If you've ever wondered if you might be a psychopath, then have a go at this riddle and it might give you an answer...
A man known online as ‘The Nameless Narcissist,’ has gained popularity on TikTok by sharing what life is like living with narcissistic personality disorder.
The condition is characterized by “exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive craving for admiration, and reduced levels of empathy," per the Mayo Clinic.
While closely related, it’s distinct from more severe disorders like psychopathy and sociopathy.
Now, in a new viral TikTok, the Nameless Narcissist claims he’s found a riddle that “reflects how someone with one of these conditions might think.”
In this case, specifically psychopaths.
The Riddle
Explaining the scenario, he says: “A woman goes to her mother's funeral and meets a man that she's never met before.
"The two of them really hit it off, and the woman thinks he might be her soulmate. But once the funeral is over, she realises she never asked for the man's name or phone number, and she has no idea who he is or how to contact him. Everyone she asks says they don't know either.
"She's upset that she is never going to see him again. Then, a week later, she murders her sister. So, the riddle is, why did she kill her sister?"
The Answer (And Why It’s Disturbing)
According to the TikToker, the chilling answer is: The woman killed her sister because if the man attended her mother's funeral, there's a chance that he would show up to her sister's funeral too.
In other words, she murdered her sister to try to recreate the circumstances where she first met the man, an act that “only a person with little empathy and a self-centred view of the world would do.”
The Nameless Narcissist explained: “For me, the answer was pretty obvious... Which was met with a very — how do I put it — very startled looks from my friends who asked it to me."
He added that his sister, who he claims “is a diagnosed sociopath,” also found the answer immediately: “And my sister answered it really slowly because she thought it was a trick question cause she found it so obvious."
Before social media users spiral into self-diagnosis, he made it clear this riddle is just for fun.
He clarified that there is "no research to validate" the riddle, and it should only be treated as a novel mental exercise, rather than a serious method of diagnosing mental disorders.
Did you get the answer to the riddle?