Hello everyone. As you can tell from the title, I am posting this because I want to know if I am a sociopath or not. I am 15 years old, and have assumed that I was one for a while now, but I have never actually been sure. I have most traits of a sociopath, and have tried online tests and what not to diagnose myself, which all say I am a sociopath. But online tests are often inaccurate, and I do not want to be one of those people who falsely diagnose themselves, so is there any way that I can know for sure? Should I see a professional to be diagnosed (which would be difficult since I don't exactly want to ask my dad to bring me to get tested for that)? Or do any of you know someone I could contact so I can be sure that I am actually a sociopath?
by Spatial MindDo you care about anyone ?
You needn't mention named of course.
Not really. For the last few days I tried thinking about if I would care if a family member or something died. I even tried to imagine myself in that scenario and I honestly don't think I would care. When my step-mom died when I was 10 years old I didn't even want to cry. I just sat there until my sister started crying, so I cried too because I thought it would look weird if I didn't. So to answer your question, I do not really care about anyone.
by limeyWhy does it matter? Seriously question, what blind bit of difference will it make if you are confirmed to have psychopathy or not?
It's really one of those disorders that you can't (yet at least) cure, and it's not life threatening even if the symptoms of it can be (but you still can't change that), I really don't think knowing either way matter at all.
Just try and live your life in whichever way suits you best. At your age I would suggest not doing anything that's going to land you in jail especially in the name of confirming to yourself your psychopathy one way or the other (don't go play any "do I have the balls to kill a man" games or anything like that) since your mind specifically in terms of personality is very developmental at your age, and could easily be quite different once you're an adult. What I mean is, try not to fuck up your life too much right now, at least wait until you're sure of how you want to be as a person giving time to mature, before making any drastic negative life changing choices.
Good luck kid.
Okay.
by Dick DastardlySame thing happened to me. My cousin died and I watched people sob melodramatically. I didn't cry at will like you did (that is an odd talent you have) but I hid my face in my coat pretending I was too sad to look at the coffin or gravestone.
Well, being able to cry on command has definitely come in handy.