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<blockquote data-quote="Stress Bunny" data-source="post: 626940" data-attributes="member: 4855"><p>This is an interesting conversation. I hesitated before posting the initial thread because I worried how it would be perceived, i.e. "What an awful thing to think about your own son!" But, I know this group understands, and I think it is important to face the truth.</p><p></p><p>COM - You are right about choices and wanting to change. So often, as parents, we experience guilt and shame related to our difficult child kids' behavior. As adults, especially, though, they are responsible for their own decisions and actions. I have spent so much time lamenting my shortcomings as a parent, blaming myself, and wallowing in despair, that I failed to realize the truth in this.</p><p></p><p>Albatross - I am reading that book right now, so I will watch for the marriage for the pool story you mentioned. Building on what COM stated, the book mentions that sociopaths often are completely satisfied with themselves and their lives. Therefore, they see no need to change. It's working for them, in many cases, to use other people. Unfortunately, it is not working for others around them.</p><p></p><p>JT is like that. He is completely fine with his life. We're the ones with a problem, in his mind. He has also demonstrated the characteristics of a psychopath his entire life. He has never shown empathy or care for others, and all the rest. So, I have very little hope, because, between the fact that these traits have been present all along and that JT sees no need to change, as COM mentioned, there doesn't seem to be much hope at all. In your case, Albatross, maybe there is a good deal of hope if the negative personality traits could be explained largely by your difficult child's addiction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stress Bunny, post: 626940, member: 4855"] This is an interesting conversation. I hesitated before posting the initial thread because I worried how it would be perceived, i.e. "What an awful thing to think about your own son!" But, I know this group understands, and I think it is important to face the truth. COM - You are right about choices and wanting to change. So often, as parents, we experience guilt and shame related to our difficult child kids' behavior. As adults, especially, though, they are responsible for their own decisions and actions. I have spent so much time lamenting my shortcomings as a parent, blaming myself, and wallowing in despair, that I failed to realize the truth in this. Albatross - I am reading that book right now, so I will watch for the marriage for the pool story you mentioned. Building on what COM stated, the book mentions that sociopaths often are completely satisfied with themselves and their lives. Therefore, they see no need to change. It's working for them, in many cases, to use other people. Unfortunately, it is not working for others around them. JT is like that. He is completely fine with his life. We're the ones with a problem, in his mind. He has also demonstrated the characteristics of a psychopath his entire life. He has never shown empathy or care for others, and all the rest. So, I have very little hope, because, between the fact that these traits have been present all along and that JT sees no need to change, as COM mentioned, there doesn't seem to be much hope at all. In your case, Albatross, maybe there is a good deal of hope if the negative personality traits could be explained largely by your difficult child's addiction. [/QUOTE]
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