Help Committee Report 2022

 

In 2022, the Aftermath Surviving Psychopathy Foundation received 46 contacts. Here we provide summary information about people who contacted us, including the countries from which people wrote to us and why. As always, we provide no information about any individuals to protect the privacy of people who are in touch with us.

Just to be clear, for this report, we do not count several legitimate kinds of contacts. For example, we do not include here contacts regarding donations to the Foundation or emails that are related to the other operations of the Aftermath Foundation (except for offers to help us). We also do not count sales emails (from people who want to offer us services for money) or group emails in which someone reaches out to a group (where the email is not part of a request or an ongoing communication).

 

Help Requests 2022

 

As in some previous years, the source of the request is unspecified in the majority of cases. Where we could identify the location, the largest share of requests came from the United States. Even so, one third of the requests with locations came from other countries.

We continue to value the diversity of people who reach out for help. As we have discussed previously, we have published information in different languages. We currently publish at least some summaries of what we know about psychopathy in 13 languages (we published content in 13 languages in 2022). One thing we hear often is that, when people realize someone in their life has psychopathic traits, it helps them to make sense of the mysterious, sometimes abusive, and confusing behavior they have experienced. Once they understand psychopathy, they can begin to get help. We are happy people are reaching out to us from many parts of the world. We are always hoping to find new ways to reach more people who are being hurt by psychopathic people.

If you speak two languages, please consider translating some of our information about psychopathy to help others!

 

Figure 1. Countries from Which Requests Came.

We received quite a few different kinds of requests in 2022.

Of the 46 requests, the largest share was from people inquiring about the pilot support group that we launched in 2023. (More about that in the 2023 annual report!)

Six people wrote to us to ask a question or obtain information. In most cases, we were able to answer the questions, but in one case we could provide only a partial answer.

Another 11 people were in communication with us. Although we were not able to provide any specific help to these individuals, we were able to offer support.

Five people requested specific kinds of help with situations in their lives. In four of these cases (80%), we were able to provide a referral to a mental health professional who understood psychopathy. Another six wrote for help in accessing the website, or the survivors’ forum, or the members’ page, and another three wrote to us to thank us or to offer to help us.

 

Figure 2. Nature of Requests and Outcomes.

 

 

As word about psychopathy spreads, we hope more mental health professionals learn about psychopathy, so more of them are able to help the people who need them. And remember we are in the process of developing online courses to help educate therapists so they can be more effective in helping survivors.

If we can help you, please do not hesitate to write to us at moving-on-support@rosalindfranklin.edu.

 

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