A diagnosed psychopath who works as a homicide detective has admitted he only “loves” his wife and daughter, but cannot love them back.
The anonymous man allowed people on the internet to interrogate him. He posted a question on Reddit in the Ask me Anything thread, answering pressing questions about his personality.
He said he had been diagnosed as a psychopath by “three” different therapists who insisted he was “not a serial killer.”
The anonymous police official said he was married to a marriage counselor and had a daughter who had also been diagnosed as a psychopath.
Before opening up about his life, he confessed that he comes from a family of psychopaths and that his wife knows the dark truth about him.
A diagnosed psychopath who works as a homicide detective has lifted the lid on his lifestyle – admitting he only ‘loves’ his wife and daughter, but can’t love them back (stock image)
The title of the post was: ‘I’m a psychopath and a detective, ask me anything.’
He wrote: ‘As the title implies, I am a diagnosed psychopath (technically high-functioning ASPD) by three different psychiatrists/clinical psychologists.
“Since I know these questions will be asked, I’ll give you some general background information about myself. I’m a homicide detective (no, I’m not a serial killer). I have a master’s degree in forensic psychology.
“I am married to a marriage counselor and have an adult daughter from a previous relationship. I see a lot of things about psychopaths that are usually one-sided, and chances are you have encountered a psychopath or have one in your friend group or bed.”
People on the web filled the comments section to ask the psychopath a bunch of questions.
Some users wondered how he could be married, and many questioned whether he even loved his wife and daughter.
He replied, “No. I like them, I like spending time with them and talking to them, but I can’t say I love anyone or anything. My daughter is also a psychopath.”
The anonymous poster also revealed that his wife knew about his condition before she married him.
The anonymous man had people across the web interrogating him when he took to Reddit’s Ask me Anything thread to answer burning questions about his personality
He said, ‘Yes, she does. That’s actually how we met.’
‘She knew what she was getting into when we first met and we talked about my feelings, or lack thereof, even before our first date.
‘I cheated a few times in the beginning. I was never good at relationships until I met her and I didn’t see anything wrong with it.
“She broke up with me when she found out, before she gave me another chance. I haven’t done it since.”
The anonymous detective also indicated that he is very good at ‘manipulating’ people. He also said that it helps him.
He also said that no one ever really understands him.
A user asked, “What do you think is your strongest ASPD trait?
‘Have people around you ever described you as “difficult to understand”?’
‘Manipulation. It’s very useful in my line of work, to make the suspect we’re questioning think we have more evidence than we actually do, in the hopes that they’ll confess.
‘I don’t use manipulation much outside of work. Never with my wife.
‘Some do. The truth is that only a few know the real me, the rest are part of the manipulation.
“They see me as I want them to see me,” he replied.
He confessed that he discovered the truth about his personality as a child and that he had not cried for a long time.
The anonymous police official revealed that he was married to a marriage counselor and had a daughter, who had also been diagnosed as a psychopath.
Asked about the last time he shed a tear, the man replied: “Not since I was a toddler. Seeing children cry bothered me when I was a child too. I didn’t get it.”
According to the psychopath, the condition runs in his family, claiming it is “genetic.”
He said, ‘It runs in my family. I think genetics is always a part of it. I believe more in nurture than nature, but with psychopathy, for me, it’s nature. I was born that way.’
Fortunately, he indicated that his condition has helped him in his field of work, as it has allowed him to better approach a case without any emotion and to better connect with the criminal.
He explained: ‘Yes. Emotions don’t affect me, it doesn’t cloud my judgment. It also helps when interrogating suspects, I can be who they need me to be, to get them to confess.
‘I’ve only dealt with a few real psychopathic killers, most of them are normal people who made a wrong decision, usually because of their emotions.’