HOW to SPOT a SOCIOPATH! The 10 SIGNS you NEED to KNOW!!

Or "How to spot a butt-hurt sociopath's reply to a post."

The folks making fun of this thread have never dealt firsthand with a fullblown sociopath for any length of time.

Worked for one for 8 years.

No paycheck could've kept me there

I find this post offensive as the OP has made wide sweeping accusations with minimal scientific evidence, ergo producing an opinion piece. Why is the OP taking such an interest in this specific 'personality type' one may wonder.

A lot of the traits described are subjective, from the point of view of the 'victim' or 'critic' hence potentially incorrect assumptions. For example, someone's perception that a sociopath cannot feel love may be deduced from the 'normal person' as the lack of emotion exhibited by the subject as no-one can judge another persons true internal emotions!

A large portion of the descriptions provided in this post as those of the INTJ personality type. I urge each person reading this thread to consider and research this and therefore realise that just because some people operate differently from the majority does not mean they should be stigmatised or demonised.

Many CEO's and indeed legal professionals are branded sociopaths, but these people can effectively separate their emotions from their judgement capacity, this is a rational approach and often misquoted as being cold or inhuman.

I hope you will not label me as a sociopath for this reply, that would be a weak argument.

Thank you.

Same here, but 11 years.

Inspirational

Being aware of sociopaths is one thing, but they aren't inherently bad like your article says. I am one and we are a GREAT many. Every great leader has been one. Many of us know what we are and we use it to advantage tempered by morals we were taught to the great benifit of others. Without us the rest of you bleeding heart weakling would be long dominated by psycopaths!!!

Anger management, perhaps... Or St. John's Wort...

While you might be right I prefer this viewpoint. [link to www.strike-the-root.com]


Excerpted from a longer article.



Overt criminality by leaders and passive, unclear thinking by the proles have become the norm. The two go together, creating a symbiotic ecosystem of tyranny. Fraud, theft, and murder have become widespread, just as the scale of lies told and believed have reached new heights. Irresponsibility has become socialized while people in the honest pursuit of good get thwarted.

Those of us who want little more than peace and freedom don't run the world. Pursuing freedom contradicts controlling others, so we can reason that people who pursue power have some motivations separate from our own.

I have not fully comprehended the implications of this until recently. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, I had assumed that the people who wield power feel similarly about moral issues as I do'I just couldn't see why they commit and justify unethical behavior. I already knew that states operate according to a code that the rest of us don't follow in our own lives. Nevertheless, I assumed that a man who acts without regard to moral laws must feel guilty about it. Then, one day, I stumbled onto this idea: Suppose he doesn't.

With only small ambitions, he probably behaves like a common criminal, a predator. He lies to gain advantage, uses force to get his way, and steals without conscience. Not feeling guilty about unethical behavior motivates him to instigate further criminal acts.

Small crime operations have one big problem, namely, the risk of getting caught. The prospect of prison appears unappealing, yet even with the high likelihood of arrest and capture during a career, common criminals approach their field with little sophistication and often pay the price. Other like-minded people see ways to avoid these problems. Just as normal people develop interests growing up and figure out how to pursue them at higher levels, a criminal mind can do the same. With greater intelligence and patience, he can pursue an ambitious career of criminality. With this objective in sight, one can easily see the state as the most expedient means to accomplish it.


Once a criminal joins forces with the state by becoming an employee, he can lie to his advantage, use force to get his way, and steal without conscience, just as the small-time operator does. The opportunities for mischief have no limits through thoughtful job selection. For example, if a man took pleasure in making innocent people squirm, he could become a police officer and plant evidence. For another, if he wanted to murder people, he could become a military officer and 'accidentally' call in the coordinates of a house he'd like to see bombed. Whatever they do, the state shields them from the natural consequences of their actions. In all likelihood, if smart, they never get caught, never get punished, and probably get commended.

Too often, I have assumed that the people working for the state take the jobs only because of the easy hours and good pay, benefits, and retirement. For the predator, though, it offers all these things with the appetizing fringe benefit of satisfying their criminal urges without the risk of retribution.

Last Edited by s. d. butler on 11/20/2012 07:46 PM

And history has proven that most of you assholes either end up in prison or early graves...

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Last Edited by Weasel Keeper on 11/20/2012 07:44 PM

^^Delusional trait.

Wow! The second are certainly a confirmation of the quoted response.

APOLLO ILLUMINIST

and grandiose thinking

Nahhhhhhh....I would not label you a sociopath.

But I would label you an idiot and a twit.

OP, this is half truth.

