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.
DUPED:
Thanks for your post. I am so sorry you had to go through all that and especially the heart attack. That is tragic, but you survived!!
He is a loser. He projects being so successful and charming, but he is so empty. It just hurts so bad…why wouldn’t he want to even be friends with me? I have so much to offer and he just doesn’t want it. I can see him not being able to have a relationship, but he can’t even check to see how I am doing? But a sp doesn’t do that…they don’t care how anyone is doing! This proves even more that he is one. No concern whatsoever.
By the way, the Casey Anthony trial is on and her dad is on the stand right now. That man is extremely narcissistic. I can spot him a mile away. Sickening.
Out of the 100 or so “funny” e mail forwards I got today there was one I thought was pretty good and was worthy of being passed on, as well as was on-topic where psychopaths are concerned.
Nation Down To Last Hundred Grown-Ups
‘Mature Adults Could Be Gone Within 50 Years,’ Experts Say
MAY 19, 2011
SUITLAND, MD-According to alarming new figures released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau, the nation’s population of mature adults has been pushed to the brink of extinction, with only 104 grown-ups remaining in the country today.
The endangered demographic, which is projected to die out completely by 2060, is reportedly distinguished from other groups by numerous unique traits, including foresight, rationality, understanding of how to obtain and pay for a mortgage, personal responsibility, and the ability to enter a store without immediately purchasing whatever items they see and desire.
“Our grown-ups are disappearing at a much faster rate than we previously believed,” said Census Bureau chief Robert M. Groves, who believes the decline in responsible adults may now be irreversible. “Unfortunately, we’ve only recently noticed this terrible trend, perhaps because of this group’s unusual capacity to endure hardships with quiet dignity instead of whining loudly to draw attention to themselves.”
“If nothing is done, these wondrous individuals, with their special ability to consider the long-term consequences of their own behavior and act accordingly, will be wiped-out completely,” Groves added.
According to recent data, the grown-up population has plummeted dramatically since 1950, when a Census count found that more than 24 million Americans could both admit when they were wrong and respect a viewpoint other than their own. Today, only one in three million citizens can provide thoughtful advice to a fellow human being instead of immediately shifting the topic to their own personal issues or what they had for lunch.
Experts confirmed the mass extinction of grown-ups has coincided with the rapid expansion of other demographic groups, including people who seek medication for every problem they encounter, 33-year-olds who participate in organized kickball leagues, personal injury litigants, and parents who try to become friends with their own children.
“Grown-ups are as fascinating as they are rare,” said anthropologist Arthur Ambler, who has lived among level-headed adult populations and documented their lifestyle. “It may seem odd to the rest of us, but for mature adults, occasionally putting the greater good ahead of their own interests or remaining calm when something doesn’t go their way is commonplace.”
“Imagine confronting a problem directly instead of pointing a finger, cowering in fear, or pretending it just isn’t happening,” Ambler added. “This is how these people actually live, if you can believe that.”
Many social scientists, including Ambler, have called for a complete record to be made of the declining population’s customs, worrying that knowledge of how to dress for a job interview or when to rotate one’s tires could soon be lost to civilization forever. Future generations, they soberly note, will likely go their whole lives never knowing a grown-up person.
When contacted for comment, Colorado resident Ray Vogel, a grown-up, told reporters he was resigned to his group’s fate.
“We recognize that our time has come and gone, and we’re prepared to let nature run its course,” said the 54-year-old, who has a well-funded 401(k) and has never taken out a high-interest loan to purchase a Jet Ski. “I’m just grateful my two children didn’t turn out patient and considerate like me. They’d never be able to get anywhere in today’s world.”
According to Vogel, the nation’s remaining grown-ups have drafted a letter to be read by the rest of us when they are gone that implores us to make “good decisions” in their absence and explains how to reignite the pilot light on the hot-water heater should it go out. The note is also said to include some money that we are firmly instructed to use only in case of a real emergency.
“We recognize that our time has come and gone, and we’re prepared to let nature run its course,” said the 54-year-old, who has a well-funded 401(k) and has never taken out a high-interest loan to purchase a Jet Ski. “I’m just grateful my two children didn’t turn out patient and considerate like me. They’d never be able to get anywhere in today’s world.”
Oh, dear…isn’t this the absolute truth?? People who are kind and considerate don’t seem to get anywhere, but the takers and deceivers sure do. Pretty sad.
Thanks Louise, for YOUR post! 🙂
The heart attack was the least of the issue!
He purposely tried to kill me and I can’t say ‘how’ because it’s tied up in litigation at this point in time. Although I believe “IT” caused my heart attack, he also intentionally tried to murder me!
Oh yes, they all project being so kind and caring and intelligent until you really get to KNOW them. Then all the webs of mass deception start peeling away and you start to see them for the soul-less individuals they truly are. “TOXIC” is the word for it.
Right; I completely understand you: “Why wouldn’t he want to just be friends with me?” I will tell you why and I don’t want to hurt your feelings more but like with mine: THEY ARE DONE WITH USING US. We serve no further purpose to them and my sp even said it to me! With THEM there is no such thing as honor, virtue, integrity…those words mean absolutely NOTHING to them. They are not in their vocabulary because they are narcissistic and don’t care. That’s why.
