what makes someone a sociopath besides abuse/trauma in childhood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't mean to defed the garden variety sociopath, but, one of the books I read raised the question - if sociopaths are biologically incapable of having a conscience, should they be held to the same standards as the rest of us?
Sociopaths can be taught to behave like the rest of us. They understand they have to act normal or life becomes uncomfortable FOR THEM. They just don't feel for others the way we do. So in those pictures, Casey can appear to be a loving, normal mother, because she is able to mimic the behavior she's seen. She just doesn't really FEEL the intense love and empathy the rest of us do. That is exactly why she is able to dispose of her child like she was another one of her possessions.

You clearly understand the psyche of a sociopath.

Yes, they should be held to the same standards. There must suffer the consequences of their actions. I do wish there were a better, more definitive way of identifying them. It would do society a favor if the were "outed" so that we could all be forewarned before treading in their path.

[Anonymous]

There is no DSM diagnosis for psychopath or sociopath anymore. I thought that was really interesting. It's all lumped in as anti-social personality disorder.

But I think narcissistic personality disorder could be at play here, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, look around at the behaviors you see every day. Those who are supposedly "oblivious" to others. This area is full of sociopaths in one form or another. They never learned, nor do they care how to treat others. In goes beyond merely being inconsiderate. It is a passive aggressive series of behaviors that they deny. In addition, they are delusional about how important they think they are. I could go on, but we will leave it at that for now.

You are confusing narcissism and egotism with sociopathy. One-upmanship, nastiness and passive-aggressiveness are not signs of socipathy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, look around at the behaviors you see every day. Those who are supposedly "oblivious" to others. This area is full of sociopaths in one form or another. They never learned, nor do they care how to treat others. In goes beyond merely being inconsiderate. It is a passive aggressive series of behaviors that they deny. In addition, they are delusional about how important they think they are. I could go on, but we will leave it at that for now.

You are confusing narcissism and egotism with sociopathy. One-upmanship, nastiness and passive-aggressiveness are not signs of socipathy.

YES IT IS. Sociopaths are horribly narcissistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, look around at the behaviors you see every day. Those who are supposedly "oblivious" to others. This area is full of sociopaths in one form or another. They never learned, nor do they care how to treat others. In goes beyond merely being inconsiderate. It is a passive aggressive series of behaviors that they deny. In addition, they are delusional about how important they think they are. I could go on, but we will leave it at that for now.

You are confusing narcissism and egotism with sociopathy. One-upmanship, nastiness and passive-aggressiveness are not signs of socipathy.

YES IT IS. Sociopaths are horribly narcissistic.

I think one can be a sociopath and narcissistic but one does not necessarily equal the other, nor do they always go hand in hand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, look around at the behaviors you see every day. Those who are supposedly "oblivious" to others. This area is full of sociopaths in one form or another. They never learned, nor do they care how to treat others. In goes beyond merely being inconsiderate. It is a passive aggressive series of behaviors that they deny. In addition, they are delusional about how important they think they are. I could go on, but we will leave it at that for now.

You are confusing narcissism and egotism with sociopathy. One-upmanship, nastiness and passive-aggressiveness are not signs of socipathy.

YES IT IS. Sociopaths are horribly narcissistic.

My five year old is very narcissistic. Does that mean she's a sociopath? You're a little dense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, look around at the behaviors you see every day. Those who are supposedly "oblivious" to others. This area is full of sociopaths in one form or another. They never learned, nor do they care how to treat others. In goes beyond merely being inconsiderate. It is a passive aggressive series of behaviors that they deny. In addition, they are delusional about how important they think they are. I could go on, but we will leave it at that for now.

You are confusing narcissism and egotism with sociopathy. One-upmanship, nastiness and passive-aggressiveness are not signs of socipathy.

YES IT IS. Sociopaths are horribly narcissistic.

My five year old is very narcissistic. Does that mean she's a sociopath? You're a little dense.

no. you're 5yo is EGOTISTIC not narcissistic. there is a difference and it's an important one.

[Anonymous]

There is something "off" about the entire family. Is the "father"Casey's bio father?

[Anonymous]

I just read this book, The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, which covers the topic of the making of pycho/sociopaths. Hightly recommend it:
http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Was-Raised-Psychiatrists/dp/0465056520

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, look around at the behaviors you see every day. Those who are supposedly "oblivious" to others. This area is full of sociopaths in one form or another. They never learned, nor do they care how to treat others. In goes beyond merely being inconsiderate. It is a passive aggressive series of behaviors that they deny. In addition, they are delusional about how important they think they are. I could go on, but we will leave it at that for now.

You are confusing narcissism and egotism with sociopathy. One-upmanship, nastiness and passive-aggressiveness are not signs of socipathy.

YES IT IS. Sociopaths are horribly narcissistic.

My five year old is very narcissistic. Does that mean she's a sociopath? You're a little dense.

You are dense calling a 5yr old narcissistic, which BTW, is a horrible descriptive to use regarding your 5yr old. Clearly you don't understand basic terms when it comes to childhood development. Please read up on the development of ego through early childhood development.

You are also confusing yourself. No one is saying that anyone who exhibits narcissism is a sociopath, but ALL sociopaths are narcissistic. Additionally narcissistic personality disorder is completely different as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I just read this book, The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, which covers the topic of the making of pycho/sociopaths. Hightly recommend it:
http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Was-Raised-Psychiatrists/dp/0465056520

Too depressing.

[Anonymous]

This American Life had a program a couple of weeks ago about the test for sociopathy. Worth a listen.

[Anonymous]

If you fail to develop empathy or sympathy, then yes, you have qualities of a sociopath. If your public behaviors do not excel past those say age five, yes you are a sociopath. Does this clarify PP? Or are you still that dense? And sociopathic? If you do not expect to share the world, or at least certain public spaces, with other people, and behave in a civil manner while doing so, yes you are a sociopath. Passive aggressive nonsense such as "making people wait" announces to the world you have problems. What more do you need to know? You want the world to know you have problems? Silly.

[Anonymous]

genetics

[Anonymous]

Sin