Narcissist, Psychopath, or Sociopath: How To Spot The Differences

I'm the complete opposite of a psychopath. I always laugh when I try and lie and, for whatever reason, often feel embarrassed when other people get involved in embarrassing siuations. I'd quite like to be a little bit psychopathic.



And I hope to god that kid doesn't have any pets.
 
A sociopath understands and recognizes the difference between right and wrong, what is acceptable and what's prohibited.

They just don't care. It's like a person born with only selfishness as an attribute.
 
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I was enjoying the lecture, but that guys face and reactions were starting to piss me off. Just focus on her talking, we don't need your damn over the top facial reactions after every sentence when you have nothing to offer.
 
I was hoping for text... Got no patience for videos.
 
Sociopath hasn't been an actual diagnosis since the DSM-1, which came out in 1952. Starting from 1968, the terms psychopath and sociopath have been consolidated under the banner of antisocial personality disorder, with or without psychopathic features (subtype). Disorders are consolidated when there's evidence that they represent the same abstract concept. Personality disorders are developmental, the child isn't born with something wrong with it. The etiology is that the child's biological temperament is impulsive and that interacts with an adverse early environment or parental abuse, leading to severe deficits in the individual's personality.

TV shows and movies still use the antiquated terms. I think the psychologist purposefully used the wrong terms so the laymen would enjoy the video. What she calls "psychopath" is a textbook definition of the primary psychopath, who experiences less somatic arousal. What she calls "sociopath" is a secondary psychopath who has some amount of guilt about his actions, but has poor impulse and emotional control. These are the subtypes of ASPD.

They're actually not technically malevolent in the way that a normal person would understand their actions and make a wilful evil decision, their brain is crippled and it's impossible for them to understand the perspective and emotions of others, leading to their dysfunctional behaviour hurting others and society as collateral. They're actually often baffled by the negative reactions of others to their behaviour cause they lack the capacity to understand perspectives other than their own. The best a therapist can hope is to use the person's sense of self-interest in order to attempt to make them behave in a way that's better for society e.g. "If I give my girlfriend flowers, I'm likely to get sex," but never "If I give my girlfriend flowers, she'll be happy." He can't understand what the girlfriend feels. They're basically stuck in a lower phase of development, like a young toddler who still believes he's the centre of the universe. Movies make them out to be these genius manipulators, but they're really not. They're crippled like you wouldn't believe. I think it's useful to know how they think in case you ever meet one, you see what's up immediately.
 
I would have no problem beating that kid to a pulp....
 
Zer said:
That's pretty interesting about sociopathy. I've always kind of been jealous of sociopaths because I'm way too sensitive to people. Fucken empathy. I wonder if there's like a crash course on becoming a sociopath. I guess you've just gotta expose yourself to the worst of humanity and numb yourself to the pain and suffering of others. But it can't be that simple since I can crank one out over Anal Goliath 7 no problemo
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I have too much empathy at times, to the point where i guilt trip hard. I hate hurting peoples feelings and always try to be a peacemaker.
 
What the fuck did you just fucking say to me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
 
NoGoodNamesLeft said:
What the fuck did you just fucking say to me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
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Well, that escalated quickly.
 
Zer said:
That's pretty interesting about sociopathy. I've always kind of been jealous of sociopaths because I'm way too sensitive to people. Fucken empathy.
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Yeah. Having cognitive functions is the worst.
 
OeuvrePressure said:
A sociopath understands and recognizes the difference between right and wrong, what is acceptable and what's prohibited.

They just don't care. It's like a person born with only selfishness as an attribute.
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That's actually quite close to being 100% accurate. Good job.

Sociopath - Immoral. Right and wrong exists, they just don't feel bad about doing wrong like a normal person should.

Narcissist - Amoral. Right and wrong exists, but not pertaining to their own actions. There is always context that makes it not wrong if they do it.
 
Jack Reacheround said:
I didn’t even know he was a doctor.
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NoGoodNamesLeft said:
What the fuck did you just fucking say to me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
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