{"id":179462,"date":"2023-08-28T13:04:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=179462"},"modified":"2023-08-28T13:04:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:04:28","slug":"psychiatrist-reveals-whether-it-is-true-that-everyone-can-be-conned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/psychiatrist-reveals-whether-it-is-true-that-everyone-can-be-conned\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychiatrist reveals whether it is true that everyone can be conned"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Could YOU be conned? Psychiatrist reveals what factors influence the answer &#8211; including your personality traits and vulnerabilities<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das, London, discussed topic in a YouTube video<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Psychiatrist reveals the 5 signs YOU are in a narcissistic relationship &#8211; including apologising even when things aren&#8217;t your fault<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An expert has tackled the fascinating topic of whether or not everyone is susceptible to being conned.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sohom Das, 44, is a forensic psychiatrist based in London, as well as a YouTube content creator. On his channel A Psych for Sore Minds, Dr Das covers a range of mental health and crime-related topics.<\/p>\n<p>His YouTube biography describes him as\u00a0a professional Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and expert witness discussing his own real life (anonymised) cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, it says: &#8216;Dr Das (MBChB, BSc, MSc, MRCPsych) has &#8216;personally assessed hundreds of patients in prisons, secure locked psychiatric wards and courts across the UK.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a recent video simply titled\u00a0Can Anybody Be CONNED?, the psychiatrist tackled that very question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/25\/14\/74723439-12445287-image-a-47_1692969481131.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Can everyone be conned? A forensic psychiatrist has tackled this question in a recent video on YouTube (stock image)<\/p>\n<p>Opening the video, Dr Das said: &#8216;I saw a drama called the Sixth Commandment recently. It&#8217;s released by the BBC it&#8217;s on iPlayer, really good.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While avoiding giving too much away, the psychiatrist described the programme&#8217;s main antagonist, a con artist called Ben Fields, who rips off a number of the show&#8217;s other characters.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Das continues: &#8216;He&#8217;s basically a con artist, but a romance scammer, and it made me think of this question: can anybody be conned?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>According to the expert, the &#8216;nice answer, especially for victims of con artists&#8217; is yes, everyone can fall prey to their scams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, he added, he thinks it&#8217;s a bit more complicated than that.\u00a0Dr Das says: &#8216;So I&#8217;m a consultant, forensic psychiatrist. I assess mentally disordered offenders and sometimes I [work with] victims as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wouldn&#8217;t say that anybody can be conned, but I would say that most people have some kind of weakness or some kind of vulnerability [that makes them more susceptible to being conned].&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>So, the psychiatrist continues:\u00a0&#8216;It might simply be greed, that you want money, or could be that you are quite desperate, [maybe] you&#8217;re in a lot of debt, and so\u00a0you&#8217;re looking for a quick fix.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Money is not the only resource that people may be &#8216;desperate&#8217; or &#8216;greedy&#8217; for, according to Dr Das.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/25\/16\/67380079-12445287-Dr_Sohom_Das_pictured_is_a_London_based_forensic_psychiatrist_wh-a-9_1692976976692.jpg\" height=\"869\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr Sohom Das (pictured) is a London-based forensic psychiatrist who also makes YouTube content on his channel A Psych for Sore Minds<\/p>\n<p>He says: &#8216;It could be that somebody&#8217;s unlucky in love, and has been alone for a long time. So they&#8217;re open to romance scams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It could be somebody who wants to be a Hollywood star or a singer, so they believe an individual that they have to pay money to is going to help them with their career.\u00a0So, what I&#8217;m saying is it&#8217;s individual to it to an individual person.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And there are other factors at play he says, notably those related to personality type.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Das continues: &#8216;I don&#8217;t mean sound horrible towards the victims, but some people are more gullible, more naive, more suggestible than other people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And also, people&#8217;s levels of risk taking or being risk averse or risk prone are different. So if you&#8217;re open to taking risks, you&#8217;re more likely to be conned.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sohom Das can be found on Twitter,\u00a0Instagram, and TikTok, as well as YouTube.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12445287\/Could-conned-Psychiatrist-reveals-factors-influence-answer-including-personality-traits-vulnerabilities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could YOU be conned? 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