Val Burns: We all need a baloney detection kit to protect us from sociopaths
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The heinous murder in April 2016 of author, Helen Bailey, by her fiancé, Ian Stewart, is chilling. Stewart, who's been sentenced to 34 years imprisonment for the drugging and murder of Helen Bailey, was, by all accounts, a dyed in the wool sociopath.
Reading and watching the news reports, we can all cry out, pantomime style, from the stalls: He's behind you, look behind you! But in cases like this, where a sociopath "love-bombs" their victim in order to trap them before they move in for the kill, it can be extremely difficult to see the wood for the trees. This is not because of stupidity or naivety, but because as humans, we have a strong need to love and be loved.
BBM
IMHO We are all hard working here on our
baloney detection kit. It won't benefit Helen, alas, but perhaps it is of use to ourselves or someone else.
But no matter what, this remains very difficult.