Psychopath Best Friend

If this person is your best friend then you know him very well. You know his deep dark secrets and accept him for him. Why don't you have a sit down with him and find out the real reason why he did it or even if he did. Who know's it could just be a huge rumor. If people are labling him a physcho and you don't think he is then screw what everyone else is saying about him and be there for him as a friend. If he really did do it and for no good reason then you should suggest to him to go see a phychiatrist. It might be something rough for him to hear but tell him he needs the help and you'll be there for him 100% of the way. I had to admit one of my friends to the phych ward of a hospital once and I went to visit him all the time. Sometimes they just need a little help but if you know inside, he's a good guy then you stillneed to be there for him.

I think that's one of those things that you really don't know what you would do unless it actually happens. However, in my mind, I don't think my feelings for the friend would change. Just the view of them. I would still want to offer the friendship and try to understand their reasonings, and help them recover and become a better person. The worst thing you can do for someone like that is to drop the relationship. That is a time when they need a friend the most. So that they have someone to hear them and be on their side. If further down the line the behavior does not change for the better, than you may need to consider distancing yourself bit by bit. But on the first offense, it's probably best to be the comforting friend.

I would wonder what happened. What led to this? What happened that he felt the need to kill those people? And I probably would look for signs I might have missed wondering if I could have stopped this from happening. And yes, I probably would change my view of my so called best friend, since I obviously didn't know him as well as I thought.