Psychopathic individuals can feel fear despite having trouble in the automatic detection and responsivity to threat, Psychological Bulletin reports. For many decades the lack of feeling fear has been put forth as a hallmark feature of psychopathy, the impairments in which would lead to bold risk-taking behavior.

Can psychopaths feel lonely?

That said, psychopaths do appreciate their relationships in their own way. They do suffer pain, feel loneliness, have desires and feel sadness if they do not receive affection.