Thursday, March 7, 2013

Most And Least Psychotic Occupations

When you were at work did you ever experience the feeling that everyone around you was unstable? Maybe that you were the only level-headed worker in a workplace populated by colleagues whose fits and outbursts are unpredictable, or even psychopathic? Uh, I am not writing about psychopathic people who write about this kind of stupidity. So wipe your mind clear of my name and let's stick to the other psychopaths out there.

 Well, according to "The Wisdom of Psychopaths" by Oxford psychologist Kevin Dutton, certain fields are more likely to attract actual psychopaths than others. Those fields with the highest number of psychopaths and my impressions are:
1. CEO (We never see nor hear of those CEO 'Guys",  so maybe they are behavior like psychopaths in private)  2. Lawyer (Is there any negative personality trait a lawyer doesn't possess?) 3. Media (television/radio and I hope it includes those who are addicted to watching reality TV) 4. Salesperson( making us wait in the check-out line forever is psychopathic) 5. Surgeon (oh, that's not good) 6. Journalist (When they cover a  Kardashian meltdown instead of the nuclear one, I agree) 7. Police officer (No need to comment. Just watch those guys in action)  8. Clergy person (When you don't donate enough to the church collection plate those clergy types turn into Joe Pesci)  9. Chef (take away their knives!) 10. Civil servant (I have yet been served by them because they always seem to be playing with their cell phone apps when I need help.)

And not to be undone in our world of insanity are the sane ones. Here are the occupations with the lowest rates of psychopaths: 1. Care aide 2. Nurse 3. Therapist 4. Craftsperson 5. Beautician/stylist 6. Charity worker 7. Teacher 8. Creative artist 9. Doctor 10. Accountant

All those least list occupations seem to me to be of a better ilk. Maybe that Dutton fellow is right about this. Do what you want with this information, but may it help you be a bit more aware of your surroundings as you go about your day looking over your shoulder in fear that one of those psychs on the first list may be watching you.

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