Psychopaths have a need for constant stimulation, exhibit high levels of attention-seeking behavior and are prone to boredom.
How do you soothe all of these urges at once? World tour! Psychopaths also seem to have a “stress immunity” because they don't have normal fear or anxiety responses. That's probably helpful in this situation, no?
Psychopaths fail to feel remorse or guilt and will only accept blame if it somehow benefits them.
Swift has had more than a few famous fights. First there was Kanye West (where she insisted that we watch her repeatedly take the high road), then came Katy Perry (who she apparently stole tour dancers from and then got mad when Perry stole them back) and most recently it was Nicki Minaj. This fight played out on Twitter. Minaj had a valid complaint about MTV's Video Music Awards and Swift took it personally. Swift then realized her error and issued a classy apology that effectively squashed all of the bad press that she was getting related to the argument. That's the closest that Swift has ever come to a serious media blunder.
I thought I was being called out. I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke. I'm sorry, Nicki.
@NICKIMINAJ
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 23, 2015Psychopaths use others to their advantage and engage in superficial friendships.
Swift's hyper-stylized video for “Bad Blood” contained a selection of her famous friends— including quite a few supermodels. She received much attention for assembling a modern girl-gang and inspired many uses of “#squad.” Swift also used this video to really push the idea that she's a sexy girl leading a sexy life with her sexy girlfriends. One problem: Taylor Swift is not sexy. She's supremely pretty. She's sometimes even gorgeous, but she is never sexy. She uses these women and all of the people that she drags up on stage every night to try to display that she is well-liked and interesting and talented. She might be all of those things, but not because of her superficial BS bragging-rights friendships.
Psychopaths will appear normal to unsuspecting people.
Taylor Swift just likes to hang out at home, you guys. Sometimes she goes shopping. She's just a regular girl.
Psychopaths are supremely narcissistic.
Swift recently became the most followed person on Instagram. That won't help control her narcissistic tendencies at all.
Psychopaths cannot attach emotionally.
Swift has cats for pets. What better pet for a person who can’t attach emotionally? Most cats DGAF about their owners, so it totally makes sense for their owners to not GAF right back. Cats will manipulate you into getting whatever they want, they will blatantly disobey you and have no compunction about going all Fancy Feast on your face pretty much immediately after you take your last breath. Cats are psychopaths.
Thus, by our estimation Taylor Swift is probably a psychopath. But how do we help Sister Swift? Well, we can't. Psychopaths can't be cured.
But check out these quotes from this informative article:
“Psychopathy is probably the most pleasant-feeling of all the mental disorders. All of the things that keep you good, morally good, are painful things: guilt, remorse, empathy.” - Jon Ronson, authorSounds pretty nice, actually. So don't even (pretend to) worry about our hypothetical diagnosis, Ms. Swift. Just... uh... shake it off.
“Psychopaths can work very quickly, and can have an apparent IQ higher than it really is, because they’re not inhibited by moral concerns.” - James Fallon, neuroscientist
Taylor Swift will perform at Scottrade Center on both Monday and Tuesday, September 28 and 29. Feel free to go — just maybe watch your back?
