tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post1770517541901565702..comments2024-03-28T00:33:57.308-07:00Comments on Sociopath World: Quote: BrutalityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-90507588557782191572015-01-10T02:30:11.407-08:002015-01-10T02:30:11.407-08:00I surprised with the analysis you made to make thi...I surprised with the analysis you made to make this particular publish incredible. Wonderful activity! <br /><a href="http://www.konighealthcare.com" rel="nofollow">konighealthcare </a> | <br><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464943331271940724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-86191068899945367902014-11-19T12:51:44.901-08:002014-11-19T12:51:44.901-08:00I enjoy this commentary. I am of the camp that be...I enjoy this commentary. I am of the camp that believes we are not inherently evil but rather disposessed of the kind of emotional inhibitors that make brutality and deception distasteful to empaths. I say this to say that- the majority of my allegedly heartless behavior has been at the behest of empaths rather than my own construction. I may be the metaphorical straight razor and my condition may make me sharper and faster than most, but a razor left alone in a cabinet is unlikely to slash a throat of its own accord.Cold Catharsisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-91655278347300134962014-11-11T21:24:52.961-08:002014-11-11T21:24:52.961-08:00Well, now there's the rub - from my perspectiv...Well, now there's the rub - from my perspective, given the model I've operated under (geometric solids), they are all real. Just different expressions of me.<br /><br />It's less about what I do and more about what I don't do. It's that impulse control thing. Do I really tell the guy making my sandwiches that I could not care less about whatever he is babbling on about (which I do feel sometimes). Or, do I just smile and nod and wait for him to finish and give some pleasant comment and go about my day?<br /><br />That guy neither merits the effort nor deserves the wrath. Why go there? If I'm gonna be "authentic," I'm going to have a very short run of it. Maybe it's just that it's finally dawning on me that ~90% of the population don't have those same thoughts. I just figured that they had no imagination - <br /><br />Gonna sleep on that one -HLHallernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-23110544095565948812014-11-11T21:13:21.603-08:002014-11-11T21:13:21.603-08:00I should have said, "...convincing people tha...I should have said, "...convincing people that something that they might be doing be treated."<br /><br />It's getting late...HLHallernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-28438980705401091702014-11-11T21:10:56.119-08:002014-11-11T21:10:56.119-08:00Hi DocSciFi,
The Therapy Industrial Complex - tha...Hi DocSciFi,<br /><br />The Therapy Industrial Complex - that and the internet seem to have formed a feedback loop of sorts: <br /><br />TIC: These people are bad - the worst!<br /><br />Media: Hey, we want to show bad people - use that name and make them really scary.<br /><br />TIC: See! They are everywhere! The problem is huge!!!<br /><br />Media: Hey everyone! There is a problem that is tearing the fabric of society apart! (or some likeminded bullshit).<br /><br />You get the idea - they help each other convince people that they have problems and need help. No cures - just treatments and ratings (which = income).<br /><br />FWIW, Ma Haller is in the TIC and there are folks in real need of help, but there is a whole industry around convincing people that something that might be doing needs to be cured and that they need to find ways to be happy...as if that is some sort of "normal state."<br /><br />I would suggest that if we really want to talk about "abnormal," the population in question be <1%. <br /><br />OK - I'll kick the soap box aside... 8)~HLHallernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-63475473029596423272014-11-11T21:10:18.369-08:002014-11-11T21:10:18.369-08:00Thanks for the reference Dr. G. I am trying to go ...Thanks for the reference Dr. G. I am trying to go from a triangle (in HL's terms) to a Koch snowflake. I think chameleons have more fun too as long as they don't screw up their own lives...<br /><br />About your radical side, so?DoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-33708755023419117342014-11-11T20:56:30.102-08:002014-11-11T20:56:30.102-08:00"Sometimes I wish Freud had never been born&q..."Sometimes I wish Freud had never been born"...lol there's something endearing about this. Dr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-34470309487677565972014-11-11T20:53:46.186-08:002014-11-11T20:53:46.186-08:00"There's a perverse incentive in the busi..."There's a perverse incentive in the business of mental health -- more patients, more power and influence in society and more money." <br />DoctorSciFi, you have noooooo idea :) God here comes my radical side, but it's why I enjoyed reading Prilleltensky's "Morals and Politics of Psychology".Dr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-61260779364336090992014-11-11T20:47:38.759-08:002014-11-11T20:47:38.759-08:00That's the strange thing about chameleon behav...That's the strange thing about chameleon behaviors is they often feel real and genuine when you're in it. I sometimes I have to ask myself if I'm genuinely in to whatever it is I'm doing. I try to stick to my true self as much as possible. I've been known to get up and leave in the middle of a conversation if I start getting chameleon-y. Dr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-5859591016348191872014-11-11T20:42:31.315-08:002014-11-11T20:42:31.315-08:00A survey by the NIMH indicated that about 9% of th...A survey by the NIMH indicated that about 9% of the US population fit the diagnosis of a personality disorder -- pathologizing everything is pretty close. <br /><br />There's a perverse incentive in the business of mental health -- more patients, more power and influence in society and more money. <br /><br />Sometimes I wish Freud had never been born -- I mean the whole idea to look at the mind in terms of its pathologies. That's all that psychiatry by definition is about: "the study and treatment of mental illness, emotional disturbance, and abnormal behavior."DoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-10631830401871974152014-11-11T20:23:39.100-08:002014-11-11T20:23:39.100-08:00That was actually yet another clue that I was a li...That was actually yet another clue that I was a little different. I had always just figured that everyone presented differently in different contexts. <br /><br />In fact, my view was (and may still be - I'm reconsidering it) that people are kind of like geometric solids and we only "show" one face at a time. Some people are simple - call them tetrahedrons; only a few ways to engage the world. Others, are more complex, call them dodecahedrons; many more ways to engage the world.