You nailed the psychopath! I met the most amazing man, he was kind humorous, always wanted to help others . Met in June married in October that year. Had 3 kids and I lived in a nightmare that I couldn’t get out of for many years. Leaving him almost cost me my life. He is now in prison for murder and I am happily married to a wonderful man. I survived a psychopath. Here’s the kicker. I had a gut feeling that I ignored bc everything was soooo wonderful at that time…. Never ignore your gut. If you need help getting out of a relationship, seek help from an organization like the YWCA or an advocacy center. Your friends and family may not be able to support you the way you need bc that can’t see past the illusion that has been created.

@Echo-ux3wo

4 күн бұрын

Sometimes we read a comment that helps many. Yours is one! So happy you're happy! 😊

@lachousalle31

4 күн бұрын

And how do you know he was a psychopath? Was he diagnosed in prison?

@Tammi_cherie

4 күн бұрын

Your comment sounded like the exact same thing I went through. Only he never got caught for all the horrible things he did. I honestly believe I would have passed had I not gotten away. He finally let me leave after close to ten years because I caught him on video. I also ignored my gut instincts and my body paid for this. I was getting sick a lot and would gag when he was close. My body was physically rejecting him and I would smell rotting flesh coming from him. It’s interesting how even though you ignore your gut, your body continues to try and warn you.

@fionaewen6231

4 күн бұрын

Glad you re ok

@angel_d99

4 күн бұрын

OMG 💯 trust... Your... Gut.... I made the same mistake and also everyone else saw only Dr Jekyll. Mr Hyde only shows himself to his prisoner IMHO

Scott, your calm and low voice reminds me of Bob Ross! “Now let’s paint a happy little psychopath” 😂

@heatherwoods528

3 күн бұрын

😂😂

@TheHoneyDARE

3 күн бұрын

Lol! So funny. I love Scott…. Now i love him even more

The psychopathic stare is intense and you get a feeling......a feeling of complete emptiness

I was married to my ex for almost 20 years before I started realizing he’s a psychopath. At first it was just the question - could he be? My therapist at the time told me it was impossible because they’re so rare - even after I told her about him setting fire to his bedroom accidentally as a teenager when he was trying to make a bomb. 🙄 So a huge part of the problem is that most people - and even plenty of mental health professionals- don’t know how to identify psychopaths. Science has only studied incarcerated psychopaths, so we know next to nothing about them in the wild. Another huge part of the problem is that NOBODY believed me. I asked for help everywhere, but because he didn’t physically beat on me, there was no help to be found. And he had everyone we knew fooled, even my own mother refused to accept it. I quickly realized that using the word “psychopath” to describe him was counterproductive - it only made people suspicious of me and my motives. It made me look like I was trying to smear him, when the opposite was true. He had already cut off my access to money, so I couldn’t buy help either. I was truly trapped. And terrified. When I finally made a run for it and fled to a shelter, they tried to turn me away at first because I wasn’t covered in bruises, so they didn’t believe I was in imminent danger. I was prepared for this because I was so used to not being believed at this point. I asked them to do a lethality risk assessment on my situation. My relationship scored an 8/10. They let me stay. After I fled, he tried to find me. I knew he would. I also knew he worked with a lot of undocumented immigrants - people who would be disinclined to turn him in for asking around about a murder-for-hire. So I stayed in hiding after I left. Sure enough, he hired some Bloods to find and kill me. I have no idea if they looked for me at all, but I do know that his little plan blew up in his face because the gang took over his life and turned our home into a brothel. 18 months after I fled, his parents and siblings flew in from out of state to rescue him from the mess he had made. They packed him up and moved him to Florida. Happiest day of my life. I lived with him for 1/4 a century. He kept me in a state of confusion for most of it. I could write a book from everything I learned about successful psychopaths. We take people at face value. We shouldn’t.

My daughter has had schizophrenia since age 17. She’s now 40. All this time she has had the psychopathic stare but she’s never hurt a fly. It’s just one of her symptoms.

Was married to a psychopath 4 horrible years. Constant lying and stealing, even from me. Got worse when I had a baby. He never ever even once held the baby, let alone change a diaper. The week before I fled the marital home I had a repetitive nightly nightmare of him going into the nursery and smothering the baby. After 7 nights of this, I left the next morning with just the baby and diaper bag and filed for divorce. During the divorce proceedings, I found out that he had taken out a large life insurance policy on the baby

@ThriveCollective1188

3 күн бұрын

😮

@user-ue1hs3ty6z

3 күн бұрын

OMG

@cmc7507

3 күн бұрын

Thank God for giving you those dreams and you took them as the warning they were!

@curiousone6129

Күн бұрын

Your instincts were telling you he was literally dangerous.

