Bit of a strange question but I was hoping somebody with the technical knowledge might offer an opinion, though im sure the facts might yet be fully understood...
I was thinking about my experience with MDMA abuse and the resultant derealization/depersonazation experience as a result of this. It has always interested me due to experiencing a situation perceived as having zero emotion at all, not even the bad ones, simply nothing at all.
I realized this experience would be very difficult for anybody to understand without experiencing it or at least relate this extreme situation to resulting in symptoms of negative emotions like depression or anxiety since the idea of zero emotions is so foreign we cannot even guess at what that might be like. At least that was my realization after the experience.
I was wondering if this situation might be a reasonably accurate representation of what a psychopath (strictly in terms of the lack of emotion or empathy definition) must experience?
I did note that certain related behavior was very apparent when i was in that state such as total analytical logic based thinking (unclouded by fear or emotion) which I could tell provided an improved ability to reason, plan, interact, think etc that might account for the intelligence factor commonly mentioned.
Additionally i noted the easy ability to mimic and act appropriately or as would be expected, hiding any sign of distress or change in behavior. Going trough the motions automatically was the immediate reaction to deal with the change.
Then of course the lack of empathy resulted in for example viewing loved ones without a single care of they lived or died. Didnt matter either way, it was just a non consideration as apposed to joy at the idea of inflicting pain as could be perceived as the motivations for negative actions with those diagnosed.
Anyways the idea of having had a glimpse into the experience of a difficult to understand or relate to mental illness is appealing. Would it be an accurate one. Just thought it was interesting as well and the idea of whether theoretically damaging your Serotonin functions to the needed extent could result in becoming a psycho so to speak (as per this context of course). I will say after my experience messing with Serotonin now seems like a really bad idea all round.
I was thinking about my experience with MDMA abuse and the resultant derealization/depersonazation experience as a result of this. It has always interested me due to experiencing a situation perceived as having zero emotion at all, not even the bad ones, simply nothing at all.
I realized this experience would be very difficult for anybody to understand without experiencing it or at least relate this extreme situation to resulting in symptoms of negative emotions like depression or anxiety since the idea of zero emotions is so foreign we cannot even guess at what that might be like. At least that was my realization after the experience.
I was wondering if this situation might be a reasonably accurate representation of what a psychopath (strictly in terms of the lack of emotion or empathy definition) must experience?
I did note that certain related behavior was very apparent when i was in that state such as total analytical logic based thinking (unclouded by fear or emotion) which I could tell provided an improved ability to reason, plan, interact, think etc that might account for the intelligence factor commonly mentioned.
Additionally i noted the easy ability to mimic and act appropriately or as would be expected, hiding any sign of distress or change in behavior. Going trough the motions automatically was the immediate reaction to deal with the change.
Then of course the lack of empathy resulted in for example viewing loved ones without a single care of they lived or died. Didnt matter either way, it was just a non consideration as apposed to joy at the idea of inflicting pain as could be perceived as the motivations for negative actions with those diagnosed.
Anyways the idea of having had a glimpse into the experience of a difficult to understand or relate to mental illness is appealing. Would it be an accurate one. Just thought it was interesting as well and the idea of whether theoretically damaging your Serotonin functions to the needed extent could result in becoming a psycho so to speak (as per this context of course). I will say after my experience messing with Serotonin now seems like a really bad idea all round.
... there's only you here. >.<