The basic feature of a sociopath that they are unable to feel empathy to other people. This is the root cause of everything else.
They are indeed utterly selfish.
As you said they don't feel guilt or remorse.
There are no "good psychopaths" - they are all harmful to others of some extent. How harmful, depends on what power they can acquire in their life. They can grow to be a J. Edgar Hoover keeping a whole nation in fear or just a simple intolerable neighbor/coworker/spouse etc.

I know one who could be sent back to Kenya....

I have found this to be true. One of their biggest fear is to be found out. If you confront them and tell them that you know they are full of shit most of the ones I've encountered tend to get really humble real quick. Most politicians and most "elite" businessmen are sociopaths. You can throw Lawyers into that mix.

I recommend that you look up Jung's 16 personality types, and also learn to construct grammatically correct sentences as your response makes you look like the idiot.

Is ONE of the SIGNS of a SOCIOPATH the USE of CAPS LOCK on EVERY second WORD?

You got that right! He's a psyco crackpot.

Ok what retard drunken mod pinned this dumb shit?

So much of the workplace is filled with this...



1 in 4 people are sociopaths-psychopathic

Are you a sociopath ?

The person who realized his/her condition, by definition, is not sociopath anymore. Realization means light of conscience still shine through the heart. Sociopaths live in darkness. They don't realize anything wrong about themselves. They are driven by impulse and compulsion. It is a spirit possessed condition. When people keep letting their base impulses reign freely, they'll sooner or later cease to be reasoning human with conscience.

So is anyone trying to win you over to their opinion or perceived way of thinking. Most people will love you if you just agree with them and tell them they're the bees knees, because they derive value from others reinforcing their view of themselves. Remember this when you dislike someone for being HONEST, and listen to that seductive friend/side of you that wants to FEEL right. Also notice this has nothing to do with their intent. Though the odds are usually against them genuinely valuing your well being, some actually do.




So is anyone wanting to be liked by someone. Think about the boy/girl/tentacled horror that went out of their way to do these things when you first started dating, but never does anymore.
Spontaneity and intensity are all about combinations of words, actions, emotions, and making 'the magic' in a slice of reality. It is a powerful ability and if you're unethical or unsubtle it can get you into trouble.



Shame, guilt, and remorse depend on perspective and consent. People see these things differently. Granted some people will ignore and dismiss that which they don't want to admit is true. Most everyone does that as it relates to the first point about people liking when others agree with them.




This can play into people being gullible, wanting to believe everything they hear. This is why you don't immediately trust strangers. And test people when you see inconsistencies.




This is probably due to a persons desire for social acceptance, but understand it could prevent you from listening to people who ARE right, when YOU are wrong and unwilling to admit it.

Really, this list seems like a bunch of ways to dismiss people who challenge you in uncomfortable ways, which can get you into a whole bunch of trouble down the line.

The lesson to take away from this is that people think and experience reality very differently, even though on the surface we look pretty similar.

Just as a cat has a roughly similar exterior to a small dog, they are very different creatures 'in their head'. The only way to anticipate their behavior is to be curious and cautious, using your mind to shield your heart.

So, would that make all the founders of religion "sociopaths"?
And what about their fundamentalists followers?

If your founding a religion around yourself ie.

The Formal Church Of IRQ_1

Then perhaps yes but if your start it on a set of principles outside of yourself then maybe not.

Now as far as followers go then that is interesting. On one hand you have a personality that is trying to be the best at pleasing something outside of themselves which seems to contradict the entire concept of a self important sociopath while at the same time lying, cheating or stealing to make themselves the best follower of a faith.

Most people who follow a religion do not fall into this category.

This is probably due to a persons desire for social acceptance, but understand it could prevent you from listening to people who ARE right, when YOU are wrong and unwilling to admit it.

Really, this list seems like a bunch of ways to dismiss people who challenge you in uncomfortable ways, which can get you into a whole bunch of trouble down the line.

The lesson to take away from this is that people think and experience reality very differently, even though on the surface we look pretty similar.

Just as a cat has a roughly similar exterior to a small dog, they are very different creatures 'in their head'. The only way to anticipate their behavior is to be curious and cautious, using your mind to shield your heart.


Last Edited by s. d. butler on 11/21/2012 02:33 AM

This is probably due to a persons desire for social acceptance, but understand it could prevent you from listening to people who ARE right, when YOU are wrong and unwilling to admit it.

Really, this list seems like a bunch of ways to dismiss people who challenge you in uncomfortable ways, which can get you into a whole bunch of trouble down the line.

The lesson to take away from this is that people think and experience reality very differently, even though on the surface we look pretty similar.

Just as a cat has a roughly similar exterior to a small dog, they are very different creatures 'in their head'. The only way to anticipate their behavior is to be curious and cautious, using your mind to shield your heart.



The lesson to take away is that there are some very sick people posting here and you are one of them.