To Grin and Bear
The Dark Triad and The Dark Tetrad personality traits.
All
his
friends
say
that
he’s
a
really
nice
man
-
a
quiet
and
unassuming
kinda
guy!
Better
known
to
everyone
as
Bob.
Strangely
enough,
and
for
whatever
reason?
Bob
gives
you
the
goosebumps
and
spine-tingling
shivers.
Pay
careful
attention
to
how
Bob
makes
you
feal,
as
this
is
your
body
reacting
to
a
bad
vibe.
A
gut
feeling
or
intuition from a place of inner knowing, providing you with an insight, into the fact that Bob is not all - that Bob is cracked up to be!
The
Dark
Triad
personality
traits,
refer
to
people
who
are
high
in
narcissistic
traits,
high
in
Machiavellian
traits,
and
displaying
high
levels
of
psychopathy.
The
narcissistic
traits
mean
they
are
highly
egocentric,
hell
bent
on
revenge
with
a
bag
of
wicked
tricks
up
their
sleeves.
The
Machiavellian
traits
make
them
highly
manipulative
with
a
propensity
for
toxic
games
by
engaging
in
psychological
warfare.
The
psychopathic
traits
make
them
extremely
dangerous,
ruthless,
cold,
calculated and callous.
Picture all the above toxic traits of The Dark Triads and imagine you wanted even more toxicity – just add sadism into the equation, for a blacker shade of dark!
Welcome
to
The
Dark
Tetrad,
which
is
a
term
given
to
those
individuals
displaying
psychopathy,
narcissistic
and
Machiavellian
traits,
including
sadistic
traits
and
behaviours.
Both
Dark
Triads
and
Dark
Tetrads
are
commonly
referred
to
as
dark
empaths,
which
provides
a
good
indication,
that
these
folk
are
best
avoided.
These
dark folk, dark triads and Tetrads are far from cuddly toys, the have zero empathy, so, please do not provoke nor antagonize them!
These
dark
folk
are
less
human,
more
of
a
destructive
force
of
nature.
This
force
was
well
documented
in
an
ancient
version
of
the
DSM
called
the
Bible.
It
referred
to
this
as
good
old-fashioned
evil.
The
word
evil,
doesn’t
go
far
enough
in
this
toxic
configuration.
Perhaps
in
the
modern
era,
the
essence
of
evil
is
doubly
distilled
for
added potency.
According
to
the
statistics
-
nobody
makes
it
out
of
life
alive!
An
encounter
with
a
dark
triad
might
result
in
a
premature
departure
and
your
untimely
death.
As
they’ll
happily
plan
for
your
demise
with
the
same
level
of
consideration,
they’d
give
to
deciding
what
cloths
to
wear.
Anyone
unlucky
enough
to
have
encountered
a
dark
triad in the past, can also count themselves lucky enough, just to have survived the ordeal.
In
high
conflict
situations
with
these
dark
personality
types
–
aim
to
run
for
the
hills!
As
total
avoidance
is
the
safest
and
best
option.
With
these
dark
folk,
they’ll
do
all they can to ensure that every easy escape route is blocked by endless obstacles – as they’ll revel in your prolonged suffering.
If
you
are
prepared
to
lock
horns
with
such
a
beast
and
do
battle,
be
highly
cognisant
of
the
dangers
and
real
potential
risk,
both
to
your
own
life
and
the
lives
of
others.
If
you
prepared
to
act
solely
from
a
place
of
self-preservation
and
never
act
from
a
place
of
retaliation
and
retribution
–
it
is
possible
to
defeat
these
creatures.
But
prepare
for
a
long
hard
battle,
using
all
the
strength
you
didn’t
know
you
have.
Sometimes
fortune
favours
the
brave,
other
times
fortune
favours
the
downright
stupid! Whether the battle is one of Daved and Goliath or just Wile E. Coyote vs the Roadrunner – only luck and time will tell.
Hindsight
being
the
foresight
of
fools
and
all
of
that,
from
personal
experience,
I
wouldn’t
recommend
it,
as
even
the
smallest
shallow
victory
will
invariably
take
its
toll.
At
some
point
in
time,
we
all
chose
a
path
of
light
or
dark,
as
the
proclivity
for
evil
is
inherent
within
us
all.
Even
evil
people
have
the
capacity
for
some
good
at
some
level, insofar as good people also have the same capacity for great evil, that’s just the duplicity of the human condition.
Those
who
have
not
been
tested,
never
truly
know
themselves!
Viewing
these
folks
as
your
teachers
and
your
encounters
as
just
life’s
lessons,
might
help
you.
In
life
the lessons you fail to learn, you’ll get to repeat! Your views opinions and perceptions will be profoundly changed after an encounter with the dark types.
The
universe
is
comprised
of
many
seen
and
unseen
forces,
a
battle
of
equilibrium,
where
one
force
is
required
to
counteract
the
effects
of
another,
as
hot
needs
cold,
and
light
needs
dark,
perhaps
in
a
way,
good
needs
evil?
But
the
closer
to
the
light
the
darker
the
shadows,
and
the
stronger
the
opposing
force.
They
do
say
opposites
attract!
Sometimes
two
differing
worlds
can
collide,
as
opposing
ends
of
a
magnet
are
drawn
together
by
a
strong
unseen
force,
struggling
to
maintain
a
certain
level
of
equilibrium, but working in different ways to restore some level of balance.
We
all
battle
unseen
forces,
both
within
and
externally.
Perhaps
these
forces
extend
all
the
way
into
metaphysical
realms,
and
we
all
have
a
small
part
to
play
in
a
much bigger picture - a cosmic game of cat and mouse in an old black and while movie, scripted aeons ago.
Perhaps
there
is
a
battle
going
on
somewhere
that
we
are
part
of?
One
that’s
been
dragging
on
since
the
beginning
of
time,
a
battle
of
good
versus
evil,
and
light
verses
dark.
A
battle
for
our
hearts,
our
thoughts
and
our
minds.
Whereby
our
own
thoughts
and
actions,
can
create
both
a
hell
on
earth
for
both
ourselves
as
well
as
for
others.
And
by
the
same
token,
aligned
towards
the
light,
we
can
create
both
a
pleasant
place
for
both
ourselves
and
others.
And
just
maybe
at
a
stretch,
you
could
call
that
place
a
kinda
heaven
.
.
.
and
just
maybe,
that
place
could
really
exist?
Not
only
within
the
metaphysical
realms,
but
imbued
deep
within
our
consciousness
and
deep within ourselves.
Where art meets psychology.
Where art meets psychology.