Psychological Super-Stimuli

The Anti-Social Drug

Psychologists mention how ASPD type people appear more attractive to the opposite sex.
Psychologists also talk about Super-Stimuli (see video below).

Is it possible that Super-Stimuli might affect both genders?

The ability of ASPD types to effortlessly mimic behaviors that they know people are instinctively drawn to, may be a kind of Super-Stimuli that prevents people from forming more normal attachments.

This may also be helped by the media portraying extreme characteristics as more normal than they are; things like excessive confidence and effortless charm etc, which are more characteristic of NPD and ASPD personality types.

The usage of gender-neutral terms above is due to the fact that the argument could apply equally to both visual and psychological stimuli, affecting both males and females.

ASPD psychological tactics may be a kind of Super-Stimuli too, not different from the NPD visual ones.

Push-Pull etc are well known psychological ploys of control.
This discussion is merely extending that argument to more psychological stimuli.

The Narcissist Addict

Those with the repressed jealousy and fragile egos typical of the Narcissist, may be the most susceptible to such Super-Stimuli.

These stimuli offer the narcissist the reward of feeling good about themselves, while actually getting nothing beneficial from the relationship.

Hence the common complaint in relationships, of continually finding useless partners.

The well-adjusted, supportive and honest partner rarely makes the poorly-adjusted individual feel good about themselves. Only the charming and manipulative anti-social one does.