Do psychopaths have anxiety or panic attacks?

Originally Answered: Do psychopaths or sociopaths ever have panic attacks? I could see this occurring for a sociopath, as they are blunted emotionally save for their trigger spots. Those, being what they are, and depending on the circumstances that created their state of mind, anxiety could well be a part of it. read more

Men with Antisocial Personality Disorder (a kind-of cousin to psychopathy) have a pretty high rate of comorbidity with panic disorder. There was not a correlation between psychopathy and anxiety in the studies I looked at. read more

Primary or, true psychopaths, and secondary psychopaths. Secondary psychopaths show psychopathic tendencies, but have feelings of guilt and anxiety. Primary psychopaths can think about things searching for an answer, sometimes to the point of irritation at being interrupted, but actual anxiety is something I can't imagine. read more