"I have nothing to hide. I have empathy."
Overly sensitive empathic types might see it as something to hide. It screams "weakness" when other people's actions affect their own to the point of detriment, and many are aware of that.
by freebehindmymaskI have done some really "bad" things. I tried to kill a girl who hadn't done a thing to me. I just wanted to kill someone and she was convenient. I realize that my act really hurt my parents who had to give up a really nice rent-controlled apartment and move to a smaller place in another neighborhood. I don't really feel remorse or sorry for them or the girl I hurt.
The use of the word 'really' in your last sentence indicates to me that you do have some regrets.
As far as "outing" myself, I told my partner and a good friend and my sister. I also went to a supermarket wearing a shirt that read "psychopath." Most people don't say anything but one guy thanked me for the great "joke." I asked him how he knows it's a joke. He said, "Well thanks for warning me" and split.
I don't understand why you would out yourself like that. The whole point of wearing a mask in society is not only to blend in, but to continue manipulating people to your advantage. This includes family and friends etc. You seem to prefer the attention instead though, which is more histrionic than psychopathic in my opinion.
I find it hard to take anything you say seriously in regard to your claim of being a psychopath because you appear to be taking certain measures in your life to make sure everyone believes you are one, which is quite unusual behavior for a psychopath in the real world.
Now, I'm not going to ask you if you would murder someone in a dark, deserted alley with no witnesses, because it would be easy for you or anyone else to say yes. What is easy to say, may not be so easy to do. Of course, you could always find out for yourself...
That is a great question. I'm gonna make a thread about that one.
A few of my friends have pointed out that I'm a sociopath on different occasions. I either just laugh it off as if they were telling me a joke, or I will say something like That's exactly what I am, you better stay clear so I don't eat your face.
It's just ignorance that makes them think I am one though, they are mostly basing it on my cold demeanor, and that's not sociopathy.