You dont recognize danger? Which tests do you score high on? Those I have meet with ASPD must be a lot smarter than you... they recognize danger clearly, they just don't give two fucks that it's there.
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What stops me from doing something isn't really any fear. Of course I don't want to be locked up but I think I won't get caught. Those times I have been "caught" I've almost always managed to talk myself out of it. It has mostly been times when I've done something on an impulse. I've never done anything really serious though, at least nothing anyone's ever caught me doing. I figure I'm pretty smart, so I usually set things up so I'll get out of it even if it goes wrong. To have a plan B at least, or even a plan C.
Known unknown unknowns? You could revolutionize the intelligence community.
There are really only two sates and everyone has experienced both. Being aware of danger and acting accordingly (this state branches out into several more but can be summarized into overreacting and underestimating) and being unaware of danger (which branches out into natural propensity towards being cautious and being reckless).
The main issue is if you're bad at detecting danger or analyzing situations you will both tend to be overly cautious in situations you don't need to and be reckless in others.
I sometimes recognize it or know about it theoretically. It doesn't feel dangerous though which is what I sometimes go by. Other times I don't even realize it's dangerous though. Should I stop to think I would have perhaps have done so, but I have often become aware of it after someone has told me or something's almost happened. It has nothing to do with not being smart, since last time I did a professional IQ test I got around 130.
Anger is something that for me sometimes make all thoughts of any danger or consequences disappear. I have since I've been more annoyed than usual for some time, been closer to losing control. That's when I get fits of rage that are so strong that I shake afterwards. Maybe it's like this for most people... Usually I'm very calm though.
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But being unaware of danger in situations that are dangerous? I doubt this is a common trait of sociopathy. I could of course ask presumed normal people about this but it's kind of a strange question.
I heard that people who have experienced childhood abuse often can't judge dangerous situations and therefore put themselves in harms way, thereby re-living more abuse.
I think being unaware of danger is similar to not being able to comprehend consequences. The brain lags behind the body in physical development, especially in the areas that allow people to reason and think logically. For example most teenagers act impulsively at times, cause they use a lower area of their brains—their “gut reactionâ€â€”because their frontal lobes are not yet mature. Impulsive behavior, poor decisions, and increased risk-taking are all part of the normal teenage to early 20s experience so maybe this is just a developmental stage?