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Really? Are you that in the clouds?
I don't even.. Ok well it's not you but just me. Dont understand what you meant but what ever. Ok well it seems me and you have been talking about this to each other a little. I think we should let other people post now. I'm gonna just let other people post.
Also I wanna know what even Alex the founder of wrong planet thinks of this. What ever he says must count a lot...
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There are never clear cuts in the diagnoses and you can hardly say: "all people with ASPD are criminals" or "all people with SPD don't care about others" or "All people with BPD feel empty inside". Those generalizations aren't helping to understand a person with a certain diagnoses.
Espessially the personality disorders are more or less constructs. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Where you just gather together all the people who show a certain behavior out of different reasons.
There are at least 5 suptypes of people with ASPD:
1) Nomadic (schizoid, avoidant features)
2) Malevolent (sadistic, paranoid features)
3) Coventous (variant of "pure" pattern)
4) Risk-Taking (histrionic features)
5) Reputation-Defending (narcissistic features)
You can look it up here: Personality Subtypes
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Espessially the personality disorders are more or less constructs. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Where you just gather together all the people who show a certain behavior out of different reasons.
There are at least 5 suptypes of people with ASPD:
1) Nomadic (schizoid, avoidant features)
2) Malevolent (sadistic, paranoid features)
3) Coventous (variant of "pure" pattern)
4) Risk-Taking (histrionic features)
5) Reputation-Defending (narcissistic features)
Wow. Nice point
You can look it up here: Personality Subtypes
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There are still researching psychopaths and finding out how their created and what makes them tick and what the solution your offering the imperialist police state mind set through them in cages or euthanize them, With that type of thinking why not just start locking away and killing any one with any mental disorder traits, All i know is who ever controls currency and prints it can control what happens on earth and all they are writing and talking about is overpopulation and how we should do it for the earth, I can see it selling well
I have had confrontations with at least two psychopaths in my life. One of them is currently in prison and will likely be back again once he gets out. The other has been good at staying out of prison but the way he is I think he's bound to end up there if he doesn't choose to change his general philosophy of life.
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My biological father was diagnosed as a psychopath and I try to stay far away. He's extremely manipulative and downright evil. Of all the irresponsible things that my mother ever did, the most irresponsible was encouraging me to start writing letters to that guy as a kid. He is warped - that is the one word I can use to describe him. Warped.
Um, coming back?! For you?! Around the house?! Why didn't you tell me about this? Well, let me guess - so I wouldn't worry like I am now but.... I can't help it!
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I feel better! I was scared for you when I didn't know the whole story.
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Hi Runedk,
You made an excellent point there about the three groups. What do you personally feel is the difference between autistics and sociopaths?
They do indeed not have an understanding of morals and lack sympathy. They can empathize, but not sympathize. That is how they can skillfully manipulate others; they understand to some extend, but dont care about your wellbeing at all. So once you cross them in any way, you will be the target of their wrath. As I have been stalked for more than 7 years I learned this the hard way.
from wikipedias site on empathy:
Empathy is the capacity to recognize feelings that are being experienced by another sentient or semi-sentient being.
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Empathy is distinct from sympathy, pity, and emotional contagion. Sympathy or empathic concern is the feeling of compassion or concern for another, the wish to see them better off or happier. Pity is feeling that another is in trouble and in need of help as they cannot fix their problems themselves, often described as "feeling sorry" for someone. Emotional contagion is when a person (especially an infant or a member of a mob) imitatively "catches" the emotions that others are showing without necessarily recognizing this is happening.
As a side note it is my understanding that both sociopathy and psychopathy are outdated words no longer used my mental health professionals. One of the terms used is Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Others are anti-social, histronic and borderline.
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Yeah but it goes on case. I bet 98% of people with ASPD have committed a crime, big or small. If you're probably getting into fights all the time, and assault/aggressiveness, it's still a crime.
Of all the people I've spoke to with ASPD, one breeds dogs illegally (she kills any that aren't "perfect", like have a different marking to the one preferred by the buyer and such, and she's now in jail) another has raped, another tortures cats and kills cats, and another has set a house on fire. The rest have done as I've said above, just always getting into fights and stealing and such.
So because you saw Four people with ASPD all people with that disorder are super bad? A lot of sick people rape cats and kill them ect....
I also find it hard to believe that you really knew they had ASPD.
There's a lot of misinformation about ASPD and psychopathy on this thread, specifically how they relate to each other. ASPD is not psychopathy or sociopathy. It is diagnosed strictly on the basis of criminal tendencies. Psychopathy, as described and defined by Robert Hare and others does not require criminal behavior, nor does that definition rely on observing specific behaviors.
Many people diagnosed with ASPD are psychopaths, but not all. Many psychopaths meet the criteria for ASPD, but not all.
Also, narcissistic personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder are not variations on psychopathy nor on ASPD. HPD and NPD can include a lack of affective empathy, but it is not a core feature as it is with psychopathy. BPD actually tends to feature hypersensitive affective empathy.
