Dr. Karen MItchell exposes the common attributes of dark personalities (Narcissists, Psychopaths, etc.) found in her groundbreaking research. Her work is comprehensive and nuanced.

00:00 In this episode... 03:00 Introducing Dr. Karen Mitchell 04:26 Motivation to study Dark Personalities 05:52 Brain anomalies of human predators 06:43 Us vs. Them (Prey vs. Predators) 07:13 How to protect ourselves? 07:58 Accept the reality: 10% are Dark Personalities 09:33 Attributes of Dark Personalites 11:03 Predatory. They look for vulnerable victims 12:24 Isolation is incredibly damaging 13:07 How victims are chosen 13:39 Weakening the victim. Gaslighting 14:50 How high-functioning predators "Go for the kill" 15:15 Pathological Anger. "Eyes going black" 15:59 Driving victims to suicide. Taking children. Shunning. 16:51 Why can't we recognize Narcissists and Psychopaths? 17:55 Control and dominance drive the Dark Personality 21:08 Past research about Dark Personalities is flawed 23:30 Sadism: satisfaction in hurting others 25:49 Critique of Dr. Robert Hare's Psychopathy checklist (PCL-R) 26:55 Limitations of Coercive Control 29:49 Dark Personalities have these attributes 31:47 Dark Personalities all use these tactics 32:56 Grouping the attributes of Dark Personalities 33:09 Group 1: Driving the agenda 33:52 Group 2: Dark motivation and operation 35:09 Group 3: Truth is not easy to distinguish 35:55 Group 4. Different experience of feelings (callous) 36:31 When you recognize a Dark Personality 37:27 How to find an ally 38:47 Show a pattern of behavior 39:01 Use Dr. Mitchell's model to expose Dark Personalities 39:33 Document the behavior 40:32 Depend on your allies 41:18 Dark Personalities have sycophants (Flying Monkeys) 42:50 Research the person's background and know the red flags 43:22 Dark Personalities will research you (Stalking) 44:02 Dark Personalities will reverse attribute their own behavior 44:15 Critical thinking is necessary to help victims 46:30 Intuition and sensing anger in Dark Personalities 47:18 Identifying the tactics of Dark Personalities 51:32 Do they all learn at Psychopath University? 53:20 Dark Personalities in research create confusion 56:14 Manipulation: The Dark Personality's Superpower! 58:40 Dark Personalities live to target people 59:27 Positioning manipulation as positive 1:00:04 Dark Personalities have a plan to isolate and SMEAR CAMPAIGN 1:02:57 Isolation starts before the victim realizes it 1:03:22 Grooming of adults by Dark Personalities 1:07:10 Accepting the evil in Dark Personalities 1:07:59 "It takes two to tango" is not true in relationships with psychopaths 1:10:24 Similar to FBI profiling for high-functioning predators 1:12:07 How can we accept the ill intention of Dark Personalities? 1:13:10 The challenge of Cognitive Dissonance 1:13:54 How to use red flags 1:15:15 Distinctions within the Dark Personality 1:20:01 Violence is not fundamental to Dark Personalities 1:22:13 find Dr. Karen Mitchell 1:23:30 Dr. Mitchell's experience helping victims of Dark Personalities 1:25:16 SHARE this episode. Raise awareness about narcissistic abuse.

DISCLAIMER: The information provided is for educational purposes only and should not be considered as a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice from a qualified healthcare provider.

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Mark Vicente on Narcissists in Leadership: https://youtu.be/UvDk0iOHuR0 Dr. Peter Salerno on Narcissistic Abuse: https://youtu.be/yx-0px-ymtM Dr. George Simon on Narcissists and Manipulation: https://youtu.be/rThlIF1Hzp4 Prof. Sam Vaknin on Narcissistic Abuse: https://youtu.be/MVulOdCa1YU Dr. Kerry McAvoy on Narcissistic Abuse: https://youtu.be/lkxBdZs2VLk Rick Ross on Narcissists and Mind Control: https://youtu.be/Xjcg9g6xYzs Narcissistic Abuse Recovery: https://youtu.be/XXP941XRLUI Narcissistic Relationships Episode: https://youtu.be/dl52f2vy7FQ

Dr. Karen Mitchell on X: https://x.com/karenmitchell__

Dr. Karen Mitchell's Ph.D. thesis: https://kalmor.com.au/s/Psychopaths-Narcissists-Machiavellians-Toxic-Leaders-Coercive-Controllers-Subsets-of-One-Overarching.pdf

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How to Identify Human Predators (Dark Triad) | Dr. Karen Mitchell