9 Things A Sociopath Would Say

Have you ever talked to a sociopath? According to the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (or DSM-5), sociopathy is a category of antisocial personality disorder. A sociopath is someone with interior, social, and pathological impairments to their personality. Sociopaths will say anything to get their way, even if that means bending the truth and manipulation. Do you suspect you may be dealing with a sociopath right now? In this video, we present to you some of the things a sociopath would say to help you understand what really goes through their minds.

As a disclaimer, we want to note that these phrases alone don’t define a sociopath. Language is just a small piece of a larger puzzle. In other words, you may hear a friend or partner use phrases from this list, but that doesn’t necessarily make him or her a sociopath.

Writer: Tristan Reed
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
VO: Lily Hu
Animator: Zuzia
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

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[solarwolf]

"A sociopath would say anything to get their way, even bending the truth"
So pretty much every among us player I seen

[serpentgoat]

This made me curious: how would a relationship between two sociopaths look like?

[thelegitpotato]

No. 2: You’re the most amazing person I’ve ever met.
Me who just made a minute - long video for my sad friend about how awesome they are: *breathing intensifies*

[runko]

9: you owe me
So literally every anime character in the world

[vAqeii]

Thing 1: They would tell you that they don’t care that your Minecraft pet has died

[galaxionart]

Psych2Go: Just because someone in your life say these things doesn’t mean they’re a sociopath!
Comments: My friend says this a lot time to cut contact lol

[MoPoppins]

9 things a sociopath might say:

1) “No one is ever going to love you the way I do.”
2) “You’re the most amazing person I’ve ever met.”
3) “Don’t be so sensitive.”
4) “You’ll never survive without me.”
5) “You make me a better person.”
6) “You’re the only one who understands me.”
7) “You’re so needy.”
8) “I don’t have time for this.”
9) “You owe me.”

[blackninjagaming]

So your telling me sociopaths have cute little leaves on their heads?

*SARCASM*

[channelforthingsimquestion]

I’m a sociopath, and I’m fully aware of that. Trust me on one thing, I wouldn’t willingly choose to be a sociopath. I hate when anyone labels sociopaths as evil or terrible people. Like, I never willingly chose to be like this. Just am. And yeah, I realize it can be fixed (I think? Probably?).

[zoiknliqht]

*me looking for something that my parents would say*

[justkimmying]

my ex, dating him for 10 months gave me severe anxiety for a year

A sociopath is like a leech who will suck the life out of you.

[differentcloth]

It's weird how everyones ex is a sociopath.

[QuietlyMagnetic]

"It even has a watermark" ― Patrick Bateman

Or was he a psychopath?

[RoseyStoleYourToast]

Fun fact: You have walked past a serial killer at least once.

[RecreationalUseOnly]

Some of these phrases are in every Disney movie, romantic movie, and love song ever. And that is scary.

[NightReaper]

Being a sociopath means not being able to empathise with others- it does NOT make us unfeeling monsters who can't feel pain. But with how the media portrays us- no one believes us and thinks of us as abusive monsters.

[valflirt]

was gonna sleep but this was important !

[alixiam_]

Anyone else seen the “da vinky” in the book

[AquariumAA]

Wow I said the second one to my best friend.

She has the worse self esteem and doesn't think highly of herself so I told her that she's one of the most amazing person I ever met to try and make her happy and feel better about herself.

[sugamer]

Fun fact: there are also sociopaths that aren't assholes