sociopaths to manipulate nice people when their callous and sometimes criminal behavior is challenged.
This book by Martha Stout impacted me so much that I gave copies to all my close relatives. It’s important to me that my loved ones know one when they see one.
Abuse: What does it look like?
Abuse happens on all levels:
During these days of COVID, it’s easy to become solitary and lonely. But those old tried and true ways to communicate are still available.
B.J. Fogg, a behavior scientist at Stanford University, developed the “Fogg Behavioral Model.” His model shows that three elements must be simultaneously present for behavior to occur: motivation, ability and prompt.