!In other words, the opportunity to be honest is one of the main qualities of a website such as this one that attracts us.And another thing is that your (the general public) have a very distorted picture of Psychopaths or Sociopaths because all the information you get is about the differences between us and you. Do you want to switch? All the recreational drugs can't compare to a chemical that runs through your brain with such influence that you'll see some couples truly happy decades after their marriage. That bond between another human. This allows them all sorts of flexibility in their thinking and behavior. Later that year my girlfriend turns out to be a sociopath and pathological liar. I've learned that 'hanging out' just ends up frustrating me. And my bunny said he wants to help me decorate it! Risk-taking. We would never, given. A sociopath is someone who has antisocial personality disorder. I feel cheated.You like winning? And should I want I can give him them that excuse.So should I ever need to I can end him, in fact just typing this I'm getting and itch.So word to the un-empathetic. Humph. ROFL "aint that rare.." is what I meant to say. If so, how should I go about that? I'm not an introvert, either; I find social situations stimulating, and I enjoy chatting to people and finding out things about them (although I'm interested in different kinds of things about them than most seem to be). No one wears the sociopath's badge on their arm. They can also analyze and read other people, which is necessary for manipulating them, but this is not empathy on an emotional level. Most of the time this means that they will overlook how horrid I am for a longer period of time. I dont really care to be diagnosed ither. I can hold a relationship together because I lie very well and I make myself seem very interesting. Copyright John Whitfield. I'll look him up sometime. No.By creativity today I am meaning "creating something new", not just "creating". You have misunderstood something, my friend! :P. "I hardly think my allegory was cliche. Quantum physics is already beginning to move things in that direction. Everybody else, inside they were like me, they thought like me, internally we were all entirely selfish, nobody really had "empathy" they just acted as if they did. I see in the past year people asking sociopaths questions in order to try to get some pat answer which would somehow explain and categorize us in some way which you could get your mind around. You cant or we can't, create life without first having life there, but its still creation. ")Anyway, back to the core of the matter: Sociopaths of all types lack conscience. This allows them all sorts of flexibility in their thinking and behavior. I'm so sorry I challenged you Medusa. The Conservative MP Douglas Hogg submitted a list of expenses for his country estate that included 2,200 for cleaning the moat. Mozart is one famous example, Judy Garland another. In the general case, killing someone [or even hurting someone] is something that would haunt me foreverbut if it was someone who really, really deserved it, I could totally see myself going out for a steak dinner and sleeping soundly right afterwards. Their motivation is to project a grandiose self-image of themselves to others, hoping to see it reflected back in the form of worship/praise or pity (when required). And this is because they treat people poorly - - since they lack empathy, and eventually people get people pissed off enough that they get even. The sociopaths posting on here have no reason at all to be honest with you. I can eventually struggle to feel a glimmer of empathy emotionally, but I mostly experience pathos on an intellectual level (much like sociopaths do when they learn people for the purpose of study or manipulation). I'd have to go back and see if my argument still stands, cuz I don't remember it. If they are real, then they are unnatural and therefore anyone who does have them has the real disorder. I feel sorry for him. The downside is that you can cheat a person only so many times. I mean this is just so many times I look at him and I am like are you serious, like about his reactions to things or what he says and does. I had a discussion that went well over a month with some who just could not believe that I actually can be friendly and give guidance to some people, while towards others I can be mean and make them feel horribly bad about themselves.But if I had not been frank about me being a psychopath, if I had said what I usually say and not mentioned anything about, they'd have wondered perhaps how I could be mean to such an "extreme" (apparently that's what they thought I was at times), but they would not have wondered how I could be friendly and give advice also.So news for ya: We are people too, and we can be nice, honest, law abiding, philosophical.Nihil,"I felt nothing when it came to morality. We've detected your location as Mumbai. I don't kill for fun. Like me, there are millions of people out there who fall victim to the cold-blooded wrath of a sociopath, and seeking help online is just one tool we use to learn how to function in this situation. Pretending just a few minutes later that it didn't happen the way the victim remembered it is not only useful, but it gives them the satisfaction of having power over other people's minds (crazy-making). Another hallmark quality of a sociopath is that they have no fear. Just a word of warning, although there are some sociopaths who make the distance and are a "success" in business, politics whatever, but the ABSOLUTELY greatest number are hated, found out, sacked, frozen out, and die lonely and alone. Sociopath is a term people use, often arbitrarily, to describe someone who is apparently without conscience, hateful, or hate-worthy. Why dont we get rid of police officers, courts and prisons and just have psychiatrists and asylums? In some ways I am relieved while deep inside I feel the