The only way out if an abusive relationship is to sneak out very carefully!

Scott’s comedic timing is *chef’s kiss* 😘. “Tried to put a Volkswagen in my pocket… 😐”

I imagined that someone was behind Scott pretending to be his arms, and I can't unsee it 🤣

@latitude1904

4 күн бұрын

OMG now I can't unsee it. - like the vids of dogs eating with spoons. Hilarious

@3ForestAnimals

5 сағат бұрын

his guardian angel?

Btw my father was a psychopath. Scored higher than Hitler on the psychopathy test. Charmed my mother for awhile but in the end he was about him. They did marry in 6 months. Then she found out his past was a complete lie. He was emotionally abusive and a gaslighter. Learning about the pathology helped me understand my childhood.

Q: Does marijuana affect your body language? A, everyone who smokes: No A, everyone who doesn't smoke: YES

I was in a Dunks in Boston and someone was there with the psychopathic stare (toward me) and a big Irish bloke motioned me toward him to be protective. It was so nice to have someone do that.

@ScottRouse

2 күн бұрын

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Weird..the yawn thing. My X is a narcissist. If you yawned..he yawned more. If you coughed..he coughed more. If you sigh..he sighs more. If you cry..he cries more. Over mirroring. Hyper fixated on his target.

These videos feel like I’m talking to a good friend with great stories. Thank you Scott!

@ScottRouse

4 күн бұрын

Excellent. I’m so glad you feel that way.

Psychopaths don’t see to feel shame either. They behave inappropriately around people and you would think they would be humiliated to be around those people again but they have no problem palling up to them like nothing ever happened. Zero empathy. Red flag 🚩.

@stevemcmillan2213

3 күн бұрын

I think you are confusing narcissists with psychopaths. Autistics also fit your description. Psychopaths are different animals and they are not inappropriate. A lack of empathy can be caused by all sorts of neurodevelopmental disorders. The two traits you mention sounds like they are on the autistic spectrum. Not all autistics behave like this but they do struggle with empathy and shame. A psychopath would mask their condition to look like they are great people and you would likely never realise. They manipulate people's perceptions of them, and being appropriate and showing an obvious lack of empathy would not fit with that. They are more likely to try to charm you.

@TriggB44

17 сағат бұрын

@stevemcmillan2213 ok Steve, I would like your opinion on this: I knew someone that told me they harmed animals when they were young, couldn't hold a serious conversation for very long & when they tried, it seemed to piss them off, lied about a lot of things, if not everything, told me they were sexually attracted to their own mother, has multiple profiles on multiple platforms, later, told me he was gay though before he acted like he was straight, caught him doing some creepy, gay stuff on 1 platform, basically this person was & probably still is all over the place & I've been trying to figure out if he's a narc or psychopath, has DID or a combination of things...! What do you think??? Ask any questions you want! Oh & btw when I first met him, he seemed very nice & sweet, but then I found out later his true colors.

Pitty they don't teach this at school instead of so many useless things they do teach. Life would be much better to be aware of this from a young age.

Psychopathic stare starts at about 16:30

@lizh1988

16 сағат бұрын

TYVM

@SoundsBogus

10 сағат бұрын

He finally gets to it at 18:40

I have the psychopath stare... but it's because I have chronic generalized anxiety, manifesting primarily in extreme social anxiety, and I need to turn off part of my brain and transport it to a different land in order to hold a conversation with 99% of the people I talk to. So I guess, like a psychopath, I fake like I am involved and or enjoying the interaction, which leads me to having that stare. I can tell it makes people uncomfortable at times, at which point I can't fake it anymore and have to disengage from the conversation because the anxiety becomes crushing.

Love the psychopath advice for relationships! The same goes for narcissists/people with a narcissistic personality, some are downright evil. On a lighter note, I wish we could see your pranks in action, Scott ❤😂

Psychologists just blank stare at you until you feel so uncomfortable you run your mouth off and talk drivel. Not all of them are that awful. There must be some style of talk therapy … my current one is so different

My favourite thing to do in Zoom meetings is to see who follows me. I look for the ones who take drinks of their coffee after me, scratch their noses, sit back or whatever. It's fun and helps keep me more focused on the meeting. I like gamifying boring tasks like Zoom meetings to keep myself engaged and cope with my ADHD. And, yes, I'm also listening to what's being said and making notes when needed. It's just that I've heard some of the information before so I find it hard to stay interested and miss things unless I'm also watching for body language.

I'm dying laughing about the tiktok pointing 😂 it's SO TRUE Thank you for answering my question, Scott! I'm going to go read that study now and I'm very excited for it. 😊

My lawyer is a psychopath, no empathy at all.

