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[Hide] (19.1MB, 1814x1080, 01:41) For many people, arguments become part of an ongoing emotional narrative:
“We talked about this.”
“We resolved this.”
“I hurt them.”
“I promised X.”
A person with strong psychopathic or highly antisocial traits may instead treat each interaction as largely self-contained. Once the immediate pressure, danger, or utility is gone, the prior argument loses relevance. So when the topic resurfaces, they can behave as though:
no conclusion was reached,
no contradiction exists,
no apology was given,
or no emotional damage occurred.
To the other person, this feels surreal because normal social memory is partly built around maintaining continuity and mutual reality. If someone doesn’t value that continuity, conversations can feel like they reset every few days.
There’s also a strategic element sometimes. Acting as if prior discussions never happened can:
exhaust the other person,
destabilize their confidence,
avoid accountability,
and keep the interaction on terrain they control.