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So, how do you know if you're dealing with a sociopath?
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<blockquote data-quote="Giulia" data-source="post: 531389" data-attributes="member: 14306"><p>Be careful. It's not because he laughs and sounds happy that he is really happy. </p><p>Someone can be sad but does not know how to show it : so he laughs because he does not know how to show his sadness. </p><p></p><p>The main difference between sociopathy and other diagnoses are the planning. It does not sound that he plans his inappropriate behavior and plans to get away from it. </p><p>It does not sound that your son is such a good manipulator as you think. A sociopath would be a much much better manipulator than what you are describing. </p><p>The "me first" behavior can be found in other conditions than sociopathy, like Prader-Willi syndrome, FASD, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) etc etc.... It's not specific to sociopathy. </p><p></p><p>He can seem flat and disengaged from other conditions than sociopathy, like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), schizophrenia.... </p><p>In these cases, psychiatrists say that moods (what emotion you show) and affects (what your words say) are not congruent, they don't match. A good way to remember it is the video when Droopy says : "You know what ? I'm happy !" whereas he seems very depressed. </p><p>It can be seen in many conditions. </p><p>Again, it is not enough to diagnose a sociopathy. </p><p></p><p>Sociopathic traits does not mean necessarily that your son has sociopathy. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The fine threshold in sociopathy is that he plans his manipulative behavior, and a sociopath is a much better manipulator than what you are describing. And also, he plans to hurt other people. It does not sound that your son plans to hurt someone else. </p><p>So if I were you, I would not stop to sociopathy because the root cause is certainly elsewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Giulia, post: 531389, member: 14306"] Be careful. It's not because he laughs and sounds happy that he is really happy. Someone can be sad but does not know how to show it : so he laughs because he does not know how to show his sadness. The main difference between sociopathy and other diagnoses are the planning. It does not sound that he plans his inappropriate behavior and plans to get away from it. It does not sound that your son is such a good manipulator as you think. A sociopath would be a much much better manipulator than what you are describing. The "me first" behavior can be found in other conditions than sociopathy, like Prader-Willi syndrome, FASD, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) etc etc.... It's not specific to sociopathy. He can seem flat and disengaged from other conditions than sociopathy, like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), schizophrenia.... In these cases, psychiatrists say that moods (what emotion you show) and affects (what your words say) are not congruent, they don't match. A good way to remember it is the video when Droopy says : "You know what ? I'm happy !" whereas he seems very depressed. It can be seen in many conditions. Again, it is not enough to diagnose a sociopathy. Sociopathic traits does not mean necessarily that your son has sociopathy. The fine threshold in sociopathy is that he plans his manipulative behavior, and a sociopath is a much better manipulator than what you are describing. And also, he plans to hurt other people. It does not sound that your son plans to hurt someone else. So if I were you, I would not stop to sociopathy because the root cause is certainly elsewhere. [/QUOTE]
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