Ask a Psychopath - Why did you decide to get treatment?

Why did you decide to get treatment?
Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
by M.E. Thomas
Available in Paperback and Kindle

[cececooke]

It’s nice seeing a Psychopath interviewed outside of a prison.

[jddzvbg]

I love the psychopath soundtrack. So upbeat.

[smee]

i found it quite fascinating when she said the main factor that caused her to get help was because as her relationships in her life began to dissolve, which limited her 'career' options. such an unusual take on how her gain was being threatened and thus led her to seek help and alternate ways to approach her manipulation, rather than the loss of friends around her.

[aewald]

I love how we have zero empathy for people with zero empathy.

[bradydeangelo]

I'd love to be a fly on the wall listening to 2 psychopaths interview each other.

[uggggggghhhhh]

This really made me appreciate therapists. I dont think I could do what they do because I see this woman and hear her answers and I think that if I were actually there, I would have zero idea on how to interact with her, much less how to help her. Now I know why good therapists get paid so well.

[naelpontes]

"If there's nobody around me, then I'm nothing". This is such an interesting dilemma for people with NPD and ASPD. Because at the same time people mean nothing to you, they mean the world to you, because they're those who validate your ego and your accomplishments. A life without people for those with ASPD or NPD is a dull life.

[SRobinson-hrme]

She doesn’t even realize it’s weird to smile constantly. I appreciate her effort.

[secondstarllc]

Its almost like this is her first incarnation as a human. Like her past lives were animals or inanimate objects the way she describes hungry as a feeling.

[thisusedtobemyrealname]

The sad thing about this is that even though I have some empathy for her because her condition is not altogether her fault, I would still not interact with her beyond very surface level interactions because it would absolutely be not safe for me to trust her knowing the way she is. I'm glad that she is gaining insight into herself yet I do not think that how she is and acts can altogether be cured no matter how much she herself thinks that she is getting better.

[esthermirandalima]

This is one of my favorite videos on the internet now. I find psychopathy so interesting and hard to understand at the same time. I loved when she said it’s hard to have feelings!

[milicamorgan]

When she was talking about feeling like a gas it reminded me of Patrick Bateman’s monologue in American Psycho where he talked about not being “there”

[laurahejdukova]

So very interesting. Love to see an actual person with psychopathy to explain us what it is all about. Thank you so much for this interview

[WildCat]

It's chilling to think the only reason they even begin to consider changing is if their actions start affecting their own life negatively, never because they realize what they're doing is hurting others. It's all 100% just about themselves, through and through. I feel bad for the people who end up in a relationship with psychopaths because it must feel really lonely, disconnected, and empty.

[doris]

I once worked under a psychopath and had to request another manager. It is very telling because you knew he was pretending emotions and feelings. Behind his eyes was dead space.

[_xeere]

I find it interesting that someone without empathy would define themselves in terms of other people.

[zerosoma]

“I decided to get help with my manipulation because people were onto me and I needed to become a better manipulator so they wouldn’t think I was manipulating them.”

[yrgarcon]

”If there is nobody around me then I am nothing”, such an interesting insight to how she felt. ”The chameleon dissapears when there is no one around”. Wow, isn’t this quantum physics, the particle that is only visible when we look at it… My brain is on overdrive intellectualizing this.

[Initium]

I have borderline personality disorder and I see some parallels with relationships here. I have the same problems with employment, friends so on etc - everything is ruined and I start again over and over.
BUT when I watched her other videos, she doesn’t care about animals, people - anything.
It’s like she got therapy not to feel better but to see how she can create a template to get a better life but not be a better person.

[ml]

The trouble is with these people is that, ( i know from experience , i am 99% sure someone i dated in the past was a psychopath or sociopath rather ) is that they DON'T GIVE A DAMN about you or about themselves deep down.

They will say such kind words to you one minute and sounds genuine then when they hear something they don't like, they will say something cruel or be cruel.

Everything is superficial. They literally only care about what food they are gunna eat that day, they have a home to go to and how they can manipulate others for their gains. They don't even CONSIDER others because they don't have empathy so if they wanna socialise with you it is because they want something or it fills a gap in their day but they don't care about you.