"Cancer" is tossed around here a lot as well.
by smkovalinskyInteresting. I had already sensed an "appalling dump heap of striving egos", to quote the doctor somewhat liberally. wink (I cannot find a winking emoticon).
Incidentally, the author does indeed equate socioapthology to anti-personality disorder ( I was just re-reading the second half of the book).
There seems to be a parallel to Aspberger syndrome as well, with all its weaknesses. I think I have both sociopath and empath traits, with a general disdain for the current era. Am likely on the wrong forum, but for some reason, don't feel like leaving....
Reading and researching Asperger's was part of what led me to the book and then the site, here. I agree with you, from what I can tell. There seem to be some close similarities, but the way I have discerned differences have been sort of how they perceive their empathy and social situation. Asperger's seems to have different social wiring, but generally possess a conscience. They just struggle in finding the "right" in some situations, but there is a strive to do so. A psychopath is without conscience and empathy, but lately I've seen it also said to have poor social integration. They are deranged, but I am not sure how conscious or aware they need to be. Sociopathy appears to be a hybrid somewhere between the two. Stunted empathy, no conscience, narcissistic, impulsive, etc. They mix that with a conscious awareness of social interplay, allowing them a greater chance to have their "condition" to slip under most radar. The other two are distinctly and behavorially identifiable, I think. Honestly, it was difficult for me to get a diagnosis, since some of these things were diagnosed as ADHD or autism or OCD, but it was something along the line which was a cherry-picking of select traits that didn't add up to any particular one in that spectrum, so it just became a "phase" of my childhood and development. If I may continue to be so "telling." :) (At least I'm telling ...literally.)