Psychology Today | 02.07.2026 00:26
“Once a psychopath, always a psychopath” is an apt aphorism for what many have traditionally concluded about adults displaying very high levels of psychopathic traits. Lack of remorse or shame, no feelings of guilt, callous and unemotional acts, poor behavioral controls, manipulative scheming, cunning preying on others … all these are typical psychopathic traits that can endure in such people over their lifetimes.