This link may help with establishing the distinctions between ASPD and psychopathy:
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/dsm-iv/ ... 0168/54831
It's written by Dr. Robert Hare, who's been studying psychopathy for over four decades now.
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My legal, but thankfully not biological father is a psychopath. I have a handful of family members who want me to be willing to see him, but I have no desire to see him ever again. Except maybe at his funeral to spit on him.
Then put your foot down and absolutely do not let them interfere... It's for the best that you don't interact with him! I wish (even though I was a kid at the time) that I had stood up to my mother and said, "It's insane to encourage any kind of a relationship with this person". I suffered from his mind games for years after that.
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Then put your foot down and absolutely do not let them interfere... It's for the best that you don't interact with him! I wish (even though I was a kid at the time) that I had stood up to my mother and said, "It's insane to encourage any kind of a relationship with this person". I suffered from his mind games for years after that.
Yeah, the mind games were the worst, a huge part of the abuse.
I've held my ground for ~12 years now, so I'm unlikely to change my mind on seeing him.
Your mother really should not have pushed you to have a relationship. Sympathies that she did so.
Sadly I just have this in German right now, but it says in the ICD-10 about the ASPD: "Kriminelle Handlungen sind also nicht zwingend erforderlich." what means in english: "Criminal acts are not necessarily required."
While it doesn't say that in the ICD literally, it's still perfectly right.
Personality disorder, usually coming to attention because of a gross disparity between behaviour and the prevailing social norms, and characterized by:
(a)callous unconcern for the feelings of others;
(b)gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social
norms, rules and obligations;
(c)incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, though having no
difficulty in establishing them;
(d)very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of
aggression, including violence;
(e)incapacity to experience guilt or to profit from experience, particularly
punishment;
(f)marked proneness to blame others, or to offer plausible rationalizations,
for the behaviour that has brought the patient into conflict with society.
There may also be persistent irritability as an associated feature. Conduct disorder during childhood and adolescence, though not invariably present, may further support the diagnosis.
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F60.2 Dissocial personality disorder
Personality disorder, usually coming to attention because of a gross disparity between behaviour and the prevailing social norms, and characterized by:
(a)callous unconcern for the feelings of others;
(b)gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social
norms, rules and obligations;
(c)incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, though having no
difficulty in establishing them;
(d)very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of
aggression, including violence;
(e)incapacity to experience guilt or to profit from experience, particularly
punishment;
(f)marked proneness to blame others, or to offer plausible rationalizations,
for the behaviour that has brought the patient into conflict with society.
There may also be persistent irritability as an associated feature. Conduct disorder during childhood and adolescence, though not invariably present, may further support the diagnosis.
So, not to piss anyone off or start a big argument...but, I have to ask. HOW can you tell if someone has aspergers or ASPD when there can be overlap in how they come across to others, given the often flat affect? Also, I am sure I read on this site someone who said they are aspergers, but also have ASPD traits. So..again, how do you draw the lines?
(a) could just be an inability to express your emotions in a manner NT people are used to, so they think you have none
(b) what is "gross and persistent" I mean, this is a little vague. And, "social rules, norms, and obligations" are often not met by people with aspergers, though the underlying reason differs. aspergers individuals just might not GET these, while the ASPD gets them, but dismisses them.
(c) this i can see as having a difference. however, i dont see it as being something mutually exclusive, and, thus, not diagnostic
(d) uhm...isnt this what causes many melt/shut-downs? not necessarily the violence part...thats something else entirely...but having a quick trigger to a whole bunch of emotional outburst...again, not exactly something you can tell apart from observing
(e) how would anyone ever know this from the outside. there is NO WAY to ascertain if someone feels guilt. people express guilt or whatnot differently. i defiantly feel guilt, but once made someone very angry because when i broke something of theirs, they felt my response indicated that i didnt care...when, in reality, it was the polar opposite and i just dint know how to say "im sorry." it seemed to me that saying those words was pointless, as they don't reverse the outcome. i have since learned to say these words, because i know people expect to hear them
(f) again..."conflict with society?" lets say that your special interest is technically illegal...if you get caught by a police officer, wouldnt you talking about how cool it is to you, and why you like it, be perceived as a "rationalization?"
anyhow...the reason i ask for clarification between the two is that i honestly oscillate between thinking my ex is one or the other, as he has characteristics of both. but then when i add in the awkward clumsiness he has, his preoccupation with a few unusual hobbies, and some additional things im not in the mood to go into, i sway very much aspergers. however, like i said, he has traits of both...for instance, he is also a compulsive liar. i know many with aspergers dont lie..but i have read that for those individuals who grow up in dysfunctional homes where lying is something that you learn to do to survive...these individuals can become profoundly skilled at lying. anyhow, when im feeling really insecure about things, then i flip to the ASPD.
if someone has both...or aspergers with ASPD traits...i'd REALLY like you to pipe in and offer some insights.
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