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<blockquote data-quote="Liahona" data-source="post: 532136"><p>I think the mental illness could be part of why they do it. I know with x he has some form of mental illness. I also know that part of it is his choice to not get help despite overwhelming evidence that he can't function in relationships. He also enjoys hurting people. I think he started out "just" mentally ill then through his choices and Maybe some bullying in grade school it turned into a personality disorder. </p><p></p><p>The acts he does are the criminal component. But he can't separate his acts from the why. I sure can separate them. </p><p></p><p>If anyone had taken what difficult child 1 was doing about age 9 and applied towards the conduct disorder diagnosis he could've had that diagnosis. He was doing criminal acts. But since then I have watched as difficult child 1 choose to accept help. And he chooses to work on relationships and to not hurt people. I think difficult child 1 has the same basic mental illness x does. difficult child 1 is making different choices. If difficult child 1 ever stops choosing to work his therapy then things could get really bad very fast. </p><p></p><p>At least with the only sociopath I know personally there is a choice component.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Liahona, post: 532136"] I think the mental illness could be part of why they do it. I know with x he has some form of mental illness. I also know that part of it is his choice to not get help despite overwhelming evidence that he can't function in relationships. He also enjoys hurting people. I think he started out "just" mentally ill then through his choices and Maybe some bullying in grade school it turned into a personality disorder. The acts he does are the criminal component. But he can't separate his acts from the why. I sure can separate them. If anyone had taken what difficult child 1 was doing about age 9 and applied towards the conduct disorder diagnosis he could've had that diagnosis. He was doing criminal acts. But since then I have watched as difficult child 1 choose to accept help. And he chooses to work on relationships and to not hurt people. I think difficult child 1 has the same basic mental illness x does. difficult child 1 is making different choices. If difficult child 1 ever stops choosing to work his therapy then things could get really bad very fast. At least with the only sociopath I know personally there is a choice component. [/QUOTE]
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