Can you explain why and what the difference is? From what I understood psychopaths are born that way and sociopaths are made that way from bad upbringing although I had a great childhood. I thought the symptoms were the same.
Both suffer from what shrinks call antisocial personality disorder and "personality" (unlike "behavior") is genetic in that it cannot be changed or altered. So both psychopaths and sociopaths are essentially born with the disorder. The primary difference between the psychopath and sociopath is that psychopaths are usually disorganized people who have difficulty maintaining normal relationships, holding down a job, etc., while sociopaths usually live an outwardly normal life. As for all that malarkey about abusing animals, that is just crap that some animal-obsessed shrink came up with, published it, and it has been repeated ever since. Psychopaths and sociopaths are no more likely to abuse animals when young than anyone else.
Ted Bundy was a sociopath who was able to present such a facade of normalcy that when young women started disappearing in the Pacific Northwest, no one, except a longtime girlfriend, suspected him and even she wasn't sure. He finished college, attended law school, worked, had normal relationships, was active in the Republican Party, etc. And incidentally, Ted Bundy loved animals and never abused or mistreated them. One landlady recalled that when a moth got into the house one night, he insisted on catching and releasing it outdoors instead of allowing her to kill it.
You say you are "very friendly," then say you "never hide" who you are. These statements are contradictory as are some of the other things you've said. Most people could say the majority of the same things you're saying about themselves. Your biggest problem is that you spend too much time trying to analyze yourself instead of just living your life. According to people who knew him, Ted Bundy once had his horoscope done and was told his odd proclivities were a result of Venus in the sign Scorpio and he accepted that. It wasn't until he changed his major from ancient studies to psychology and began analyzing himself that he started killing women.
Do you think I'm a psychopath?
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Can you explain why and what the difference is? From what I understood psychopaths are born that way and sociopaths are made that way from bad upbringing although I had a great childhood. I thought the symptoms were the same.
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Both suffer from what shrinks call antisocial personality disorder and "personality" (unlike "behavior") is genetic in that it cannot be changed or altered. So both psychopaths and sociopaths are essentially born with the disorder. The primary difference between the psychopath and sociopath is that psychopaths are usually disorganized people who have difficulty maintaining normal relationships, holding down a job, etc., while sociopaths usually live an outwardly normal life. As for all that malarkey about abusing animals, that is just crap that some animal-obsessed shrink came up with, published it, and it has been repeated ever since. Psychopaths and sociopaths are no more likely to abuse animals when young than anyone else.
Ted Bundy was a sociopath who was able to present such a facade of normalcy that when young women started disappearing in the Pacific Northwest, no one, except a longtime girlfriend, suspected him and even she wasn't sure. He finished college, attended law school, worked, had normal relationships, was active in the Republican Party, etc. And incidentally, Ted Bundy loved animals and never abused or mistreated them. One landlady recalled that when a moth got into the house one night, he insisted on catching and releasing it outdoors instead of allowing her to kill it.
You say you are "very friendly," then say you "never hide" who you are. These statements are contradictory as are some of the other things you've said. Most people could say the majority of the same things you're saying about themselves. Your biggest problem is that you spend too much time trying to analyze yourself instead of just living your life. According to people who knew him, Ted Bundy once had his horoscope done and was told his odd proclivities were a result of Venus in the sign Scorpio and he accepted that. It wasn't until he changed his major from ancient studies to psychology and began analyzing himself that he started killing women.