Martha Stout
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Oct 21, 2026
Laura MatsueHOST
All right, so we're going to begin with a quote to set the stage.
Laura MatsueHOST
And this is from the book, The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout.
Laura MatsueHOST
And she says, begin quote, imagine if you can not having a conscience, none at all.
Laura MatsueHOST
No feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do.
22 MINS LATER
Laura MatsueHOST
But then as time goes on, they will tend to resort to more psychological, emotional, even physical things.
Laura MatsueHOST
They can, I've noticed as time goes on, they'll resort to kind of instilling more overt fear in you actually.
Laura MatsueHOST
And they engage in something called pity play, which is something that Martha Stout describes, which is they tend to exploit other people's compassion.
Laura MatsueHOST
They'll tell you like some sort of sad story to kind of make you feel bad for them.
Barbara DuchnowskiGUEST
It took more training.
Barbara DuchnowskiGUEST
And I had read a book by Dr. Martha Stout, the sociopath next door.
Barbara DuchnowskiGUEST
And when I read the book, I said, wow, this is really reflective of my experience.
Barbara DuchnowskiGUEST
And there are people out there.
Artificially AwareHOST
It's something darker, a survival trick your mind pulls.
Artificially AwareHOST
I found myself neck deep in this concept after I stumbled on The Myth of Sanity by Martha Stout.
Artificially AwareHOST
a book that punches through the illusion of a steady, sane existence.
Artificially AwareHOST
Stout breaks down the terrifying reality that dissociation, that feeling of being checked out, is not reserved for the clinically insane.
Sheri LynchHOST
If you want to read a fantastic book, Max and I recommend it all the time.
Sheri LynchHOST
It's by Martha Stout and it's called The Sociopath Next Door.
Sheri LynchHOST
So these people not only are lacking these fundamental human features of empathy and conscience, they don't believe you have it either.
Sheri LynchHOST
They think you are just bullshit.
15 MINS LATER
Max SweetenHOST
We call that seeing the red flags and painting them green.
Sheri LynchHOST
Yeah.
Sheri LynchHOST
So it is very – this is why like if you're interested in this kind of psychology, you've got to read Martha Stout's book.
Sheri LynchHOST
Oh, yeah.