Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

Have you ever interacted with a sociopath?

What happened? How do you know they're one?
This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
Yep, more than one.

They didn't express empathy in anything more than a heavily diminished way and very happily manipulated those they considered 'best friends' to achieve their own ends.
@UndeadPrivateer Tf ;__; thats bad.
Lukesy, did they cry?? 0__0
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@Dewms The sociopaths or their victims? It's a yes in both cases, though the sociopath's crying was... out of place, considering their position in the events.
@UndeadPrivateer its like manipulative crying?? Omg 😯 to gain sympathy??
UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M
@Dewms Because they just feel so bad about what they did! Despite the fact it was ongoing for weeks/months on end and they expressed no remorse whatsoever prior and then afterward attempted to play it off like it was no big deal. Or in one case tried to rub it in the victims' face.

Sociopaths don't understand social norms, it's what makes them sociopaths and what differentiates them from psychopaths. They may express some empathy, but it is highly diminished and much of their emotional response is either visceral or manipulative with very little if any inbetween. A psychopath understands social norms but doesn't feel empathy at all or only experiences it under very extreme circumstances.