[FDputt12]

Hi my name is Fred. I believe that I am a sociopath or at least have sociopathic tendencies. To give you a little background on myself I am 18, come from a pretty well off family, due to my dad's new businesses when I was younger I never lived in the same city or went to the same school for more than 2 years, have never really had any super traumatic experiences, have never been in a desperate situation, and have always had problems with emotions. I feel emotions like happiness, pleasure, anger, and disgust(not sure if that is an emotion). But I have never been able to really feel or understand the emotions that have to do with love, guilt, really anything that has to do with morals and right and wrong. I also have an impossible time figuring out other peoples emotions. I am not a bad person and I don't like hurting people one an emotional or physical level, I don't really enjoy bad things I just was not born with that inner voice that tells you right from wrong. Every emotional reaction that I have with another human is synthetic, I feel like I am always wearing a mask and it's exhausting. But if I don't put on my mask in the morning I really struggle functioning with other people. I am not awkward socially or anything, I am actually fairly charming and easily make friends and such, I can fit in almost anywhere because I just rearrange my personality to fit the situation. But if I don't actively put effort into trying to portray emotions and pretend to care about what people are talking about I just end up hurting people emotionally and I don't like doing that. I just have always felt out of place. The same way you might feel if you were in a country and just barely knew the language enough to figure out what people were saying but sill could not follow a conversation. For me instead of language, it is emotion. It is this strange abstract concept to me and I just have a really hard time doing everyday interactions without inadvertently making someone feel uncomfortable because I either showed too little of an emotional response to what they said or I had too large of an emotional response. I also sometimes will say something that in my mind is a perfectly friendly and normal thing to say but comes off offensive or abrasive to normal people. The only sort of childhood event that I can think of that could cause sociopathy in myself is I was bullied from grades 1-8 for the same problems a face now, which are I simply lack the ability to connect with people on a deeply emotional level and I think that threw a lot of people off. Also, I would get injured and be in very dangerous, scary, overwhelming, and stressful situations and have no emotional reaction what so ever.

So I guess my question is are these traits that would make me a sociopath. I also have been diagnosed as an ENTJ personality type, which has many of the problems with emotional connection. So my second question would be am I a sociopath or do I just have a really strong ENTJ personality.

Thanks!
Fred

[Skeezyks]

Hello Fred: I'm sorry I cannot comment with regard to your questions. Mental health diagnosis is a job for a mental health professional. At least from my perspective, any observations you might receive from non-professionals is only going to be a guess based on almost no information. And as such it is likely to be inaccurate & can potentially do more harm than good. As such, my personal opinion is that if this is something that is of concern to you, you might consider seeking the services of a mental health therapist. Perhaps other members, here on PC, will have differing opinions.

That said... I see this is your first post here on PC. So... to PsychCentral… from the Skeezyks! May the time you spend here be of benefit.

PsychCentral is a great place to get information as well as support for mental health issues. The more you post, & reply to other members’ posts, the more a part of the community you will become. Plus there are social groups you can join & chat rooms where you’ll be able to connect with other PC members in real time (once your first 5 posts have been reviewed & approved.) Lots of great stuff! So please keep posting!

Hello Fred,

I occasionally see posts like this pop up on PC. I haven't read your post but my answer would be "No". Why? Because a true psychopath wouldn't make an account here and bother to ask that question, because their psychopathy would not be a concern to them. So no, I don't think you're a sociopath/psychopath. I see this is your first post here, so welcome to PC! I hope you find your time here to be of benefit.

[Atypical_Disaster]

Originally Posted by scaredandconfused

Hello Fred,

I occasionally see posts like this pop up on PC. I haven't read your post but my answer would be "No". Why? Because a true psychopath wouldn't make an account here and bother to ask that question, because their psychopathy would not be a concern to them. So no, I don't think you're a sociopath/psychopath. I see this is your first post here, so welcome to PC! I hope you find your time here to be of benefit.

That's where you're wrong, kiddo.

[redsoxrule]

Originally Posted by scaredandconfused

Hello Fred,

I occasionally see posts like this pop up on PC. I haven't read your post but my answer would be "No". Why? Because a true psychopath wouldn't make an account here and bother to ask that question, because their psychopathy would not be a concern to them. So no, I don't think you're a sociopath/psychopath. I see this is your first post here, so welcome to PC! I hope you find your time here to be of benefit.

Idk lol. I got here by boredom