A 24-year-old guy described himself in an Internet forum: He doesn’t feel emotion, is an excellent liar, becomes bored quickly, and experiences an adrenalin rush when deceiving or angering someone else. He asks, is he a sociopath?
I’d answer yes. The post is an interesting insight into how a disordered young man perceives himself and others.
Read Self-diagnosing sociopathy on the Dr. Robert forum.
That is truly sick and evil and it’s shocking to me that people are still doing that today. Aren’t there now even more aggressive strains of the disease around now? Doesn’t it mutate into killer versions of it?
There now is the myth of HIV being a manageable disease, no worse than diabetes…
Many in the gay community perpetuate the myth that only unprotected sex gives real intimacy…
Then, there is the risk factor making it daring…
Drugs and alcohol making for poor judgement…
Of course emotionally disturbed HIV+ individuals continuing to have unprotected sex and not tell partners…
behind blue eyes: Oh, geez! I’ve never really looked into some of this stuff. The things you have posted here have me in a state of shock right now! This is the first time I’ve read up on Gaetan or the whole bareback infecting.
Are you a member of the gay(male) community? It’s better to have a perspective of somebdoy on the inside, so it makes even more of an impact if you are.
Lizzy: *pokes* ^_^ Hiya!
Near-*poke* back at ya!
BBE-I have heard that myth in the media regarding it being manageable as well. I am thrown off by the “bareback” concept being seen as the utmost intimacy. As far as I’m concerned the sex itself is about as intimate as you can get.
From a lesbian perspective, I consider sex to be the utmost form of intimacy. That’s why I will no longer worry about how long I wait to have sex, if I ever get back into a relationshit. The last woman I dated was keeping secrets from me and she knew that I knew it. The sex was not good as a result of that. I don’t mean to be crude/personal, but I if I am going to have my head between someone’s legs, I deserve them to be honest with me.
I brought up Gaetan because he was a flight attendant. There are bath houses and sex clubs in every major city in the world. Sociopaths gay or str8 have no sense of self preservation or concerns for the health of their partners. It’s all about self gratification, and yes there are many infected men who want to spread it to as many as they can. But this mind set is not just about gay people, there are as many str8 perverts with the same attitude. In my humble opinion the majority of these kinds of people are not hetero or homo, they are sociopaths, it is rampant in our world today, world wide.. And yes they have medications that can keep the virus at bay and give people a chance for a longer life, but if they continue unprotected sex they can contract different strains of the virus and meds cant help.
My X did not want to have safe sex, he hated condoms, I think that was one of the reasons he cheated and eventually left me. We did go together one time and got tested and both of us were negative, but he did not change his dark alley habit’s. so I insisted on safer sex again,,,he thot I was a prude…There are also gay men who are whore rendusly promiscuos that never contract the virus, scientist do studys on them to find a cure….this is not a gay desease, unfortunatley many str8 people still think it is……studys were done on a man who died in 1959, they saved his tissue because they had no ideal what he had, well sure nuff it was the aids virus,,,there are many stds out there – in history many cultures where wiped out because of std virus’s – more men died of stds in many wars than they did in combat – a tisket a tasket a condom or a casket ..
BBE:
That surely is a myth because people are still dying from AIDS. It probably is somewhat more manageable in its earlier stages than it was decades ago due to the meds that are out now, but it will still kill.
Louise;
It is manageable in the sense that those infected can now live a near normal lifespan. However, there is more and more evidence about HIV being an “age-accelerating” disease, with those in their 40s and 50s having diseases associated with the elderly.
Many also look older than their actual age, or age rapidly in appearance. This is the case with my x-spath as while still good look for late 30s, at 32 or 33 he could have passed for 25. In five years he aged ten, and for this I feel very sorry for him to this day.
Lizzy: X_X I died from the poking! Relationshit? Do you mean to type that or is it a horribly unfortunate typo? ^_^ It is a good way to label the abusive relationships. I call my dad’s visits and words shitbombing instead of lovebombing. ^_^
Hens: Hmm? I knew about clubs, but what are bath houses? Maybe I do have one near me.
Wow, I thought spaths have an even greatr need for self preservation. Then again, maybe not. They are pretty reckless and don’t care about the results of their actions. Still, I thought most look out for number 1. Like you said, it’s probably self gratification instead. ^_^
Anyway, I knew that it wasn’t insolated to the gay community. Still, it is shocking to me.
Near-I think maybe I should delete that last comment I made.
BBE – I have to disagree with you, it is not a myth that people can live a normal life with hiv medication…if they practice safe sex and take care of them selves..I have friends who have been hiv+ 30+ years and are healthier than me.
Unfortunatly the stigma attached to being hiv+ does more harm to many people than the virus itself…I wonder how many women who were married or involved with a sociopath and contracted hiv have come here for support and never came back because of the attitudes here,,,,,