Dark psychology is all about how some people try to control and manipulate others. Normally, psychology is about understanding why people do what they do. But dark psychology is specifically about the sneaky and harmful ways some people try to control others. It looks at how these people use tricks and tactics to make others do things that help them, even if it’s not good for the person being manipulated.
Dark psychology is like studying how people behave and think when they hurt others. It’s about understanding why some people choose to harm or manipulate others. Even though everyone has the ability to hurt others, most people don’t because of social rules and their own sense of right and wrong. But some people can’t control their urge to hurt others, and they do terrible things to them.
Dark psychology is about figuring out why some people act in mean or harmful ways towards others. People who study this think that almost all of these actions are done on purpose. In other words, most people who are mean or hurtful have a reason for doing it, but a tiny percentage might do it for no reason at all.
We often think that when people do bad things, they have reasons for it. These reasons might make sense to them, even if we don’t agree. They have goals and reasons for their actions. Only a very small number of people hurt others without any understandable reason.
You know how sometimes people talk about everyone having a dark side? Well, it’s like saying that there’s a part of us that can be bad or do bad things. Different cultures and religions talk about this too. They might call it “evil” or even have stories about evil creatures like the devil or demons.
Some experts who study why people do bad things say that there are some people who do really terrible stuff, and we don’t always understand why. Most of the time, when people do bad things, it’s because they want something, like power, money, or revenge. But there are some who do bad things just because they enjoy hurting others. They don’t have a good reason for it; they just do it because they can. It’s like they find pleasure in causing pain to others, and that’s really scary.
Dark psychology is when people have four dark personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism. These traits make them act in ways that hurt others for no good reason.
Sure, let’s see how the darker sides of psychology show up in real life. Let’s look at some examples.
“Predators” are individuals or groups who use technology to harm others, either by directly targeting them or indirectly causing harm. The internet’s anonymity often encourages people to act on their negative impulses. This leads to more and more people using technology to exploit, harass, stalk, or harm others online.
These bad people have strange thoughts in their heads. They can act on these thoughts because the internet lets them hide. Normally, people don’t show their bad side because they’re afraid of what others will think. But online, nobody knows who they really are. These people have unfair ideas and try hard to force them on others.
There are different types of Predators, like stalkers, bullies, and criminals. They all know they’re hurting others and try hard to hide it from people they know in real life.
Arson is when someone deliberately sets things on fire. It’s a form of dark psychology, which means it’s related to how people think and behave in harmful ways. Arsonists are people who are really focused on starting fires. Some of them do it over and over again, almost like a ritual.
Necrophiliacs are people who feel sexual attraction towards dead bodies. Serial killers are individuals who have killed three or more people over a long time. These behaviors are rare but are important to talk about to understand dark psychology. Experts think that serial killers and other criminals do what they do because it satisfies some psychological need they have.
For some people who do really bad things, those actions are like drugs to them. It means they get hooked on doing those bad things, just like someone gets hooked on drugs. For example, when a serial killer feels good or satisfied after killing someone, they might want to do it again to feel that way again.
In this blog series, we won’t talk about the really scary parts of dark psychology. Instead, we’ll focus on things you might encounter in your everyday life. We’ll explore how to handle people who are really self-centered, mean, cunning, or even sociopathic. We’ll discuss why they act the way they do and what you can do to protect yourself from getting caught up in their schemes.