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So. I'm a sociopath.

#63
dullsilver_mike said:
There's a positive side to most things: without much empathy or an inherent desire to make others happy, you can rationally set your mind on achieving personal goals without any of the interpersonal obstacles that get in the way for the rest of us.

It sounds like a nice opportunity to do greater things than the average Joe, whose life gets interrupted to take care of family members, make sacrifices for romantic partners or children, and a ton of other emotive things that are detrimental to his ambition.
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Thus my current success. A solitary and small success but this is exactly how I look at it.
 
#66
Sometimes I start thinking the way that you do about using people for your own gain (not usually friends though, more so bosses and such). But I don't have the patience to pull it off and cover up how I actually feel so it usually backfires pretty hard. I can't sit there and stroke someone when I really just don't GAF.
 
#68
NekoTheWolf said:
Actually aggression is a symptom I lack.
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I admit I didn't read the whole thread. My point still stands. If there are potentially negative things about yourself that can in some ways negatively affect those around you, and you choose not to deal with them to somehow remain "true to yourself" then you are being selfish. Regardless of what your "symptoms" may be.
 
#69
two fingers said:
I admit I didn't read the whole thread. My point still stands. If there are potentially negative things about yourself that can in some ways negatively affect those around you, and you choose not to deal with them to somehow remain "true to yourself" then you are being selfish. Regardless of what your "symptoms" may be.
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You do know that extreme selfishness is a huge symptom of aspd right? Lol
 
#70
NekoTheWolf said:
I'm not dangerous. The only crime I ever did was getting busted for pot. I'm not a psychopath after all. I've been very manipulative and hurtful to others emotionally though, the worst part is either that I don't care or I don't realize it. And guys, I had an MRI I'm a legit sociopath, my psychiatrist isn't feeding me crap here.
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Of course I have no clue as to who you are or what you're like to be around, so take this with that in mind. To my mind, someone who is manipulative, hurtful to others, and doesn't really care about being that way is just a prick, a-hole, whatever other similar term you so choose. But the thing is that there is no pill for being a prick. No commercially available medications available for being an a-hole. There is though, as it just so happens, various medications available for being a sociopath.

I put it this way because a friend of mine who has always been rather self-centered, narcissistic, and horrendously lazy was diagnosed as being "emotionally-detached" a few years ago. Of course there are no pills or proper therapy for being a self-centered jerk, so his "doctor" diagnosed him as being emotionally detached and immediately put him on meds. Did the meds help? Hmmm... Well here's the thing. He remained a jerk who only cared about himself and stayed a sickeningly huge slob. Actually in fact he seemed to run with his diagnosis and got worse on all accounts. Oh, did I mention that he was also quite emotionally attached to things that weren't dealing with personal hygiene or communicating with other people?

All I'm saying is just be leery of a diagnosis about mental health, especially by a single doctor. There's no profit to be made by telling someone that they're a jerk who needs to smarten the fcuk up, but there is a ton of money to be made by writing down something else.
 
#73
Unrepresented said:
While I view marijuana as being long overdue for legalization, there is a difference between committing crimes and being caught committing crimes and that distinction was absent in Neko's post. That was my point, not the legitimacy of the current drug laws.
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Your still assuming Neko's attitude on "only a crime if I get caught" is stemming from his sociopathy, rather then his liberal view of MJ legalization, like most pot-heads have.
 
#74
NekoTheWolf said:
I'm listening, but everything you guys are suggesting sounds very foreign to how I think. Just having a hard time grasping all this.
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That I can understand. But now that you have this diagnosis you can see how it causes you to have such a hard time grasping the ideas.

The way I see it, you can use this diagnosis as an excuse to revel in your behavior or you can attempt to understand how your perceptions may not be the best way to go about things. This gives you something to check yourself against and should let you see why you are the way you are. It can be a very beneficial tool for self-reflection.
 
#76
DerHoggz said:
That I can understand. But now that you have this diagnosis you can see how it causes you to have such a hard time grasping the ideas.

The way I see it, you can use this diagnosis as an excuse to revel in your behavior or you can attempt to understand how your perceptions may not be the best way to go about things. This gives you something to check yourself against and should let you see why you are the way you are. It can be a very beneficial tool for self-reflection.
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Exactly!!!!
 
#77
NekoTheWolf said:
He's right about my attitude stemming from sociopathy, I've committed thousands of crimes.
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So has every other teenager on this planet ;). Nothing special there. I'm not doubting your ASPD but just because you can relate to some of the symptoms of ASPD, does not necessarily mean you have it. I personally can relate to about 3/4 of the symptoms of ASPD listed on mayo clinic and I can assure you i'm no sociopath.
 
#78
paste said:
So has every other teenager on this planet ;). Nothing special there. I'm not doubting your ASPD but just because you can relate to some of the symptoms of ASPD, does not necessarily mean you have it. I personally can relate to about 3/4 of the symptoms of ASPD listed on mayo clinic and I can assure you i'm no sociopath.
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Have you read the whole thread?
 
#80
mellowinman said:
You're coming to the talkbass OT forum for advice and insight about something this serious?

You need a LOT better help than this.

I apologize; I thought this was a troll thread.
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I came for advice, not help. Lol What I'm saying is I came here to see what another bass player (or average person in general) would do in my shoes, and now I'm going to go seek real help. TBOT is a TERRIFIC cross section of different opinions and different people to go to when you want advice as to what any other person would do in your shoes.
 

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