urge to practice my skills now that I understand the various abilities I have.I feel like I should announce it but would that take some of the fun out of my daily rituals? We live alone even surrounded by others. I can be. I don't want to live forever. Almost like it's already programmed into you, and you don't have to learn it. "Sociopaths know they are different from other people, but can force themselves to think and act like a neurotypical person. Growth from the known. They can feel regret for bad (evil) choices, but only because they had negative consequences for themselves, not because they care about others.Here are some good rules of thumb:1.) There's a lot of caps going on there. All of you guys who post stories about how special and unique you are! I am nothing but indistinct vapour without people and their belief in me. So a psychopath must stay one step ahead of his reputation. Could I kill someone without remorse? More commonly, high-functioning sociopaths will sometimes decide to live in harmony simply because it benefits them personally to do so. You have the ability to feel for a human being. I was 15. However, they usually do know that they are different in some way. So if someone has wronged them, it is almost as though the anger they feel becomes part of their conceptualisation of the other person, and they will attribute all kinds of malicious intentions to the other that probably weren't there. And I'm too busy doing homework to decorate it so it's sitting in our living room, just waiting there!I couldn't resist though, I had to put it's skirt on. If you feel guilty after killing bugs and occasionally "spare" them, you're not a sociopath. Having a sense of superiority and being extremely opinionated. Often, which is why I spend a lot of time online reading multiple news sources and using multiple laptops at once.Not really in the cliche list of stereotype behavior, I know that while I do have artistic talent, in both drawn art and music, I have no talent for creativity. Psychological experiments suggest that pretty much everyone, psychopaths aside, cares about what others think of them. Idiots. Oh and another thing. It's like he's not really looking at anything or anyone.He is funny, though. People walk away from conversations with a psychopath feeling pretty good. On Monday March 14 2011 at 6:18am I became self aware of what I am for the first time. People I like. They get nothing out of exposing thier "traid secrets". It's the right thing to do. )Speaking of narcissists: Another post on this blog treats narcissists as though they're fundamentally different from sociopaths, but they're not. SOLO BUILD IT! The phone was a minor inconveniencelike a long line at starbucks. Then, I would go back in my side. The only use I have for you is what you have-if and when I need it-not to spend time with you. When it comes to delineating right and wrong, to the sociopath, what is right is simply what is in their own best interest. Inability - is poverty" Arthur Schopenhauer, "Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.Love alone is capable of revealing the truth of Love and being a Lover.The way of our prophets is the way of Truth.If you want to live, die in Love! I have lots of friends who call, want to hang (way more than Id like to) yet I never call anyone to talk about anything, I never pick up the phone and want to call one of them, not once. They can do anything but will not feel guilty about it. LMBO. Yay!! Why get a new one when this one is good enough? Trying to sense things from someone else's perspective and using that information to get what I want. This is an interesting thing to me. Medusa likes the separation. I cant keep a job for nothing. Am I a sociopath? Peter Viggers, who claimed 1,600 ($2,500) for a floating duck house for his garden pond, described himself as ashamed and humiliated (shame being the pain of a damaged reputation). They can however feel a fierce protectiveness toward people they "possess" or have a vested interest in, but it is a more selfish feeling than genuine love. No matter what they have done, they will always find a way to turn it around on you. Attempting to control others with threats or aggression. ANYTIME. and our Difficulty recognizing emotion. Everything is about image to them, and they will lie, cheat, smear, or even kill to protect it (or lash out at someone who has damaged it); they have no interest in being the person they pretend to be. Why would you see yourself as more important, as something that you want to please and satisfy. Their motivation is to project a grandiose self-image of themselves to others, hoping to see it reflected back in the form of worship/praise or pity (when required). I thank you for the difficult life you have chosen. has society conditioned me to think that the 10% which is 'good' my true self, as this is the only way I can relate to the world and others, or are my actions in the 10% simply desperate attempts to surround myself with everything 'good' people have because life seems so much easier for them. I have learned my lesson well, so now I know how to avoid that problem completely, short-term-wise. Instead you let your foolish emotions get in the way of progress constantly. (I personally lean towards, "They're so friggin' crazy that they buy their own brand. @Sas I feel the most primal kind of empathy - I cry at other's serious misfortune (real or fictional), and I'm squeamish about their injuries as I kind of feel the pain myself. (I personally lean towards, "They're so friggin' crazy that they buy their own brand. I want to understand my mom. ;). It's like interpreting art, when someone sees something the artist themselves did not, and they find profound meaning or use from something the original creator never bothered to ponder upon.It goes back to my comment on how people process sensory input, and how they express it.You tend to see a lot of this type of