Are psychopaths necessarily bad people?

Of course not! The thing with being a bad person all depends on how other people perceive you. If others think you are nice , then you are :) if people think you aren't, well that is upsetting :( but it doesn't have to be that way; you can change it and its not your fault at all. Personally, I'm autistic and I have great difficulty understanding others :(. I thought I was a bad person too, all it was is I didn't understand how everyone else thinks, but I made it my mission to understand people. It takes time to do this and its a process you may have to go through, or maybe you already have and you're just around the wrong people. After all, if youre willing to understand someone but they aren't willing to understand you then that isn't a healthy relationship. Being a psychopath does not define you as a person at all, just like being autistic doesn't make me weird or a freak or any other stereotypes.

No, I think that psychopaths are misunderstood individuals that also have a difficult time understanding themselves. I think that therapist have a harder time treating them due to the stigma both the patient and clinician face from society. I believe that society makes psychopaths look like bad individuals, but there are some that have the ability to lead healthy and socially acceptable lives. Psychopathic tendencies do not all present themselves the same way across the board, some individuals present their tendencies more intensely than others and heavily suffer, but don't act on their impulses. A majority of their things that they lack, can be learned or managed with proper treatment.

I don't think it is fair to classify and generalize any "type" of people as bad. Being a psychopath doesn't mean you are a serial killer or a charming criminal, like movies may portray them to be. Psychopaths are people who have trouble processing certain emotions, like empathy or sorrow, and often focus mostly on themselves. That does not automatically characterize a psychopath as being a bad person. Everyone has troubles, psychopaths just have their own subset of troubles that few people can understand or relate to. Psychopaths are frequently smart people. I think it is more about how they use their smarts that determines whether they are good or bad people.

Not necessarily. But psychopaths are a necessary evil that is needed, specially in the leadership level. They get the job done. But living with a psychopath, is a whole different story. It depends solely on the people that lives with the psychopath. In my experience, it was horrible as a compassionate person. But as an opportunist, she was cut throat. Always got me out of any pinch that I was in. But the part where she cares about the feeling of others was non existent. And any flare of positivity towards her would be magnified so that as light of the lime light reaches the next person.

No not at all! Having Psychopathic behaviour does not mean you are a bad person. Nor does it mean that you are crazy. You are just slightly different to what is considered "normal" and you may need a little more support but that's okay. I'm afraid I don't know much on this topic nor do I have any experience in it but I want you to know you are not a bad person and I am here if you ever need to talk to somebody about how you feel. I really hope that you have a great day or night!

Not necessary. They are people just like you and me, but the difference is they have no empathy. They can live a normal life if they follow certain rules.

No. The term "Psychopath" would literally translate to "someone who suffers from an illness of the mind". This term is a barbaric one, that loses more an more relevance in psychology and psychiatry because of how crude and vague it is. The word also harbors a negative connotation due to the fact that in the early days of the mental health sciences, it was usually used to describe people who were malign to themselves and or to their environment, as that is how their mental illness would be known to other people. Today, the term psychopath, abbreviated as "psycho" is often misused and confused with the resembling "psychotic", which differs in meaning. Anyone afflicted with a mental illness ins't necessarily bad, and if they are, they might not be aware of the harm they may cause. See "Psychosis" for examples

Psychopathy at it's most basic form is an empathy disorder with emotional detachment. Yes this means that psychopaths have the ability to perform horrible acts without remorse or guilt, but it does not mean they will do any such thing.

Psychopaths are not necessarily bad people. Maybe certain experiences would have made them to be what they are.

No. I believe that most are misunderstood. The people who make the character judgements typically ask biased questions or make assumptions