Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 50 seconds later[^][v]#331,766
the prefix
squeegee joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#331,800
The psychiatrist
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#331,801
There is a difference. I forget what, though.
Google will know.
dw !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#331,807
Sociopathy is a loosely-defined term that may be used to refer to:
Antisocial personality disorder
Psychopathy
squeegee replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#331,811
Good luck getting a diagnosis for either, OP. You either have to have childhood conduct disorder or be a criminally insane psychotic to get a diagnosis.
Otherwise you're just an asshole narcisist.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#331,812
According to the first result of a Google search, wether there's a difference is disputed. They're quite similar, but sociopaths are distinguished as being more impulsive and disorganised than psychopaths, who are more controlled and organised.
The fact that the two terms have survived to today side by side would suggest an acceptance of there being a difference.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#331,817
@331,811 (squeegee)
I had ODD and would get suspended on a weekly basis in middle school
squeegee !firstkPE1Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 25 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#331,829
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#331,833
@331,812 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Can you put this in terms of Matt and Leonidas please
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 57 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#331,842
I've always associated sociopaths with the traits consistent with antisocial personality disorder. They have a kind of emotional blindness for anyone but themselves. They can learn to laugh, smile, give compliments, and appear generous, but these things are just tools they use to get other people to do what they want -- just like lying, stealing, and hurting other people can also be tools to get people to do what they want. Debts and promises mean nothing to them, their compliments are shallow and easily given, and they care little how their actions impact anyone but themselves. It's as if the world is peopled with robot actors, and the game is to figure out what you can say or do to get what you want from them.
Psychopaths, at least as popularly defined, don't seem to have this emotional blindness. They still generally have the selfish outlook and disregard for others, but they seem to be aware of (and perhaps relish in) the discomfort and suffering that they cause along the path to their own satisfaction. Both might see that their actions hurt others, but a psychopath might find it amusing whereas a sociopath would merely find it irrelevant.
At least that's how I generally see the two portrayed differently.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 27 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#331,845
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 9 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#332,028
I was taught the antisocial behaviour of a sociopath stemmed solely from their early environment, while a psychopath's antisocial behaviour was environmental and genetic. I don't really remember, this was a long time ago.
"In many cases, the choice of term reflects the user's views on the origins and determinants of the clinical syndrome or disorder. Thus, some clinicians and researchers - as well as most sociologists and criminologists - who believe that the syndrome is forged entirely by social forces and early experiences prefer the term sociopath, whereas those - including this writer - who feel that psychological, biological, and genetic factors also contribute to development of the syndrome, generally use the term pscyhopath. The same inidivual therefore could be diagnosed as a sociopath by one expert, and asa a psychopath by another." — Robert Hare, Without Conscience (Page 23)
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Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 39 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#332,030