creativity in the Software sector. I'm in agreement there, MK. Some of the people I know who believe themselves to be very empathic are also the least accurate judges of other people, and are the most clingy.Sorry, that's a long comment. To know yourself is probably the most important knowledge there is in life. Every once in a while I'll remind her [more tactfully] that "I seriously couldn't care less, really." You don't feel the same way other people do. The best option for you is to say "Ah, ok" & move on. What really scared me was realizing how similar she was to me (other than having a killswitch for all emotions.) In my friend's case he should be incapable of turning his life around, in fact he should not even be able to having learned how to use a computer giving the fact that he's spent most of his life among drug addicts living on the street.So all taken into consideration he's made it well, only not in terms of what we normally think of as "well" and not in terms of what you are describing about yourself.I wonder, many of these "intelligent successful" people, how would they have made it had they been in my friend's situation? I love my new Snowflake!I'm in Christmas Mode! You say "I love you" and I hear "You'll be there for me when I want you to be".You pray for the kitten stuck in the tree, I break down why it's the kitten's own fault it's about to die stuck in a tree. We're not as limited as you are, you should strive to be more like us, you really should.They are right that we're not capable of love. But thats it I dont really care about others or what happens to them. If you wince at other people's pain, you're not a sociopath. This may sound sexist, but it's not intended to be. -much love, -J. Romans 1:28 say that?Holy batcrap, Apeman!! Our social natures make it harder for us to hurt people we see as like us. Medusa, that's what most so-called artists do. I was like a researcher. If you enjoy harming animals or people, you're probably a sociopath, and not one of the benign types.3.) To me the rewards would be as fake as the deceptions I needed to use to fool people. I act polite and to the point with teachers and people over my age, but I can hardly speak to other people; I can't speak if I don't have anything to say, and it makes me seem very shy (which I am sometimes, but who isnt). Plus it's going to coincide with a lot of scientific discoveries that will start to explain life forces, teleportation, etc. "Was that meant to be meta humor? Notme. And yet judging from the bonuses they continue to reward themselves and their efforts to resist regulation, they are unabashed. Maybe u "normal" peeps just fear us I also don't know cuz I'm not normal either . But, have I got it the wrong way around? At least I assume they do, because not being stupid, they don't get labeled with a psychiatric disorder.So with my definitions, I'm an "intelligent" sociopath. I do care about people and humanity in the abstract, and I get outraged at injustices (I primarily experience anger when I perceive injustice, whereas most seem to experience anger when something goes wrong for them personally). I do enjoy talking to people, it's just the idea that I'd sit around thinking about calling someone to chat, and that I would assume that the other person would want to chat too, that I don't get). I am the same and for years I didnt understand how I could have such empathy but have no connection, this gap. There's no such thing as sociopaths. Anonymous 8:28 PM,Yeah, I've read that definition too. The only other reason I would kill is if an animal is fatally injured, which happened recently. Violating the rights of others through dishonest actions. I'm sure that has to do with not really wanting so much focus on me.He is really hot. I lie and manipulate everyone out of habit. I could flip out like the opening of a flip top on a can.I could feel them, from their side. At the time I, perhaps foolishly, assumed they were either too proud or stupid to accept the way things "really were" in their heads.I guess the point you stop being narcissistic is when you accept that you actually are interpreting them differently, instead of choosing to think that everybody else is in self-denial. The worst part is--more often than not--they dont have any conscience. "You have GOT to be fucking kidding me.Why do sociopaths look to faggy internet blogs with moon backgrounds to find people they can relate to? Programming is one of those funny pieces of misunderstood tech that can be just as beautiful, elegant and expressive to the appreciative eye as any art piece. AND I GOT HIM A JOB WITH MY HUSBAND ($30/HOUR)Suddenly, after telling me I'm his "mother", best frient, mentor etc. As far as manipulation, I know a few sociopaths and they are amateurs in ability but very good at implementation. Because sociopaths lack a conscience, they are willing to do anything. I get bored and cant stay still in one 'life'. How do I know this? You hear only about crimes, violence, deceit, manipulation, and lying, etc., and thus you believe we can only lie, deceive, manipulate, be criminal, etc..Who is naive now?I have met this strange belief before. Creativity is what you use your life experiences to help the world with. It is especially important to be aware of one's sociopathic tendencies. Key points The driving force for sociopaths is to dominate others. in fact due to being the new kid, constantly, I had to acquire this ability or forever be an, outcast. They can also analyze and read other people, which is necessary for manipulating them, but this is not empathy on an emotional level. Whether they like/dislike you? Consistent behavior patterns in sociopaths include: Lack of empathy for others. There's a kind of blurring of boundaries between self and other; personally I find it quite intrusive and irritating, this need for connection that most seem to have just feels to me like clinginess. It also creates an opening for