Sociopath, sociopathic, sociopathy
Sociopathy is a condition related to altered personality disorder,
not necessarily anti-social, as socializing is not a problem for
many altered sociopaths. It is not necessarily marked by
aggression either, but can lead to it, or it can be accepted as
long as no participation is required personally. The dictionary
barely gives the word [sociopath] more than one line of
definition.
In order to begin to understand what a sociopath is, we must
turn to writers and psychologists who have described it through
exposure and classification. Martha Stout, who wrote, "The
Sociopath Next Door", describes a sociopath as someone who has
behavior problems stemming from childhood, and often not
recognized sufficiently by daily interactions with others by
most of the population.
They often seem to develop a sort of charisma that is only a
straw man for the
seduction. They also often carry a high
self-esteem, or self worth and
shallowness of emotions, the type
related to caring and compassion.
In many cases, they have no value of
conscience, and no trace of empathy.
Personality [antisocial] disorders are classified by stating 7
disorders of which 3 are required to designate a possible
condition from the APA's manual. [American Psychiatric
Association]
1) Failure to conform to social norms
2) Deceitfulness, manipulative
3) Impulsivity, failure to plan ahead
4) Irritability, aggressiveness
5) Reckless regard for the safety of
self and others
6) Consistent irresponsibility
7) Lack of remorse after having hurt,
mistreated, or stolen from another person
If we add the socialist element [1] to the diagnosis, this can
cloud our ability to decipher the mind puzzle. Especially when
the very first disorder is directly related, as though, what is
now seen as society is automatically correct, and can be used as
a basis for how to determine behavior. How does one define a
social norm other than what is survivable? Society is laced with
aversion to equality on all levels,
and defining it would be almost impossible. So if you're in the
disinformation business, you have
intentionally made sure that a stronger straw man exists by
listing it first.
A social norm must include emotional survival mechanisms such as
coded egos, that allow survival to a
certain degree. Simple tasks as responsibility[6],
dignity [4], paying the bills on time
[3], showing up for work sober [5], all have survival
mechanisms, but remember, many of these functions in society are
forced upon the observer to be acceptable and a capitalist
system overlays them.
One is not necessarily anti-social for not attending a party.
All humans begin to code their unconscious personality early in
life before social structure exists, so once social activity
begins, a system of control already is in place in the mind
based on what is already socially acceptable and
believed. The parents have also been
affected, and pass on this programming. Because someone does not
conform to social structure does not necessarily determine a
problem with the observer, but could however designate a problem
with the social system.
In either case, the observer can develop sociopathic tendencies
from the programming received from the parents, and from what is
considered acceptable in society. It is easy to lump sociopaths
into other groups such as psychopathy, and serial killers, when
they exist outside this group, and are those who do not pay for
their crimes, they get away with them. It is estimated that
about 4% of the population suffers some sociopathic tendencies,
even complete absence of conscience, which would mean there are
literally millions of people with this classified disorder
living among us and usually annoying our lives.
The bonds made by sociopaths are self serving in purpose and
have nothing to do with real
love,
but other emotions that are controlling the observer. Our life
evolves from infancy to adulthood eventually processing data in
the cortex of the brain. The limbic system [emotional] is also
developed stemming from a carnal beginning. The processing of
emotions is greatly affected somehow during this process as
explained by Martha Stout.
| ..."studies indicate that sociopathy
involves an altered processing of emotional stimuli at the
level of the cerebral cortex. Why this altered processing
occurs is not yet known, but it likely to be the result of
a heritable neurodevelopmental difference that can be
either slightly compensated for, or made much worse by
child rearing or cultural factors. The neurodevelopmental
distinction is at least partially responsible for the
still-unfathomed psychological difference between
sociopaths and all other people, and its
implications are
startling. Sociopathy is more than just the absence of
conscience, which alone would be tragic enough. Sociopathy
is the inability to process emotional experience,
including love and caring, except when such experience can
be calculated as a coldly intellectual task." [...] |
Somehow the acceptance and use of emotions that really have
value are blocked early in life. It would be wise also to say
that the codes that process the
interface are adapted and programmed for a group of emotions
that are acceptable to the observer, and others are deleted from
the programmed mind, or have never been processed. Martha goes
on to explain...
| "The only emotions that sociopaths seem
to feel genuinely are the so called 'primitive' affective
reactions that result from immediate physical pain and
pleasure, or from short term
frustrations and successes. Frustration may engender
anger or rage in a sociopath.
[...] As a counterpoint to sociopathy, the condition of
narcissism is particularly interesting and instructive.
Narcissism is, in a metaphorical sense,
one half of what sociopathy is. Even clinical narcissist
are able to feel most emotions as strongly as anyone else
does, from guilt to sadness, to
desperate love and passion. The half that is missing is
the crucial ability to understand what other people are
feeling." |
This explains why if you're reading this, you probably already
know part of your condition, and may have no understanding of
certain emotions, as they may seem vague
and unknown, as you have possibly never used them, and they may
have no virtue for the altered
self-centered controlled. The narcissist love [desire]
for oneself is strongly tied to envy and its power. One could
speculate further and say that the sociopath suffers partially
from envy's
emotion list.
R. Mark Sink 2007/7/3
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