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Originally Posted by CaptainNJ
i thought that he killed bad guys. whats wrong with that? what about him makes him a sociopath/psychopath?
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People use their pathology for all sorts of reasons. As far as sociopaths go, they are found in many professions. They are attracted to professions such as law enforcement and surgery.
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Originally Posted by tdstyles
I still think that his need to kill and see blood to appease his dark passenger(clearly having an imaginary person living inside you that demands blood is a psychotic belief) is a psychosis brought on by his psychotic break suffered during childhood. That's my opinion qualified by my time as a psych minor over 15 years ago. So while I believe it is logical based on the evidence provided, I wouldn't bet my life, or even a slice of pizza, on it.
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Let's call it a gray area then. Having not only read about, but also spending hours on end with psychotics on the ward, Dexter is like no psychotic I have seen. The "dark passenger" was just a name he gave to the darkness that came over him when his obsession became too great to avoid acting on. It was not a delusion or hallucination.
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