PsychoticRatKing

The amount of times I’ve said this to my friends is insane.

Psychopath is the original term, antisocial was used early as well (it is not a ‘politically correct’ version it’s literally just a different word), later, people started using sociopath to mean the theory that psychopathy related to environmental and social factors, however sociopath has fallen out of use and mostly antisocial and psychopath are used (if one wants to differentiate between environmental and genetics, these days primary and secondary are used). Also, sociopath was a term in the first DSM to describe an externalising disorder without saying cause (it also included other random shit not just PDs or anything). Antisocial and psychopath are sometimes interchangeable, but often antisocial is used to mean like broadly anti-society tendencies or behaviour, such as criminal behaviour (and also general poor impulse control), and psychopath is a specific kind of antisocial personality involving also a lack of empathy. So, all psychopaths are antisocial, not all antisocials are psychopaths, and sociopath isn’t used anymore. Originally when ASPD (“sociopathic personality disturbance - antisocial reaction”) was added in the first DSM it was basically psychopathy in description but definitions expanded.

I wish more people either understood or asked. Personally I like explaining things like this and really don’t mind the questions if they’re genuine

my experience with having both NPD and ASPD involves not caring what anyone thinks of me, whilst simultaneously feeling that if you perceive me incorrectly or view me as beneath you then i hate you.

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ASPD is being called ‘edgy’ just for displaying literal symptoms of your disorder.

Hate this one

"Empathy is what makes us human" Dawg you caught me I'm secretly a platypus

Lmao

i think something people without npd dont understand is that the anger we feel isnt fun. the anger we feel hurts us too. it feels fucking horrible to be filled with so much spite and rage and not know what to do with it. and in that moment it feels like your entire life youve been angry

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Soemtimes wonder if I’m too logical to be a complete narcissist. Because factually, someone is smarter than me, but also, there’s no way I’m as stupid as everyone else.

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Nobody said it better