As an artist I stare because something about what I've seen has stimulated my creativity. To know what that looks like find a self-portrait by an artist looking at themself in the mirror. It is quite intense. In my mind I'm in a deep level of focus. I may or may not notice the person looking back at me. I've had people blow up at me and I realize I've made them uncomfortable.

@gayleodonnell4860

Күн бұрын

I get it. Sometimes a composition just has to be framed. It may include at least one human form. 🖼️

I know I encountered the psychopathic stare when I visited a Dollar Store in a shady part of town. Like slow motion, I opened the door of the store, smiling, per usual to greet the staff. There was a line of blacks, not paying attention to me, and one handsome white guy that stared at me, without expression, which felt like I was going to be his next victim. It was cold, expressionless, and quite long, as if his gears were churning. I looked away, uncomfortable, yet fakely smiling, but not showing any expression that would give myself away. This is before I knew what a psychopathic stare was. Fortunately, during my Army training, many years prior, I was hyper-vigilant with my surroundings. When I parked my car, I was aware of all the vehicles that were around me. Moving forward, buying the minimal necessities that I needed, I played in my mind what the cars in the parking looked like, the cold energy from the only white guy in the check out line, and what I would do, when any future situation would come up. I just know his stare felt like he was thinking, she’s my next victim. Not like I was a piece of meat to be objectified, which I am very familiar with, but more sinister. I went to check out with my few items, and cautiously walked out the door, knowing what vehicles were still there, as I got into my car to drive off. As soon as I drove off, the vehicle that I thought was the aggressor slowly followed behind me. I knew it. He kept a far distance. I remember my mother telling me, If you take four right turns, and the vehicle does the same, you’re being followed. Once I took the four right turns, and he followed accordingly, I quickly pulled into a public fast food restaurant. He kept going. I know I saved my life that day! The psychopathic stare is uncomfortably long, no emotions, and like you can see the gears churning in their brain, without emotion. It was very uncomfortable and sinister. Something I hope nobody experiences. I easily felt like I would have been held captive, tortured, raped, murdered, or disassembled. There was nothing positive or encouraging about that stare. The main message I got, I was his fantasy and that he was thinking, “She’s my next victim.” Always trust your instincts based on the energy of the one you question. Completely handsome, out of place, but psychotic and sinister.

@ScottRouse

2 күн бұрын

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@UniqueCuriousMakeupArtist

2 күн бұрын

@@ScottRouseyes… very alarming…. I’m blessed from the training and advice I’ve received. 😊

If you've truly seen it, you know it and can spot it in an instant.

Wait a minute there Sir, did you just say you tried to fit a Volkswagen in you pocket when you were smoking the devils lettuce a long time ago, and then just leave us on a cliffhanger with that whole story? I NEED to know the whole story 😂 not fair. I know I have some stories about smoking it. Most of them include thinking about that math test I failed in 8th grade and how everyone at the store followed me. 😂

@cookinglivewithlala

2 күн бұрын

He told part of the story and then just dropped it. Like what???

@jackiebennett1512

Күн бұрын

VW def stood out to me & by the looks of the comments section; we’re not alone, lol. Idk if it was some sort of psychological warp for reasons not yet disclosed but it was distracting😅 TBH it was a bit of a Credibility Buster!TBC Off to listen to the rest of the story! At this moment he’s dispelling concerns over eczema 🙆🏻‍♀️😁

scott, you don't do enough of these and they are never long enough. i wish i could watch tbp and you every day. i love all y'all. if i had to choose between going out and having some hattie b's hot chicken or staying at home watching you or tbp, i would starve, but i would be happy.

@ScottRouse

5 күн бұрын

❤️🙂👍

@glenngebhard1575

5 күн бұрын

@@ScottRouse 🥰🍗🔥

My grandmother was a paranoid schizophrenia, and she would stare at you and make you feel uncomfortable.

My eldests father was quite definitely abnormal, they way he treats people, his subsequent partners and children, his family and friends. Absolutely no empathy whatsoever. Even when his sister killed her children and committed suicide it did not touch him on any level, no tears or anger, nothing. He couldn't even be bothered going to the funeral and did nothing to support his siblings. He does this thing when someone is confronting him about his behaviour and he just stops moving and stares straight front of him with no expressionsat all, almost like he disassociates, he's stuck like that for some time, long after the other person has given up and walked away, once he starts moving he again he acts like absolutely nothing has happened. What the hell is that? It's totally bizarre.

@daisyb2637

3 күн бұрын

There’s someone in our life just like this style of communicating is really unnerving. No emotion or connection- is weird to deal with. The one in our life is a young adult so we will see how he developes but it’s been this way since a young child. Just like his mother, and she is diagnosed B cluster traits - shows dark triad- never is wrong.

