Understanding Machiavellianism

Machiavellians are socially and emotionally manipulative and tend to dehumanize and objectify other people to their own level, rather than valuing someone for their uniqueness. These individuals have a natural tendency to value things or people who benefit themselves. A person who is a highly skilled Machiavellian will manipulate themselves and become stoic in order to achieve the outcome they desire.

Machiavellian males are tactile and execute a majority of their social interactions like a game of chess or poker. The narcissism is their face for appearances and the physical representative for all of their manipulations. They think ahead of the game, use smoke and mirrors and distract a woman from the expected outcome.

Dark Triad males who are emotionally or physically abusive and have women pining for them, want to fulfill their own whims and are not above using multiple women to accomplish this. The very presence of a Dark Triad male is said to make women experience rushes of dopamine/serotonin/oxytocin and cortisol. It’s a cocktail of hormones and it causes a woman to become addicted to the male. The man of this nature who leaves a woman’s life will often cause withdrawal symptoms, much like a drug addict would feel when being without their drug of choice.

Understanding Psychopathy

Psychopathy is how a person’s brain connects to their behavior choices and a sense of remorse or guilt. These are the body’s essential way of morally provoking one to cease immoral activity. If a person didn’t feel guilt or discomfort at making immoral choices, the likelihood of committing immoral behavior would increase exponentially. Furthermore, if an individual received pleasure from immoral behaviors, that can act as a reinforcement of the bad behavior.

Psychopathy is defined in relation to the Dark Triad as the inherent ability for the person to show no aversion for immoral or harmful actions or behaviors. People who do not feel guilt or remorse for doing bad things have a mental health disorder. The lack of the ability to feel guilt or remorse as a consequence of personal choices is a great source of Dark Triad powers, the feeling of fearlessness. It’s because of the ability to ruthlessly exploit and manipulate, that women are addicted to men of this nature. Psychopathy is closely linked with Machiavellianism.

The constant highs and lows generate drama that some women thrive off of. However, when a man’s psychopathy rages out of control, it becomes illogical and separate from the Machiavellian aspect. Men who possess the Dark Triad personality are very powerful, addictive and harmful to themselves and others.

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Break the Pattern

No relationship is ever ideal, but with certain men, a woman needs to watch herself and do what is needed to protect herself. A man who possess the Dark Triad personality is damaged, dangerous and addictive, but if a woman were to choose to pursue him, he will only wind up hurting her in the end. There’s no amount of therapy or counseling that will help this “bad boy”, so the best thing a woman can do in this situation is cut her losses and disassociate herself entirely.