Oh yes, crushing it hurts so bad. But: you have to consider the source. Do we really continue drinking water from a tainted well? Or, do we move away from that tainted water and search for something cleaner and more healthy?
Change takes time, especially when you have been left ‘holding the emotional bag’…but we must find a way to heal our hearts and forget the ugly past and move forward or they are achieving their goal: to use us, abuse us and devastate us more.
They are incapable of being the TRUE FRIEND we have wanted.
We only saw the ‘mirroring’ of our own desires, while the whole time they were draining us dry of blood.
When I had my heart attack, there was not one call. Not one.
And we have been friends for 9 years and lost a child together, at one time. I have never been anything but kind and giving, just like you, I am sure…THEY ARE THE LOSERS LOUISE!!!!!
They don’t care like we do. They don’t have emotions like us.
We can spin the rest of what life we have left on this garbage (and that’s what they and their lifestyle is) or we can get rid of it all and make something different.
I choose to NOT DIE in this chaos and vileness.
The doctors have told me I have SCD which means I could just drop at any moment. (Sudden Cardiac Death Disorder). While I realize that none of us have a ‘time frame’ it is a little shocking to be told: “I am sorry, but you could be out and about doing something and suddenly drop dead.” Imagine that?! And the whole time I am dealing with my medical condition, I was having to deal with sp trying to kill me; telling lies and deceiving and making nothing but a HUGE uproar in my life, blaming ME for the things that HE was doing! hahahahaha
Maybe “I” should try that: go out and make a whole bunch of huge mistakes and pin it on someone else. That was the pattern and IS the pattern with “IT”. He just does whatever he wishes, with whomever he wishes, no matter the consequences.
Well, that may have worked for “IT” in the past and I am sure he is very talented at his profession of DEMON but it isn’t going to work with me because “I” am NOT sweeping his attempted murder of me under the rug, like he wishes. I just am not.
And: I am not spending one more moment preparing anything legally. It has been arranged to take place at my demise, whenever that will be. Then I don’t have the pressure of all this roadshow schmucking up what life I DO have left. I am just finished. HE/”IT” and “ITS” new, homicidal girlfriend, can just sit there, where ever they are and wondering when that ball will drop on their lives. Yes, she was the major instigating factor in his trying to kill me. She was so jealous of me, she used him to kill me, turning his mind against me, poisoning our long friendship. At one point he saw it and beat her unmercifully and I heard all about it….if she is stupid enough to stand for it, she deserves what she gets. She is no better than him; in fact, SHE IS WORSE THAN HIM! And, I think HE is a demon.
My justification is found within the silence, Louise, and in the peace and quiet I have found the past two months. Sure, the thoughts still ruminate through my head and I am in counseling, once a week; sure, it takes time but you have to look at and appreciate THE IMMEDIATE difference in our lives that took place the minute we got rid of them. 🙂 THAT speaks volumes!
We will get through this or die trying; right? 🙂
At least that is the way it is for me.
No, IT doesn’t care; just like IT didn’t care when I lost our child and I was forced to go through all that alone because he couldn’t be with me….’what would he ever tell his wife?!” Um, HOW ABOUT THE TRUTH!!!???????? You philanderer!
I am happy to be rid of the POX and my life is starting to form and take shape the way “I” want it to. For almost five years, my mind and emotions were maliciously and criminally controlled and it isn’t anymore.
IT needs to stay away from me but IT won’t.
IT wants to pick a fight because IT believes all the lies IT has told about me now and that’s fine. IT can believe ONE THING IT sure don’t want to: that when I die, his ass is in a major legal sling and him and his psycho girlfriend are each looking at 13 years in prison. So they can just laugh at that, the way they laughed at me on the phone about what they have done to me.
If we don’t stop criminals, who will?
My justification – complete justification – will happen after I am dead. Just my having that makes a lot of difference to me.
“IT” knows “ITS” goose is cooked. And I mean every word.
Happy day everyone!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at the bright side: we could be STUCK with them FOREVER!
xxoo
DUPED
Louise: I think Casey Anthony is a spath as well.
You can just SEE it in her, the way she acts.
Sad; real sad. That poor child.
DUPED
DUPED:
It’s OK…you didn’t hurt my feelings because I know it’s true. He is done with me and I am of no use to him now. It’s very devastating to me, but I have had to accept the truth. The ONLY reason his wife is even of use to him is because she takes care of his kids…he certainly doesn’t want to do it. So I can see where that marriage is going to go for sure once the kids are out of the house.
I have noticed just in the past few days I have been doing a bit better. But I never know when the ball is going to drop again, but for now, I feel OK.
DUPED:
Yeah, I think Casey inherited it from her dad. The mom seems more passive to me.
DUPED:
So sorry to hear about the child you lost. So when did your X spath get married?
wow. oxy! – sorry my dear, not trying to beat up on you, but holy crap those ARE HUGE GENERALIZATIONS WITH GROSS MISINFORMATION. I am stunned.
“They gay world is full of Gaetans even to this day. One reason I believe is that for whatever reason, the are more sociopathic gays than heteros.’ (and the OTHER reasons are…???)
“Even in gay sex clubs today, there is a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding HIV ….” (I want to know which gay sex clubs you have been frequenting…and then we can compare notes.)
I said those things. I am gay and stand by them.