@katherineg9396

2 күн бұрын

Autism?

@Backslide21

2 күн бұрын

@katherineg9396 definitely not, I have autism

I thought the “chin down, eyes up, smile” was the come hither look! 😂😂😂

@lindasapiecha2515

4 күн бұрын

@@eleanornelson5810 Oh youve got the wrong chin down eyes up smile 😅👍

@sandrajordan8387

4 күн бұрын

That one usually has a tilted head, lol

@sunnygirl9691

4 күн бұрын

Actually I’ve seen kids attempt this “wrong” version trying to be cute and charming to get something they want but if you capture it in a picture it’s really freaky.

@Saraflowerk

3 күн бұрын

More like possessed problem child. 😂

Wait, what, Scott? Put a Volkswagen in your pocket?? This is my question for your next video!🤣 I love your videos, so damn fun and informative!!

I even find myself yawning every time you say "yawn."

@Echo-ux3wo

4 күн бұрын

I commented too many times so I didn't want to be rude, but I experienced the same thing! 🤣 😂 Too funny... I just yawned now!

I NEED to know about the voltswagon in the pocket story. 😂🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

When i was in grad school, we had one small class that was held in a sort of conference room around a big table. I was holding a pen. During the lecture, I started balancing the pen upright, and letting go, As soon as I got it balanced perfectly vertical, immediately caught it, paused and started the procedure again, while keeping a rhythm in the timing of the moves each time. I was playing a game to amuse myself. The lecture didnt require taking notes or asking questions. My goal was simply to see how many people I could get to copy me. By the of the 40 minute class, every other student at the table was doing exactly the same thing as I was doing in sync. 😊 It was interesting to me, because it was an engineering class. Nobody said a word, as we left the room grinning. Engineers, in general, are orderly and a little compulsive. After your party is over, if you happen to notice that the picture that hung a little crooked; that one you were always thinking you would get around to straightening someday, is back in position on the wall, one of your guests may have been an engineer or architect😂 By the end of class, we had ( I think unconciously) figured out how to make my little game an exercise in synchronicity. A satisfying little dopamine rush was had by all.

“Quit DOIN’ that. It’s WEIRD.” 13:48 😂

I was doing the head down, eyes up and my dog did not like it one bit 🤣🤣

@Echo-ux3wo

4 күн бұрын

😄 tell us how he reacted?

@sunnygirl9691

4 күн бұрын

Yeah that’s super creepy 😧

@teresev1435

3 күн бұрын

I did the Vincent D’Onofrio evil look to my sister a few years back-we’re both in our 50s but behave like we’re 20 when we’re together 🤣🤣🤣 She said NEVER do that again! She got freaked out. I didn’t speak to her, but I did the creepy smile. She was not amused

@wolfmoon2010

3 күн бұрын

@@Echo-ux3wo she is a husky, they are already pretty judgy 🤣 she backed up and gave me an tilted head stare and them jumped forward and howled in my face 🤣🤣

You're explanation of the psycho stare makes sense thank you 🥱

@ScottRouse

2 күн бұрын

You sure are welcome🙂

Your favourite politicians is probably one.

@user-ue1hs3ty6z

3 күн бұрын

No they only care about the public 😂

@3ForestAnimals

5 сағат бұрын

😂 😂

Psych stare in mirror 😂I love your sense of humour. You have to talk loud to left ear. Man that must have been 🤣 😂😂🤣😂🤣

@ScottRouse

Күн бұрын

Oh, it was. I promise you it was. 🙂

Yep unfortunately i know that psychopathic stare. Its not angry its just inappropriate and blank and feels so weird.

The daughter of my ex-partner, used to look at me intensely she made me feel uncomfortable, once on a trip she looked so weird that I expressed out loud with a “ wow”! And then she started to cry etc, her father started to scream at me and my kids, it was horrible, he didn't let us inside the car… Not only my ex was horrible, mean, bad… Always needs validation, so my guess is she learned that from her father! Run from such people, because they are manipulative and mean!

I just stumbled across your site, and I'm hooked. I am an anthropologist/archaeologist, but when I was young I was going to join the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. Human behavior in general fascinates me, as does true crime, so this is right up my alley! I am subscribing right now! 🤗🇲🇽

@ScottRouse

Күн бұрын

Yay! Thanks for hanging out with us! 🙂

I went on a date once, and he stared at me unblinkingly the whole night; it was so odd and uncomfortable. He also told me that he hadn't cried since he was a kid and he had recently gone through a divorce! When he went in for a kiss, I ducked out of the way and didn't see him again. 🚩🚩🚩

@Ms_Evolvez

4 күн бұрын

I'm sorry you made me laugh so hard…thats brutal but fair 😂😂😂

@justkiddin84

4 күн бұрын

@@Ms_Evolvezwhy is that funny?

