I always knew I was different, I didn't know I was a sociopath
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Re: I always knew I was different, I didn't know I was a sociopath
#2Fascinating article. I wonder what made her do the steps in finding what's "different" with her, and most of all, why the need to fix it arose. Is it to "fit in", understandably? It somehow felt alien to me, and this shows my ignorance on the topic, that people lacking in empathy department would attempt to understand the reasons and act "good" towards others even if this feeling is only understood intellectually.
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Thats not at all what research and the definition implies.
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Oh! Glad to see you are so well educated and experienced in mental health treatment, that you can speak for what every single person that medical condition would ever conceivably do.
Re: I always knew I was different, I didn't know I was a sociopath
#6Another article from the same person: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/25/magazine/patr...
And discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39500240
And yet another from a few years back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24806019
Re: I always knew I was different, I didn't know I was a sociopath
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This is an oft-repeated quote which doesn't have any backing to it.
Re: I always knew I was different, I didn't know I was a sociopath
#8Fascinating article. I wonder what made her do the steps in finding what's "different" with her, and most of all, why the need to fix it arose. Is it to "fit in", understandably? It somehow felt alien to me, and this shows my ignorance on the topic, that people lacking in empathy department would attempt to understand the reasons and act "good" towards others even if this feeling is only understood intellectually.
It would be interesting to know if this is a common experience among sociopaths. I had always thought that behaviors like theft resulted more simply from the lack of empathy (and desire for the stolen item), rather than resolving some kind of internal tension.