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Is my friend a sociopath?
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Nov 21, 2015, 08:45 PM
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If your friend has Asperger's it's difficult to see a personality disorder underneath those symptoms. He's also very young. People don't usually get diagnosed with personality disorders until adulthood.
He appears to have a bad temper, tends to bully and manipulate, and he lies compulsively. He also has a criminal record. He does sound like a sociopath (what in the DSM would be called Antisocial personality disorder). However there can be a lot of overlap between Asperger's and Cluster B personality disorders:
Asperger's Disorder vs. Psychopathy
The Borderline of Asperger’s: The similarities and differences between Borderline Personality Disorder and Autism
Good articles.
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