A self-proclaimed psychopath has found ways to use the disorder to advance her career as a lawyer and recently shared her tricks for helping others be more successful.
ME Thomas, who practices in California, has advised non-psychopaths that they should set aside the opinions of others and stop identifying with things they cannot control.
The second piece of advice is to not have emotions, something that is becoming easier for her because her The emotional range is approximately equivalent to that of a three-year-old child.
This has given her two main advantages to be more successful in her career: she doesn’t mind asking stupid questions because it doesn’t hurt her ego, and she doesn’t care about gender expectations.
ME Thomas has intermittently called herself a psychopath and a sociopath, but stated that she does not have violent tendencies and is more prone to playing mind games.
ME Thomas talked about being a ‘sociopath’ on a 2015 episode of Dr. Phil and wore a wig to disguise himself.
ME Thomas is her pseudonym, but many reports have suggested that her real name is Jamie Rebecca Lund, according to About the law.
From a young age, former law professor and attorney Thomas said women are taught not to respond to those in positions of power, to be smaller and take up less space, giving them a gender ideology that she supposedly does not have.
Throughout his life, Thomas said in a Business Insider opinion piece that she has never internalized the actions of others.
He warned that “people can become so focused on being offended or taking things personally that they are not a part of.”
Thomas used examples of global politics and football rivalries to advise non-psychopaths that their lives will be much happier and more fulfilling if they are not associated with events that are beyond their control.
ME Thomas published ‘Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Hidden in Plain Sight’ in 2013
“Those things are not you and you cannot control them,” he wrote. “Not getting carried away by a wave of something that’s out of your control can help.”
But more than that, the California native cautioned that it’s imperative to let go of any worries about what other people think of you.
“If you are doing something for what others see, that is not a good reason to do it,” he wrote.
Thomas said her psychopathic traits have helped her excel as a lawyer because she doesn’t need to tiptoe around other people’s feelings.
The lawyer also doesn’t mind asking stupid questions, knowing that this bravery gives her a 10 percent advantage over others.
She explained that her colleagues often think she is calm and can handle excessive amounts of stress because she doesn’t feel the need to take her actions personally.
“And I know there’s no reason to put on a show,” Thomas wrote.
However, despite saying that he doesn’t feel the need to put on a show for others, Thomas appeared in a Dr. Phil episode in 2015, two years after he published his book ‘Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Hidden in Plain Sight’.
Thomas, who intermittently refers to herself as a sociopath and psychopath, told Dr. Phil that she has “carefully crafted [her] person over the years,” adding that “even now most people think I’m from a foreign country because I speak with a slight accent.
Thomas told people they should stop worrying about what other people think and stop obsessing about things they can’t control, like sports or global politics.
In her book, Thomas said she had wanted to kill someone who scolded her for riding a prohibited escalator, but in her op-ed she said she is not violent.
Thomas is a lawyer in California and worked as a professor at St. Mary’s University, but she said that although she was fired after the publication of her book, her students still stood to gain a lot from teaching them.
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In the new op-ed, Thomas revealed that she was fired from her position as a law professor at St. Mary’s University shortly after her book was published because employers believed she was a threat to students.
Thomas disagreed with his dismissal, writing, “I believe my psychopathy gives me an advantage in business and law.”
While Thomas has said that she is “not a murderer,” in her book she describes an occasion when a city worker scolded her for using a prohibited escalator, prompting her to follow him as he walked away.
There was a “metallic” taste in his mouth as Thomas fantasized about murdering the man, and he only stopped following him when he disappeared from sight.
“I’m sure I couldn’t have killed him,” she wrote, “but I’m also relatively sure I would have assaulted him.”
Thomas has also described herself as a “female psychopath,” meaning she supposedly does not have violent tendencies, as is revealed in her book.
According Psychology TodayPsychopaths often tend to make up stories or manipulate others.
Thomas claimed that as a “female psychopath,” she is dominant in social ways: “Like being the queen bee or being emotionally manipulative and playing mind games,” very different from her male counterparts “who might be more physically dominant,” she said.