@oOIIIMIIIOo

4 күн бұрын

​@@justkiddin84Because we saw a lot of comedy romances with exact that scenario. 🙂

@Ms_Evolvez

3 күн бұрын

@@justkiddin84 It was a image in my mind, apologies for any offence caused. I sometimes forget dark humour isn't appropriate.

@justkiddin84

3 күн бұрын

@@Ms_Evolvez I wasn’t so much offended as confused😂✌️

I’ll be watching! Thank you for teaching regular people like me.

I just saw a story yesterday about Chris Watts, the guy in Colorado who murdered his pregnant wife and two young daughters. Video surfaced of them at their wedding where, while his wife Shannan was gazing lovingly at him, he stared at her with an emotionless face and his hands were balled up in fists. It was subtle so nobody picked up those cues. Very haunting in hindsight!! 😢

@sunnygirl9691

3 күн бұрын

He’s not a psychopath.

@ad6417

3 күн бұрын

​@@sunnygirl9691HG Tudor believes him to be a psychopath. His analysis is very compelling.

That video of Ted Bundy talking to Dobson was incredibly creepy in that Bundy so openly mimicked Dobson's speech patterns, down to cadence, pitch, pauses, that I was embarrassed for Dobson. I thought, "Is his ego that huge that he's so flattered he can't see that Bundy is flat out imitating him?" I thought it was just an ego trip on Dobson's part. I didn't think about the idea that he didn't even notice it! Wow.

Man, I love your explanation of meeting a psychopath! You are spot on!!! Fantastic! Scary but great description. Anyone can be taken.

Scott, you are such an instigator! 😂 I'd pay money to see those two guys yelling at eachother! 😅

You know how they say that a fake smile is just the mouth smiling and a genuine one is mouth and eyes? Now imagine someone who knows this and forcefully does both to appear genuine. I knew a person who did it, and it felt fake as hell because the eyes seemed overly clenched. Have you seen this?

Thanks Scott ❣️ Your humorous earthy delivery captures my attention which holds my interest to learn all the more… I would love to have seen the two guys talking really loud to each other 😂😂😂😂😂! What a trouble maker …

I was a tom boy as a kid, all the kids within playing distance were boys, my parents best friends only had boys my age and my daddy didn’t have a son. So I ended up mowing the lawn, cleaning the kennels, helping my dad build our house, things like that. Some of the boys had boxing gloves. Daddy had been a champion golden glove boxer and he taught me to box. I have always been super athletic and even though I was very thin I’ve always carried a lot of muscle. When I was old enough to go clubbing I went with my friends that had grown up with me. One time in a club in our town there was a woman that kept staring at me. Every time I took a breath I’d look up and she was staring at me. It started making me mad and it was approaching the point where things weren’t going to go well for her. I went to the bathroom and while I was gone she approached my friends. It turned out that she was gay and she wanted to know if I was interested. My friends found this whole situation hilarious! Even so, they were smart enough to let her know I wasn’t interested . It has always stayed with me because Im a happy drunk and pretty easy going most of the time but her staring at me made me really mad. That was in the early eighties and in my small town it was kind of unheard of. I just always thought that it was strange that I was so angry just from her staring at me, but I was. So sometimes you can be very wrong about someone’s motives for staring at you, lol! 😂 😅😂😂

Maghan the look and grin of insanity

@GrumpyMeow-Meow

4 күн бұрын

HG Tudor calls it the Rictus Grin.

13:25 thank you for bringing this up. If only those overrated “content creators” were aware that it’s such a huge display of narcissism to add their faces and expressions embedded on others’ videos... 🗣️🔊 We don’t care about your reactions, we can have our own. Now go make your own original videos and leave us alone!

@3ForestAnimals

5 сағат бұрын

lol, lol, 😂 😂 wow. seeing more folks speakn their truth so creatively. nice!

I cant really describe what a psychopathic stare is but you can feel it. The coldness of their eyes is unmistakable.

@oOIIIMIIIOo

4 күн бұрын

The eyes are the windows to the soul. Sometimes there is no one home. 🤷🏼🙂

I've noticed you can make animals yawn by yawning. I used to send my cockatiels to sleep by pretending I couldn't keep my eyes open, and theirs would close.

I pictured "the joker" at the beginning when you explained smiling, looking down, then back up, with the "I'm so glad your here" 😂😅😳

Reminds me of my G'pa, who was the sweetest man in the world, with a very quick witted sense of humor. But I cracked him up and never seen him laugh so hard the summer I cut off a pair of shorts for him. He only had one leg. Well, if you already guessed it, I cut off the wrong pant leg! He lost it! We laughed SO hard!! Such a sweet memory. I can see his hand over his eyes, holding his head and his shoulders just shaking up and down. We were crying we laughed so hard!