those who would rather prey on society than join it. From your name and a lot of the things you say, it seems that you feel you don't exist in the world a lot of the time, and that people don't see you. Or more ambiguous?WV unifyI dont kknow why but that feels applicable. Why would you fucking care to find out if you are "not alone" if you actually didn't care about other people.Life without love sounds really goddamn boring. (2 of 4, ARGH)Speaking of narcissists: Another post on this blog treats narcissists as though they're fundamentally different from sociopaths, but they're more of a subgenre of sociopath. Sure. I get nauseous looking in the face of these girls, knowing how attached they are getting and recognizing in me; nothing. You'll have to be less vague and smart-alecky to get an answer. There aren't many openings for psychopaths, because if there were lots of them, there would be no society to plunder. Intelligence: very high, but of course I haven't had an official "test" in years and I am rating myself so make of that what you will. We can all blame Sherlock Homes for romanticizing the idea of sociopaths, but in real life, they arent as lovable. We all experience empathy to a greater or lesser degree. Such bullshit. (as I have showd her the spot to put her thumb). In my mind everyone else was just like me but had "passed" to the next step but I couldn't even understand the test, so I lied and cheated into "normal" life.I'm now aware that I was right but also wrong, not everyone feels and thinks like I do, in fact most don't. In fact the less of you idiots there are around me, the happier I am. They're reach out; to nothing. That's why google tries to do so much for their designers. By the nature of the word, it springs out from oneself. Lonely is defined as: "affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome. Not being sensitive to or respectful of others. Don't make me laugh in your face at a time like this. I have affection for my friends and sisters. Difficulty appreciating the negative aspects of their behavior. But I don't seem to experience this quite the same way as most (e.g. You are smart enough to know you are a human. Cut Out Energy Drainers, Manipulators, and Toxic People, 14 Ways to Know If You're Dating a Psychopath, Sociopath, Or Narcissist, 3 Emotions That Narcissists and Psychopaths Manipulate in Others, The Psychopath and Put-Down Artists Tried to Define Me. He does a great stand up kind of makingfunof tthat. Oh, and about that thing I said that was almost an opinion, I totally didn't mean it! - I have single handly destroyed a particular niche in the collectible industry because of 1 persons comment to me over 8 years ago. Unless of course what was meant here was that they believe everybody else around them has exactly the same kind of thinking/motives they do. The sociopath overall is little understood, manifested primarily in the conventional belief that the sociopath has the malicious intent to harm others. I am beginning to think that my once perceived great empathy is something else entirely. Privacy Policy. If you can watch Hostel and all of the Saw movies in a row without wincing, you might be a sociopath.2.) ")Anyway, back to the core of the matter: Sociopaths of all types lack conscience. When you're just hanging out; it's like you've agreed that you already know enough for the moment anyway. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. All rights reserved. Interesting conversation here. "Idiot psychopaths are the kind who do destructive behaviors and have not yet learned how to harness a decent amount of self-control to live a normal life. Having been in a "relationship" for lack of a better term, with someone with this disorder it should be a crime to afflict suffering on non sociopathic people simply because that is the " way you are". We're capable of protecting someone, we're capable of caring, but we're not capable of true love because we have no use for your emotions. Something that shows some effort and focus. But the truth is that if they were all gone I would absolutely fine. I noticed early on that in order to get what I want, from who I want, with the least amount of hassle, its best to test those people with basic/empty/random questions. Final Thoughts Differences between Psychopaths and Sociopaths Psychopaths Cold and calculating Calm and measured under pressure Are able to maintain the pretence of a normal, working life Can have relationships, but they are fake and meaningless Manipulative and charming Lack of empathy or remorse Do not understand other people's distress People seem to make the basic errors of projecting their emotions onto others and assuming other people are like them. Moving from one sex partner to another is gratifying and in the high school boy's mentality; admirable but when you grow up you want more. My biggest question is whether narcissists are so delusional that they convince themselves of their own lies (at least in the moment), but I don't know if that will ever go definitively answered. He actually made a living out of it for a few years before he got tired of selling his works. I think it's because I'm pretty sure they're actually just completely full of shit weirdos who grew up with apathetic parents.This isn't a real thing. Would you like more attention? lol. I think you're all a little retarded for real You ain't gonna drive my ass crazy. Ok, sorry. I have Christmas in my bones! Google understands that the best creativity comes from collaboration. The benefit of psychopathy is that you exploit the altruistic without the cost of reciprocating. I am not a sociopath but this is the one time I choose not to empathize with those who suffer from a mental disorder. They do this for the feeling of power and control. That's pretty much what creativity boils down to.Medusa, are you high? As they both are dying in the water the turtle asks why the scorpion would do such a thing.