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The Functioning Psychopath

Emotion has no place in the operating room, emotion cost lives. Every time emotion comes into play, patients needlessly die. In the operating room I am an emotionless machine. I have a success rate that no neurosurgeon has ever seen, and when I return home, I continue to be, this total void of emotion human being. I am a functioning psychopath, pushed by my environment towards a direction of a positive path.

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David Kavanagh

Date: 2/25/2023 2:15:00 PM

Can’t switch off Billy, no doubt some surgeons are psychos on a path, but most are just clinical in their approach to work, and are quite pleasant outside the operating theatre, nice work here, cheers David

Billy Thekidster
Date: 3/2/2023 4:50:00 PM

Psychopaths realize the importance of fitting in, and have mastered the art of mimicking. They can appear to be laughing or even crying, with no clue as to how it truly feels to experience those emotions. A classic text book functioning psychopath is TV's Star Trek's Mr Spock. His life is dictated by logic and emotions he knows not.