@Echo-ux3wo

4 күн бұрын

That's SO funny! My Dad was in hospital for an extended period. I'd wash his face, comb his hair, you know, basic grooming. One day I was trimming his bushy eyebrows and all of a sudden I saw this clump of hair that looked surprisingly like a little hairy rainbow cascading down the front of him... I'd shaved off one complete eyebrow! He was so elegant, as I apologized, he just cuddled me up and said he loved me.

@nanceb4him

4 күн бұрын

@Echo-ux3wo :)) Yikes, but Funny. I got papers from a Lawyer one year, I was being sued. (My face was beat red, hands shaking, I kept reading, for cutting off my brothers sideburn? I was practicing cutting hair at the time and he was willing, so I practiced, lol They played a trick on me. My brother's all thought it was funny, a get even (not real lawyer) to sue me because he was an unsatisfied customer. 🤓

Thank you, Scott, for putting out these videos answering our questions! Not only are you highly skilled, but you've remained humble and self-deprecatory, instead of becoming conceited or arrogant. This is what makes watching YOUR body language, and listening to you describe things so enjoyable. I especially love hearing you talk about and explain psychopaths, sociopaths and narcissists. I love learning new things, and you have a way of explaining things, that not only is easy to understand, it's also very funny. It increases our awareness because the topic is so interesting, but because they can be so dangerous, it's important to know. I know not all of them are, but it's still good to be able to spot them, so we can be more "aware" of them, and keep our guard up around these people. I've met a few of them over the years, but only two that turned out to be very dangerous. This one particular day was the first time I saw the psychopath stare; this was pre-internet/cellphone, so I didn't know what it meant. I just felt it meant death. I was in a small deli to get a couple of gallons of water. I grabbed them, and then I had a creepy feeling of dread. I looked at the checkout line and saw a man, 7th or 8th in line, staring at me. His eyes looked black, like shark eyes. He didn't blink, break eye contact, or make any facial expression. Looking at him was like looking through him; his eyes just bore a hole right through you, and it felt like staring into the bottomless pit. The look seemed to say, "I see that you've identified me, and understand who/what I am. I'm going t have to kill you". This all took about 3 or 4 seconds, but it felt like 10 minutes. My mouth went dry, the chills went up my back and I felt just terror. I took the items in my hand, put them on a table next to me, and started to slowly back up, and I did that until I was out of the store. Thankfully my dad , who was huge, was outside. I said, "We've got to go. I was determined to get my car out of the lot and up the street before this guy left the store. It was one of the scariest things that ever happened to me. My father told me I was right to leave the store, and to always go with my gut (former Navy vet). When I got home and told my husband about it, he thought I was kind of silly to back out of the store that way. Here's where it gets weird. About 3 hours later, we had a knock at the door. It was the Police. They handed me a folded piece of paper, and said, "Due to Meghan's Law they were required to inform every neighbor, that a felon (repeat offender) had just been released from prison (after serving time for violent CSA and R***) and registered in our rural town of a few thousand people. My father and I opened the paper; IT WAS THE SAME GUY !!!!!!!

@jogrant3851

3 күн бұрын

Far out!! Bloody hell.

@teresev1435

3 күн бұрын

I got goosebumps!

@ScottRouse

3 күн бұрын

🫨!!!

@teresev1435

3 күн бұрын

@@ScottRouse …women’s intuition… Godzilla size!

I didnt realize Scott has such good skin - his eyes are clear and he looks very healthy. Maybe he just got back from somewhere in the sun, idk but his skin tone is beautiful!! Good to see!!

@ScottRouse

4 күн бұрын

Backyard stuff. 🙂

How can you tell the difference between someone who has the psychopathic, no empathy stare who’s really a psychopath, and someone who might have autism or a type of disorder (?) that just makes it hard for them to read social cues and react in an acceptable way? Also, that was chilling the way you described how people get stuck in relationships with true psychopaths! Yikes!

@zarahsgarden2097

4 күн бұрын

I was under the impression that an autistic person might make less eye contact rather than holding a psycho stare..

as an autistic person, I love watching your shows, but I gotta tell you, I don't see it, I just can't seem to catch on. But when you were demonstrating the nod just now, I saw the sideways nod, emphasizing and not, which I'm super impressed you can do that so easily. But unfortunately, I probably would never catch that in the wild, LOL. I don't sense it naturally. Super fascinating :D

@ScottRouse

Күн бұрын

Thank you so much. 🙂

@SoundsBogus

10 сағат бұрын

Observing details takes practice.

