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When did you realize you were a sociopath?


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In my case I was a 'late bloomer'. On the one hand on an unconscious level I've known since maybe I was 10yo that I was 'different'. At that age I was completely fascinated by concentration camps and nazi horrors completely oblivious to the suffering of others. I even made fake uniforms for my friends and I to wear. But it was just a growing phase and I didn't grow up into a white supremacist asshole.

To cut a long story short when my grand-parents died I then fully realized I didn't have any empathy at all. It was the turning point for me. I started reading about the condition and even though I'm not diagnosed I tick so many points on Hare's checklist that it's as if it was made for me.

What about you?

 

 

 

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When did you realize you were a sociopath?

The idea came to me just last year from one of my psychology major friends and ever since then I have been seriously assuming that I am a sociopath so when I was 19. I'm still seeking confirmation but every single sign agrees with how I feel even the need to murder a person just for shits and giggles although I'm way too lazy to do so. Even when I was young I always felt different but just couldnt point out why I would laugh the entire way through a slasher film. I grew up watching CSI and just loved seeing all the dead people and being super curious on how they died.

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I would laugh the entire way through a slasher film.

Yeah I used to do that one too. As a matter of fact I don't go to the movies anymore because I watch everything online but I remember going to The Ring and same thing I was laughing when everybody else in the room was silent/scared.

I grew up watching CSI

Love CSI even though it is completely unrealistic but their POVs shots are cool.

I don't know how it is for you but the confirmation part is problematic because even if I'm somewhat open online I don't wanna be spilling my guts to a psychiatrist irl. I've been seeing one and trying to disseminate clues as to how I feel but our appointments are mostly me talking so that sucks.

 

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When did you realize you were a sociopath?

I actually find no enjoyment in scary movies anymore strictly because they dont scare me at all but the reason why I like to watch is because I enjoy seeing the gore and I have to be watching it with someone else cuz its just hilarious seeing how scared they can get.

I feel the same about CSI but I just cant watch reality tv cuz I hate commercials with a burning passion and its just too fake for my enjoyment.

I havent even thought  of going to a psychiatrist considering I dont think theres anything wrong with me. The only reason why I have thought of seeing one is for them to diagnose me to I can have hard evidence that I am what I think I am but I dont want it to interfere with my career so I wont

sorry I dont have any quotes up, I just dont know how to do that yet. I will have to figure that one out later

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When did you realize you were a sociopath?

I got through my 200th box of cereal. Then I knew the cold hard truth, I'm a cereal killer. That's when I found out. It was at some point in the 90's I do believe. They still haven't arrested me for being a cereal killer, so I'll continue killing cereal until they do. 

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When did you realize you were a sociopath?

You didn't even spare the cool toys inside the cerial boxes.

Cold hearted bastard.

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When did you realize you were a sociopath?

 

by To Decay

I feel even the need to murder a person just for shits and giggles although I'm way too lazy to do so.

I seriously doubt it's laziness that's stopping you.

It doesn't take much effort to pull the trigger on a gun, poison someone's food, push them in front of an oncoming car, or stab them with a knife. Humans are pretty easy to kill. The hard part is getting away with it.

Prison is a big deterrence for a lot of people.

 

I would laugh the entire way through a slasher film.

 That is odd.

I can see the humor in some, but I can't say I've ever watched a slasher film that gave me the urge to laugh all the way through.

Which slasher films did you watch that you found incredibly funny?

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When did you realize you were a sociopath?

Then I knew the cold hard truth, I'm a cereal killer.

So what kind of cereal killer are you organized or disorganized? What do you do with your cereals once you've killed them? Drown'em & eat'em?

Edit:

But slashers movies are funny sometimes because of their surrealistic/over-the-top settings and the over abused tropes of the genre. 

Take for instance Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original) which is quite a creepy movie & Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 that's more played for laughs.

Or what happened in the Evil Dead franchise from the first one that was fairly serious to the third one that was almost a comedy.

 

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When did you realize you were a sociopath?

I seriously doubt it's laziness that's stopping you.

Okay yes you caught me, its not just laziness. Jail time and the work involved are 2 major deterrents but I also wouldnt bother with killing people in some of the ways you noted because I would want some fun involved. Using a gun would be just boring unless you wanted to deal with a lot in a short time and its a bit harder to get in Canada than the USA. I'd probably go for stabbing someone or using my bare hands but they both take a lot of work although better.

Which slasher films did you watch that you found incredibly funny?

First one that comes to mind is probably the new Halloween movies with Micheal Myers. What I find so funny is how predictable and readable they are. This is why I detest romance movies. They arent even fun to watch and I can relay everything that will happen in the movie in the first 5 minutes of it. (btw I have a little sister and exgirlfriends who I would watch them with).

This is why I absolutely love to watch mind fuck movies like inception... Hope that cleared things up

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When did you realize you were a sociopath?

I'm not a sociopath, but I apparently reflect some traits like it from my own disorders. I recognized those traits fairly early (before the schizophrenia even), and originally feared that part of myself. I'd manipulated at first as a form of self-defense, then the convenience of turning life into multiple choice, then mere entertainment as a way to make conversations less boring. I'd notice I was doing it more in hindsight, and saw it as something I had to control simply from not liking how automatic it was. My life is about self control, so anything out of my control was a problem.

After enough poking and prodding from the world around me, it was given enough room to grow, and I recognized there was nothing about it to fear. I learned to accept it, and since then it's become easier to steer it instead of letting it steer me. It was almost automatic before that point of acceptance, a habit I couldn't avoid.

I recognized I lacked affective empathy after I really spent the time to get to know myself. I had a lot of time to think.

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