<br /><br />Some of the sides we reserve for only those "dear" to us and others are for those that we give our wrath to. And we have a face for the waiters and the check out people. And then there are the faces for the internet (this actually feels more "candid" than most). It's the myriad of roles that we all play.<br /><br />It still puzzles me that this fluidity is deemed "pathological." This collection of faces (many call masks) have all "felt" authentic. I always figured that they were all valid representations of me - each one for a different context. The "script" for the behavior that people expect. <br />HLHallernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-55728850457564154992014-11-11T19:28:14.258-08:002014-11-11T19:28:14.258-08:00Now see? Why can't psychologists focus on the...Now see? Why can't psychologists focus on the positive aspects of chameleon behaviors? I hate that they pathologize everything. You notice they don't say the white mouse in the French resistance was an abusive narcissistic borderline with antisocial tendencies.Dr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-46566618259623488452014-11-11T19:12:53.451-08:002014-11-11T19:12:53.451-08:00Hi Dr. G,
I am glad to hear that things worked ou...Hi Dr. G,<br /><br />I am glad to hear that things worked out with that patient - that sort of work isn't for the faint of heart. But then, like you said, we like to take risks - it sure seems that we process the calculus of risk differently. <br /><br />I don't find it at all difficult to believe that you are different at work - you seem well educated, articulate, and possessed of good critical skills. But I very much do expect that you are a hard ass. 8)~<br /><br />My behavior is quite fluid depending on what my part in a project is. In that way I am more on the cluster B spectrum. If I'm leading the charge, I present one way. If I'm driving change, I present differently. The gig I have now, allows me to be a bit of an asshole - it's expected. So, that's fun. It all depends on what is needed to achieve my goals.<br /><br />A few years back I was working a consulting gig and I guess I gave one the other engineers the willies. From what my partner told me, it was unsettling to her that I could be so many different things to so many different people. I was just doing what came naturally to get people to do what I needed done. People don't often notice - HLHallernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-15041590512972341362014-11-11T18:42:03.269-08:002014-11-11T18:42:03.269-08:00I've noticed professionals who have bpd who su...I've noticed professionals who have bpd who suffered more from their disorder, and may be more towards low functioning, often have a high degree of skill catering to borderline sensitivities that I don't always have. So when dealing with ones who might be suicidal, or self-harm, those individuals would be a better fit for them because I don't sugar coat things for borderlines, and can be a bit of a hard ass. Dr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-86382816185270737862014-11-11T18:34:57.063-08:002014-11-11T18:34:57.063-08:00By the way, HL, I really liked that girl who wante...By the way, HL, I really liked that girl who wanted to torture all psychologists to death. I know it probably sounds crazy, but once she calmed down like I knew she would, she was very bright, articulate, introspective, and appreciated the fact that I understand how this stuff works. I do good with the high-function bpd's, but I'm probably not the best with low-functioning. Despite how silly I get on the net (and no, not just this site), I'm actually really good in a professional setting. Hard to believe, I know :):):)Dr. Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-36660790343704727662014-11-11T18:31:22.120-08:002014-11-11T18:31:22.120-08:00is this the lemon cookies guy?is this the lemon cookies guy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-52527397873411943242014-11-11T18:09:06.523-08:002014-11-11T18:09:06.523-08:00What is reality?What is reality?DoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-65220140789428806822014-11-11T17:38:07.520-08:002014-11-11T17:38:07.520-08:00Hi RA,
Wow - you aren't wrong! There does se...Hi RA,<br /><br />Wow - you aren't wrong! There does seem to be a heightened level of crazy of late. Even your "senile ramblings" are making more sense... ;)~<br /><br />Maybe Cookie is right! =8@~<br /><br />By the by - Quackallujeh - LOL! Love it!<br />HLHallernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-14001973607891770282014-11-11T12:14:27.332-08:002014-11-11T12:14:27.332-08:00Is this sociopath news to you? hahaha I thought re...Is this sociopath news to you? hahaha I thought regular news were sociopath news!! this is more like a sociopath café chat...Morbid Polarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-73360274284172466662014-11-11T12:03:20.262-08:002014-11-11T12:03:20.262-08:00I've read elsewhere that people with AsPD are ...I've read elsewhere that people with AsPD are comfortable in their own skin and like themselves, whereas, almost by definition, people with BPD are not. Any form of self-loathing doesn't appear consistent with sociopathy either. I agree with what I understand you to be saying, that a comorbid diagnosis of AsPD and BPD seems paradoxical.DoctorSciFihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423928917489228542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-36578561738517508582014-11-11T12:01:59.283-08:002014-11-11T12:01:59.283-08:00I only project bullshit cookies. Mmmm I only project bullshit cookies. Mmmm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-20628321894735012792014-11-11T12:00:36.444-08:002014-11-11T12:00:36.444-08:00With all due respect: Read yr comment again, and l...With all due respect: Read yr comment again, and let it deflect back on to you. You give out great advise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-51106647755434604852014-11-11T11:50:43.897-08:002014-11-11T11:50:43.897-08:00Cookies,
You're projecting. Just saying.Cookies,<br /><br />You're projecting. Just saying. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-6726439707367114792014-11-11T11:47:42.147-08:002014-11-11T11:47:42.147-08:00"You are blind,"...
So judgmental."You are blind,"...<br /><br />So judgmental. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-48034130493496175382014-11-11T11:43:30.258-08:002014-11-11T11:43:30.258-08:00Ignorance is always a problem. Ignorance is always a problem. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com