I notice my stare self-inhibition working less as my eyesight gets worse. Kind of a thousand yard stare.

Thanks Scott, another excellent episode! Put a Volkswagen in your pocket? 😂

My dog used to yawn after me.

@chynnhowe

Күн бұрын

@@annem7806 Awww mine does the same

To the psychopathic stare I just wanted to add that cultural context is also important, as staring is more common in certain cultures. I've personally experienced this particularly in China and in Turkey, but just in general I think it is important to take into consideration

I don't laugh often (genuinely). This video made me laugh multiple times.

Pretty sure I saw a psychopath yesterday in the grocery store. He came in after me and my husband, and he immediately started staring at me. Like, hard, unblinking, unwavering staring. I kept encountering him on several aisles, and he kept staring at me the same way, and it was almost as though he was following me/us. The thing that literally scared me (not worried, not made me feel uncomfortable, but SCARED), was when hubs and I were halfway down an aisle and the guy stopped at the end of it, right in the middle of it as well, and stared at me, unmoving. I turned away, looked back to see if he could tell it was making me uncomfortable, and he hadn’t moved an inch. It took me telling my husband to get the guy to move along. The man in question looked to be in mid late sixties, and his expression was weirdly… inhuman. I’m 47, I’ve worked in retail for about 20 years, so I’ve seen A LOT, but never anything like yesterday.

@ad6417

3 күн бұрын

He might be mentally ill.

NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) & anti-social (Psychopath ) can be so similar & dissimilar....I've done a deep dive. Psychopaths are more likely to have addiction like alcoholism. Psychopaths can "split" at times and temporarily and simultaneously take on NPD traits. I'd rather hurt at times emotionally, than not feel at all...

Looking forward to it as always Scott

Scott, I LOVE your channel. To have answers like this in "long form" is really great. Ty!

This is the first time I watched you. I really enjoyed your content. You are very down to earth,relatable and funny. Thank you😊

@ScottRouse

13 сағат бұрын

Thank you so much Cecilia. 🙂👍

Love bombing, intensive staring and low blink rate? I think my Chocolate Labrador might be a psychopath! Though I did just watch this, while eating ice cream. 👁👁

@heatherwoods528

4 күн бұрын

😂

@sunnygirl9691

4 күн бұрын

😂 watch out. He’d gladly steal that ice cream with zero guilt.

@01jausten

4 күн бұрын

@@sunnygirl9691Absolutely! She counter surfs in stealth mode, too. Sunday roasts gone and she has not the slightest feeling of guilt! Shamelessly, kisses the whole family afterwards.

@Echo-ux3wo

4 күн бұрын

​@@01jausten OHMYGOSH ! Did you just say "counter surf"?!!! That's hilarious!!! 🤣❤

OMGosh! I love tip #1 LOL! And you just talking about yawning made me yawn...twice. My experince on people hiding their real personality (meeting Mr. Wonderful who turns out to be controlling, etc.) is that person usually can't maintain the mask for long. Maybe 6 months at best. If they travel alot to where your time together is limited take that into consideration, too. I always advise everyone to wait for at least a year before you get married or even move in together. Don't become "intimate" for at least 3 mos. (6 is better) and only consdier doing that if there are no red flags. The more intimate you are with that person the more difficult it will be to disengage if necessary.

I think y'all are taking this too literally. Psychopaths don't go round staring at people. The psychopath's stare is where they can look like they staring right through you. This is usually when they are speaking to you; they lock on to try to read you. They might as well be looking at a lamppost. They are looking for cues.

I have developed Parkinson’s Disease and my facial expressions have changed pretty dramatically, much flatter.

@ScottRouse

23 сағат бұрын

Bless your heart. I promise I know how tough that is for you. You hang in there and I’ll keep you in my prayers. No kidding. 👍🙂🙏

@teddieryan2288

7 сағат бұрын

@@ScottRouse Thank you. I appreciate all the prayers I can get.

It looks like their eyes look dark very scary.

Waiting for Wade Wilson to be added to this list. The soul is black in that meat suit!

@OnceUponaForrest

4 күн бұрын

I'm interested in seeing that too.

@OnceUponaForrest

4 күн бұрын

I'm interested in seeing that too.

Okay Scott, that was unfair. You can't say I tried to put a VW in my pocket and got in trouble. And you moved on? I need to hear about that.

@ScottRouse

4 күн бұрын

😬

I would like you to read the Wade Wilson body language. Hes been in the news lately in Florida and got the death penalty yesterday.

This has been the BEST video I’ve watched in a long time! Thank you!

