Sociopathy (Psychopathy)

The characteristic of not having a conscience is the main symptom of sociopathy (same thing as a psychopath) and arises, it is believed, from an inability to connect emotionally with others (i.e., no ability to love or care for others situations). Narcissism is a protrayal of high regard for the self, when really, on the inside, the person has little to no self confidence. This doesn't have to do with a lack of conscience--sometimes narcissists are overly involved and can be insensitive to others, but they have the ability to feel that is wrong. Sociopaths don't. If the two occur together (a narcissistic psychopath) than yes, he/she would be w/o a conscience.

You are talking about 3 distinct but overlapping things here:

1. Sociopath- This is a psychiatric diagnosis of a person with documented medically/psychiatrically diagnosable sociopathic behavior. Sociopaths behave without remorse or caring for other people. Serial Killers are often sociopaths- they have no feelings toward other humans and do not feel guilty about what they do. But many sociopaths are CEOs of companies, politicians, etc.

Often the reason a person becomes a sociopath is that they were abused as children and learned not to care for or trust other humans (as a defense mechanism perhaps). They may have learned that trusting or caring for other people only leads to pain and thus they view these emotions as weakness. They put themselves first always.

2. Drug addicts or other addicts- Addiction is not neccesarily associated with psychopathy/sociopathic behaviors. Those addicted may engage in sociopathic behavior because their need for the drug or whatever is so strong that the needs of others are diminished in comparison to anyone else's needs.

Due to brain damage or imbalances caused by drugs or unhealthy lifestyle, they may suffer from psychosis (various types of conditions where the mind is malfunctioning). Some addicts may be sociopaths. However, the addict deep down often feels ashamed of what they have done and wish that they were not addicts.

3. Con men- people who lie and decieve in order to steal money, property, or labor from another person. Con men often show little or no remorse, and are smug or proud of their actions, and often unrepentant (ie. Bernie Madoff). Con men would seem likely to be sociopaths, but again this would require a diagnosis. However some con men eventually feel guilty for what they have done and thus may have some other disorder or personality trait (antisocial, oppositional-defiant, etc) behind their behaviors.

Making sense of all three: use a "Venn Diagram"

So, all three of these areas are circles, and the circles overlap in the middle to form a clover. A person might fit into 1 or 2 circles, or even 3 (in the very middle of the clover). The person in all three circles would be a "sociopathic, addicted, con man"! Drawing it out this way is called a "Venn Diagram", one good way of representing the categories you've listed in your question. It gives you a visual picture of where an individual could land within the framework illustrated in the diagram. Think of somebody who has been in trouble like Amy Winehouse, Tiger Woods, Bernie Madoff or Justin Beiber, decide if they belong on the diagram at all, then try to pick a point on the diagram where you would place them if they do belong on there.

They must be an immediate danger to themselves or others. There must be a pretty obvious danger.

There's a fine line between immediate danger and not.

Those that can admit a patient to a hospital must be certain that the person is a serious danger; if not, that physician/licensed clinical social worker/psychiatrist can be sued. This fear of law suit keeps many people out of hospitals that might be able to benefit from the hospital admission.

Terrorists are not all the same group, targeting one particular race creed or country. Extremists, any extremists, will go to almost any lengths to impose their ideology upon those that disagree with them and by any means available to them. Bombing, shooting and torture are only physical manifestations of terror.

Many groups are now considered acceptable which were villified only a few years ago.

Men such as Che Guevara and Castro, Moshe Dayan, Martin Luther and even Jesus were considered 'terrorists' or malcontents, in their time because they wanted to change the established order of things. Some by violence others used different methods.

I don't know. But it keeps me up at night.

The lack of anxiety and guilt that is characteristic of this disorder makes motivation to change unlikely.

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There is a variety of circumstances that can contribute to sociopathy. Some people can experience trauma and still thrive socially. Others may be deeply affected by such experiences and become depressed, angry, addicted or suicidal adults. There are many cases where sociopaths have experienced no significant trauma at all.

Sociopathy is often a personality trait that may or may not be related to life experiences. If a person has a predisposition for sociopathy, any type of trauma is enough to trigger maladaptive and antisocial behavior. Many times, childhood abuse (even emotional abuse) is associated with personality disorders and sociopathy.

