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My 14 year Old had no empathy
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<blockquote data-quote="Frieda" data-source="post: 730856" data-attributes="member: 18242"><p>Hi 071802,</p><p>like others here I see some similarities with Aspergers or maybe something else, but just from what we read no-one here can diagnose her. I hear that there is something different about her, and that it alarms you, and that she seems aware of it as well. I have been there, I knew my son was different and he told me he was different from others before he ever got a diagnosis. And some of those differences are really hard to deal and live with.</p><p>Anyway, what helped me was to let go of the expectation of how a 'normal' child should be/act. The expectations hurt me and him. Noone can be who they are not. Getting her a neuropsychologist assessment might help her and you. It will give you and her a better idea of how she is different. And then you go from there to help her be the best she can be. </p><p>It seems like you worry about her being a psychopath. You mentioned that she wants to be a surgeon, but feel it is contradicted by her lack of caring about people. It reminded me of reading that surgeons tend to have personality profiles that are high on self-confidence and low on caring about people. Maybe your daughter has found a way to channel her given personality into something great that will benefit society. Below is a link to an article I saw recently written by a scientist who figured out as an adult that he has psychopathic personality disorder. The article made me rethink what we assume about this disorder and what the prognosis is <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-neuroscientist-who-discovered-he-was-a-psychopath-180947814/" target="_blank">The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath | Science | Smithsonian</a></p><p>Sending you cyberhuggs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frieda, post: 730856, member: 18242"] Hi 071802, like others here I see some similarities with Aspergers or maybe something else, but just from what we read no-one here can diagnose her. I hear that there is something different about her, and that it alarms you, and that she seems aware of it as well. I have been there, I knew my son was different and he told me he was different from others before he ever got a diagnosis. And some of those differences are really hard to deal and live with. Anyway, what helped me was to let go of the expectation of how a 'normal' child should be/act. The expectations hurt me and him. Noone can be who they are not. Getting her a neuropsychologist assessment might help her and you. It will give you and her a better idea of how she is different. And then you go from there to help her be the best she can be. It seems like you worry about her being a psychopath. You mentioned that she wants to be a surgeon, but feel it is contradicted by her lack of caring about people. It reminded me of reading that surgeons tend to have personality profiles that are high on self-confidence and low on caring about people. Maybe your daughter has found a way to channel her given personality into something great that will benefit society. Below is a link to an article I saw recently written by a scientist who figured out as an adult that he has psychopathic personality disorder. The article made me rethink what we assume about this disorder and what the prognosis is [URL="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-neuroscientist-who-discovered-he-was-a-psychopath-180947814/"]The Neuroscientist Who Discovered He Was a Psychopath | Science | Smithsonian[/URL] Sending you cyberhuggs [/QUOTE]
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