When I got married and argued with my husband and he denied the truth I would get so angry, and stare hard at him before giving up. Once I realised his pattern of going around in circles and other strategies to wear me down, I would walk away. Why waste energy and exhaust myself on someone who isn't worth it. When I'd get to the end of my rope I'd leave sometimes for months, eventally there would some problem and many promises to would bring me back. He really hated it when I stared hard at him but that was because I was evaluating him. Your talk is very interesting I grew up with two parents who flew into rages over the smallest thing, my father in particular made me fear I would never reach adulthood. The Sopranos was a revelation to me it was like seeing my father allover again.

@ScottRouse

2 күн бұрын

🫨

This was a super interesting one! Thank you, Scott. I have been watching your videos for a while and have learnt so much. Love from the UK 💜

@ScottRouse

2 күн бұрын

Yay! Thank you. 🙂👍

a volkswagon in your pocket!?! OK, you need to elaborate on this one a bit more 🤣

@NotAnnaJones

4 күн бұрын

Yeah, I didn’t get that one either… 😅

Marijuana helped me sit still and be honest with myself. That is where truth begins, with self. My perception has changed from belief in who religion told I am (woMAN) birthing in sin , into knowing who my children told me I am (Mama) who gave life. No longer depressed in self persecution.

You’ve coined a new nickname for my brother-in-law; “that thing”. Sadly, she won’t leave 😢

You are so easy to listen to. Great voice and content 👍

I was raised by a stressed out 3 combat tours back to back vietnam vet. I have that 1000 yd stare but I'm not a psycho. He simply rubbed off on me.

27:15 that dad advice "Bolt! .. maybe don't tell your dad or brothers, they might go over there" 😭😭🥰

I got out after 23 years. I still feel like it’s my fault.

You're covering great topics! Thanks, Scott!

@ScottRouse

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much. I’m just answering the questions. Send me one!🙂

Oops, Replay Crew here. Thanks for chatting with us "smokers" outside of the hotel at CrimeCon Sunday night! It was great to meet you.

@ScottRouse

4 күн бұрын

Hi Emily! We had a blast!

@emilyflotilla931

4 күн бұрын

@@ScottRouse We did. It was very kind of you to take the time. All the best with your new show! Hope to see you in Denver!

@nanceb4him

4 күн бұрын

He knew where to find the fun people! :)

I hope this doesn't come across terribly but I'd love help spotting differences in high functioning autism and psychopathy. A lady I know claims to be autistic but admits to faking emotions to appear like others, says her feelings can't be hurt, etc. Oh, AND has "dead eyes". She makes me uneasy and I think she's a psychopath not autistic. I think she just doesn't want to admit to herself or anyone else she is. Worse, she's a coworker. Please help! 🙏

@SurnaturalM

3 күн бұрын

Unless you get in her way, or she can use you to get something, you will be OK. I know because I'm like this lady. The doctors thought I was autistic until they got me to pass the Hare test. I got 31. I use my "talent" to get better position at work and promotions. It's not something I would reveal to people around me. But I never got trouble with the law or anything like this.

Thank you, Scott! Another fun session : )

Looking forward to this one. See you in 24hrs Scott and BL ppl 😊👍🏼

@ScottRouse

5 күн бұрын

See you then Donna! 🙂

@VestalNumbre

4 күн бұрын

​@@ScottRouseHave you shown a diagnosis psychopath and did they change?

@VestalNumbre

4 күн бұрын

​@@ScottRousedid you study with a diagnosis psychopath and how does reading help the psychopath change?

If I'm concentrating on something being spoken, I might be playing a game on my phone because it helps me concentrate. It's common for neurodivergent people to use controlled distraction in order to concentrate better.

It took me a long time to figure it out, my ex didnt just mirror me, he mirrored my first love too. He asked enough questions about him and tried to be everything to me that he was and spent our entire marriage covertly punishing me because he wasn't that. He was a very covert abuser in almost every way.

Hey Scott ... Just found you all alone this is what I wanted thanks yay

@ScottRouse

23 сағат бұрын

Yay! Thank you. 🙂 (Actually, I’m not alone, Hattie sits right next to me the whole time.)

Head down eyes up, that's Bundy.

@katrinat.3032

4 күн бұрын

That’s exactly who I thought of

@tTiffanyMcgrady

4 күн бұрын

That’s my ex. In every single picture we took. Smiling- but his head down and eyes up. Creepy

@koricoconut4293

4 күн бұрын

@@tTiffanyMcgrady scary 😨

@oOIIIMIIIOo

4 күн бұрын

​@@tTiffanyMcgradyI am into true crime. There is always a pic like that at crimes where women were murdered by their guy. Him hugging her from behind with this expression and looking like a backstabber. For real.

Highly entertaining and informative thanks Scott.