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Can sociopaths love?


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Hello, 

I write datingasociopath.com  

 

The last few months, have had quite a few complaints from socio's about my post http://datingasociopath.com/sociopath-character-traits/cunning-and-manipulative/i-love-you/

 

I think that love for you, is about ownership, possession and control. I guess a bit like I 'love' my dog. My dog doesn't come above me. I am the leader of the pack, but i love her as my pet. If something happened to her, I would be upset, but I could get another dog. This is how I see sociopath love. I haven't seen anything from any socio that convinces me that this is not true. 

 

As there have been so many objections - can anyone convince me that you do love? I remain unconvinced.  But have an open mind, if anyone can convince me that my views on this are not right. And why? (it is the one question that victims ask the most, can sociopaths love) 

 

Thank you! 

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Who the hell knows?

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Lots of prejudices in there, sociopaths can get better you know? Lying, using, manipulating, it's just urges realy, it can be controled. The challenge in being honest with yourself and other valuable person is bigger, and feels better to win this challenge due to how hard it is. You might want to meet an inteligent high functioning aspd before judging who we are so quickly.

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Mirage. Don't go through life spelling controlled and intelligent with one L.

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Lol im on my phone its a pain to go back and fix it so i leave it at that if its understandable :p

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I haven't read your article because I wanted to give my opinion without subconscious bias. 

After dating a sociopath and having plenty of time to reflect on it, I see their idea of love in the romantic sense as more like infatuation. There are four different types of love as illustrated by ancient Greek and personally I was able to witness at least one type but it wasn't directed towards me. Perhaps acknowledging whether or not they can love is the wrong question and asking what type of love they exhibit is more appropriate because if they have a relationship with their parents or pet that's still a type of love. 

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Sounds about right.

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Assuming this is actually your blog, please fix that banner at the top. The resolution is pretty bad.


"I guess a bit like I 'love' my dog. My dog doesn't come above me. I am the leader of the pack, but i love her as my pet. If something happened to her, I would be upset, but I could get another dog. This is how I see sociopath love. I haven't seen anything from any socio that convinces me that this is not true."

What's wrong with that? There's more than just Sociopaths that carry views like that. The ability to move on so easily strikes me as a boon.


"As there have been so many objections - can anyone convince me that you do love? I remain unconvinced.  But have an open mind, if anyone can convince me that my views on this are not right. And why? (it is the one question that victims ask the most, can sociopaths love) "

Not a sociopath, but I'm not really sure if I do or not. The term's too ambiguous. Despite having somewhat clear definitions, so many people see "love" as something different.

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Scientifically love is defined as a release of certain chemicals served as a drive to keep our species reproducing. So what happens when a human doesn't want to reproduce? Then, love isn't necessary anymore. And humans after all posses the brain power to fight their instincts including the instinct to fall in love and reproduce. 

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Can sociopaths love?

Can Satan hand candy out to children?

No, because he is only a figment of your imagination.

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