I do a lot of things considered sociopathic, and I never realise what I've done until I look back on it.
For example I completely used my ex girlfriend. I never really had feelings for her but I asked her to be my girlfriend so I could raise my social status. I lead her on for about a month as I didn't know how to tell her that asking her out was a mistake, and to make it worse she was falling for me. So I just ended it abruptly and it must have crushed her. I wasn't really aware of how blatantly I had used her until later. It just seemed like what I was doing was the natural thing to do.
Also I get an enormous satisfaction out of guilt tripping people who have wronged me. And I can be very manipulative without realising it, like using guilt tripping, I can be very needy and dependant, I martyr myself in people's eyes, in fact I pretty much do most of the things this article lists http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Up-on-Manipulative-Behavior but the worrying thing is I don't do any of it consciously, I don't say 'I'll guilt trip now' or 'time to martyr myself', it's just what seems like the thing to do at the time.
I realise I'm not a complete sociopath like my dad, as he has severe issues with controlling people, like he controls what me and his gf can wear when we're seen with him. Also he has been abusive to our rabbits, also he is never wrong about anything. Instead of admitting he's wrong he'll say 'I was on the right lines' or he'll make up an excuse. But do you think I might be slightly sociopathic?
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Most of that is just being human or being a dick. Getting payback on people who have wronged you is supposed to feel good, unless you are Gandhi or the Buddha... If you aren't doing it conciously, that's a good sign. Someone who thinks and plans how to manipulate people is more likely to be a sociopath than someone who just does it by instinct/spur of the moment. To beat the thoroughly dead horse in this thread, it just makes you a prick what you did to your girlfriend, not a sociopath.
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Don't know you, and no way to make that observation based merely on what you have posted. [quote]For example I completely used my ex girlfriend. I never really had feelings for her but I asked her to be my girlfriend so I could raise my social status.[/quote] That just makes you a prick. I suspect from the rest of your post that this is a learned behavior, because your Dad sounds like one as well.
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No you're just a wanker
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You just sound fairly human to me...
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-_- Six, Meta and Das. [spoiler]Unless this is an epic attempt to troll me after the rant I went on earlier, in which case I am flattered <3 I'm going to hope that's the case and not that there is yet another user who thinks he's a sociopath...[/spoiler]
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Edited by Meta Cognition : 5/5/2014 6:48:51 PMQualifying yourself as having psychopathic tendencies really is a waste of time because, in all seriousness, it's a non-label. But no, you are not - nor are you anywhere near - being a psychopath. Take that as you will.
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Edited by Ultra: 5/5/2014 6:44:39 PMNo you're not. A sociopath "knows" they aren't a sociopath and would get pissed if someone called them that. [spoiler]youre actually just a scrub[/spoiler]
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Edited by KingWhovian: 5/5/2014 6:22:46 PM[quote]For example I completely used my ex girlfriend. I never really had feelings for her but I asked her to be my girlfriend so I could raise my social status. I lead her on for about a month as I didn't know how to tell her that asking her out was a mistake, and to make it worse she was falling for me. So I just ended it abruptly and it must have crushed her.[/quote] No, it just it means that you're a douchebag.
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If you feel bad about it, there is hope for you lol. Basically so long as you understand that treating other people as you would have them treat you is vital to a healthy life, you are fine.
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No I am brah.
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Well if you feel bad about it you can't be a full sociopath. You sound like a manipulative shit though, so you should probably work on sorting that out.
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Edited by DigitalIZesty: 5/5/2014 6:04:07 PMWhy would you want to be popular anyway? Doesn't that contradict being a sociopath? Edit: link added
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That's called being human
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Self diagnosis is always accurate and reliable. You aren't a -blam!-ing retard at all, OP.
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No, you're just an asshole.
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Edited by DigitalIZesty: 5/5/2014 5:53:30 PMSounds pretty human to me. Have you seen movies from the 80's? Nerd becomes cool guy due to cool girl, but then dumps her.
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Everyone here is a sociopath
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