16 questions that you can determine sociopath do you

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Recently, there appeared the book "Confessions of a sociopath: to live, not looking in the eye," wrote the woman, hiding under the pseudonym M. E. Thomas. She tells what it means to be a sociopath — a person who is not capable of sincere feelings and empathy.

Sociopaths are more common than you might think — they can be smart and well educated, have a great job and a wide circle of friends. Their main drawback is that they tend to use people without thinking about morality and not taking into account the feelings, turning into a tool to achieve the goal.Sociopathic personality is at risk of becoming psychotic — it is a clear deviation in the behavior and violation of interaction with others.

"Sociopath" appeared among the psychological terms immediately, before these people felt a kind of psychopaths and, more recently, in the fourth edition of "Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders" the term "sociopathy" was replaced with "antisocial personality disorder".

The author tells us about his experience of sociopathy, despite the fact that she is a successful man, married, teaching law and working with children in Sunday school. However, as she says, all this does not matter if you're a sociopath.

For the first time this problem has affected a psychiatrist Harvey Cleckley, in his work entitled "Mask of sanity" published in 1941-m to year. He wrote that this deviation is quite difficult to diagnose as psychopaths and sociopaths often do not show pronounced symptoms of mental disorder.

Thomas gives in his book the 16 characteristics of psychopathy and sociopathy, Cleckley formulated. By answering these questions you can understand — whether you inherent in such quality as sociopathy.

1. You are beautiful and smart?
A sociopath certainly answers this question in the affirmative.

2. Do you have bouts of delusions or irrational behavior?
Sociopaths consider themselves to be completely rational, therefore, as a rule, answer "no".

3. Frequently nervous or worried?
For sociopaths it's unusual, they usually don't care about anything.

4. You are trustworthy?
About sociopaths say this is impossible — a sense of responsibility is alien to them.

5. Do you often lie or pretend?
Sociopaths hide inconvenient truth and I can lie if it is profitable.

6. Do you sometimes sense of remorse or shame?
The person suffering (suffering it?) sociopath, seldom in themselves to blame.

7. Have you noticed a wanton anti-social behavior?
According to Harvey Cleckley, sociopaths don't need reasons to cause provocative actions.

8. Can you call yourself a short-sighted, believe that life does not teach you anything?
Sociopaths consider themselves smarter than everyone else, but it does not take into account the consequences of their mistakes and do not change.

9. You are pathologically self-centered?
This is one of the hallmarks of sociopathy.

10. Notice that I react to almost without emotion?
For a sociopath it is rather typical.

11. Do you think that no one understands you?
Sociopaths don't do soul-searching and don't think about it.

12. How responsive are you?
Sociopaths often deliberately pretend cheerful behavior, so as not to spoil his reputation.

13. At parties you act ugly?
Sociopathy combined with alcohol (and sometimes without it) often pushes people to strange and inappropriate behavior, Cleckley writes. Thomas adds: sociopaths are also more prone to casual sex than normal people.

14. Have you had any demonstrative about a suicide attempt?
Yes, sociopaths love to make a "dramatic productions".

15. Your personal life is boring and inferior?
Sociopaths are not capable of bright love experiences and attachment.

16. Life and career do not develop as planned?
Sociopaths often change jobs in order not to burden themselves with long-term commitments — they do not have a clear life plan.

Of course, this test can not uniquely identify a sociopath or not. But if the answer some of the questions you find yourself the qualities of a sociopathic personality, there is reason to think. Thomas, in his book emphasizes that sociopathy does not necessarily lead man to prison or madhouse: some of its properties, such as determination and resourcefulness, you can even wrap benefit.

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