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In reply to the discussion: POV On Omarosa: She Is Not Trump's Mini-Me. More Likely, She Hated His Guts Since Day 1 [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and struggle for position among those sort of people. Her talents alone could have taken her anywhere, but she's made herself very unwelcome most places, lasting longest iwithout being fired n Trump's orbit.
As for speculating with that word, sociopathy is so common that we've all known or run across sociopaths, or just people with strong traits, through our lives. We're so used to, for instance, some charismatic person turning his or her group maliciously on some hapless victim, or someone else deviously setting out to get a coworker fired, that we see it as normal, and actually it is, but psychologists have a somewhat deeper understanding of what may be going on when troubles arise wherever a person goes.
And, of course, there are various other personality disorders that might be more accurate. That something is wrong that keeps her from thriving in place is obvious, though.
It's worth knowing something about (there are long rows of books on this) since they can cause a great deal of harm to people who don't see it coming and don't understand what's happening when it does. They like to manipulate others and the smarter, more talented ones tend to end up in fields that allow plenty of opportunity for that, including religion, counseling, politics, etc.