What is The Mask of Sanity?
'''The Mask of Sanity''' is a book by [[Hervey M. Cleckley]]. It’s about [[Psychopathy]]. == The Mask of Sanity == The book says that [[Psychopathy|Psychopaths]] cannot feel normal emotions but they pretend that they do by copying everyone else and manage to trick everyone into believing that they aren’t [[insane]]. This is called having the Mask of Sanity. But because Psychopaths aren’t actually sane, they’re often dangerous mostly to themselves but sometimes to other people. == Criteria == According to the book, a person is a Psychopath if he or she is 1) Charming and smart 2) Not [[Psychosis|psychotic]] 3) Not nervous 4) Not reliable 5) A liar 6) A person who never feels [[Remorse]] or [[Shame]] 7) A person who doesn’t care about the rights of other people and doesn’t have any reason to explain why 8) Bad at learning from mistakes 9) [[Egocentrism|Egocentric]] and not able to [[love]] 10) Bad at understanding other peoples’ feelings 11) Bad at realizing that he or she has a [[Mental illness]] 12) Someone who doesn’t normally react to other people 13) Someone who often gets drunk or acts drunk even when he or she is [[Sobriety|sober]] 14) Someone who often threatens to commit [[suicide]] all the time but doesn’t actually do it 15) Someone who has [[Sexual intercourse|sex]] with people he or she doesn’t love or care about 16) Not able to follow any real plan for his or her life. == Influence == The Canadian psychologist [[Robert D. Hare]] created the [[Psychopathy Checklist]] based on this book. [[Category:1941 books]] [[Category:Non-fiction books]] [[Category:Psychology]] {{lit-stub}}