Hmm this is all interesting. It is making me question which one my ex is. He was diagnosed as a sociopath but I personally think now that he was born that way. So how do you tell the real difference? I know my ex has planned out murders and doesn't think anything of it and I think that if the time would come up he would do it. I know he doesn't know what love is. And it was always crocodile tears you could see him trying to make them come out. He keeps repeating behaviors. Lies cheats been in prison former addict calls his own son horrible horrible things. Would get off sexually on people that were in tears at his behavior. Does this seem more like sociopath or psychopath? I don't think it will change how I feel about my ex or what he has done but perhaps the next person I encounter that has one or the other of these afflictions. So how do you really realize which one is which?