1 reason you would love a sociopath is because if you just broke up or your sad. you will try to love a sociopath because your desperate

Research on elderly male sociopaths is available in psychiatry journals. These include "The?æAmerican Journal of Psychiatry" and "The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry."

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No They are completely unrelated, however some can be comorbid; existing together. For example, schizaffective disorder is a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Comment on Comorbidity of Conditions with Autism and Asperger's SyndromeSeveral studies show that about 40% of people with autism or Asperger's Syndrome have one or more mental disorders, and others indicate 65%. Two studies indicate that almost 30% of people with autism or Asperger's Syndrome have a form of bipolar disorder. Some websites refer to a high correlation between autism and borderline personality disorder, but do not give a percent, whereas other websites claim that people with autism are misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder because of similarity of symptoms, despite a difference in motives, feelings, and thoughts. For more information on conditions that are comorbid with autism spectrum disorders, use the link for The National Autistic Society (UK): Mental health and Asperger syndrome.

Depends. I am quite physcho, and it only hurts my feelings when the guy I’m in love with pushes me away or is upset.

Oddly enough, some sociopaths are very forthwith about their disorder. Generally those who confess to being a sociopath are A: either lying or B: trying to control it. Being removed from the messy emotions that tie them to other humans, such as empathy, sympathy, and love, they are more readily able to recognize that impulse control is their only means of maintaining a normal life. All sociopaths realize what they are even if they don't have terminology for it and develop accordingly by watching other humans interact. By the time they have reached adulthood, they have a fairly formidable cache of prerecorded responses with which they use to interact more normally with other humans. Bare in mind that just because sociopathy is more common in those who have been abused, doesn't mean every sociopath was abused as a child. In most instances, if the person you are with admits they are a sociopath, then they have opened up to you in a manner that is remarkable and they feel that you are truly trustworthy, being as that is nearly an impossible feat to achieve, you should be flattered and they probably aren't a threat to you. In fact, there probably isn't much they wouldn't do for you, so do be careful about glib remarks revolving around the death of your boss, they may not realize you really don't mean that. Despite popular opinion sociopaths aren't inherently evil, they just aren't wired the same way. Many sociopaths go their entire life without maiming anyone, it all comes down to impulse control which seems to be in short supply here in the U.S., not only for sociopaths, but for normal people too.

It isn't hard. The big question is why you would want to do such a thing. Death wish?

Some websites portend that as ADHD (can) create low impulse control there is cross correlation in this feature. A sociopath doesn't have the impulse control or capacity for forward planning and just acts on thinking. Coupled with this a sociopath does not have a conscience, feelings of guilt or remorse (they could kill their own child without any emotional disturbance if this so suited them). They have an underlying need for power and feeding of this ego and despite not attaching to surrounding people, they can enjoy a persons company and are inevitably very charming, charismatic people.

An ADHD person on the other hand does care about other people just like everybody else. In fact for some ADHD people, as their frontal lobes are firing so much faster than the typical brain it can make some very sensitive to their environments and the people around them so they are very aware of how others feel creating above average empathy levels, as opposed to a sociopath who has no empathy.

So if an ADHD child was severely neglected and not taught social protocols it is possible that their poor impulse control could lead them into a world where they were just acting on their own behalf, deviate into violent behaviors as acting out of boredom, restlessness and/or acting out behaviors they have witnessed (as a coping mechanism).

Yes. I knew a male sociopath who claimed to be heterosexual; but when raging at other males consistently relished threatening them with sexually sadistic torture.

Yes, this does seem like a strange dream for a 5 year old. At the very least, I would be somewhat concerned about where the image came from.

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A psychopath (or sociopath) ignores some or all of the normal human rules of behavior, in favor of a personal agenda. This can be compulsion, whim, or self-protection, and while most with this disorder will consider the immediate consequences to themselves, the effect on other people (or their own future) is ignored. Psychopaths typically have little empathy for others, especially strangers or those they do not identify with.

In some regards, psychopaths can be likened to someone playing a video game, who does not have to be concerned with anything done to the anonymous characters in the game, or to the things in the game, except as they affect the player's character.