Difference Between PSYCHOPATHS and SOCIOPATHS 🎭 #aspd

Differences between a psychopath and a sociopath - two subsets of ASPD that have a few key distinguishing characteristics. #aspd #sociopath #psychopath #mentalhealth #antisocialpersonalitydisorder #mentalhealth #bpd #narcissism #narcissist #narcissistic #narcissisticpersonalitydisorder #npd #npdawareness #empath

[elizabethlatour]

My father is a diagnosed psychopath and i am the daughter who ended up with D.I.D for it 😅 i found out that someone who ends up being diagnosed with both NPD and ASPD have been then labeled by doctors as psychopaths. I really wish i knew which way it happened for my father but he'd never tell me the truth anyways. Tbh tho a man can't 15 years of battle in the military by being an empath thats for sure. It does feel better to know that at least he went out of his way to do something good with what he had.

[synaesthesia]

Perfect explanation, this is very important, and I can't stand people throwing these words around, or having no clue at all what it means.

[AmericanMumAll]

I have many bones to pick with the entire PD section of the DSM, which is for another time, but the easiest way I've found to explain the difference quickly is: ability to feel empathy and use it. Sociopaths *can* feel it, and tend to have a selective list of people who get all rheir empathy. Psychopaths *cannot* feel and understand empathy as it applies to pro-social behavior. The concept of empathy is not usually unknown to them, but the practical application is only for their own needs and desires. There will always be outliers, absolutely, but feeling and using empathy is the biggest difference.

[stephenie]

Sometimes, anger burst outwards at other people, other times it’s self directed. I wonder if one or the other is more common with ASPD, or if it just varies

[discipleofhermes]

All this just confirms something I've suspected for a while but done nothing about. I'm pretty sure I'm a psychopath, I'm benign af and have no malicious intentions, but I also haven't felt anything real for a long time, and when I did last feel something, it wasn't anywhere near as intense as I've observed from others in similar situations.

[sarahbananarama]

"fleeting" puts it perfectly regarding the emotions. I always thought about it as "someone comes at night and wipes the chalkboard clean".
(Was in a relationship with someone who was diagnosed with ASPD, and the way it's portrayed the majority of time is not right. Which I get. People who were victimized by their former partners will have a very b/w view. Most psychologists have either never actually worked with people on that spectrum or never interacted with them before a crime was committed and therefore more likely to be influenced. Anyways, thank you for this. I know it probably might not mean that much, but I try to speak out on behalf of people with NPD where I can. Those certain influencers who made it big spreading half-digested misinformation about "narcissists" did humanity a disservice.)

[AlewynMarie]

I’m interested in your relationship dynamic given your diagnosis and insight. For instance, how do you navigate a disagreement? And how do you relate to each other when one of you is upset or sad?

[inconveniencestore_]

I remember being so scared about possibly being both autistic and a sociopath. I have a lot of anger towards myself and quite often am enraged but just, choose to hold it in basically. People don't understand that everyone deals with things differently and no two people with a diagnosis or possible diagnosis are going to be the same. I've never hurt anyone, but I have broken things and hurt myself. My interactions are incredibly transactional in most cases but it's not purposeful manipulation, it's just what makes sense to my brain and it's how I learned to survive. I'm not purposefully rude, I either dont understand or I do and find it unreasonable to match a set standard.

[Jeff-kqvg]

So what is the component that keeping you together, like your definition of love towards eachother?
And do you manipulate and gaslight on eachother?

[DarrinR.-pqmd]

Correction... Sociopaths have a lack of impulse control. That's why most of them kill. Turn of his play station and see what happens. 😅

[evanbathroomstahl]

Keep in mind. Sociopath/psychopath are not actually clinical terms.

-diagnosed ASPD