tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post4010504480978463678..comments2024-03-28T00:33:57.308-07:00Comments on Sociopath World: Small townsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-63341616701267582472016-01-25T07:41:51.631-08:002016-01-25T07:41:51.631-08:00I grew up in a very small of town of less than 100...I grew up in a very small of town of less than 1000 people miles out in the country with dirt roads and no minority races (this was in the 2000's btw) and narcissism is definitely a factor. My highschool had 44 in my graduating class and the elementary Jr high and high school were all in the same building. Because of the lack of large amounts of people its relatively easy to manipulate everyone because no one is smart enough to catch on to you. It's easy to be a cheerleader and a perfect student when everyone around you is a loser who cares about fashion and celebrities and drugs while you are manipulating the f--$ out of them. Being nice to them and respectful to teachers and others in positions of authority so then they are more likely to not believe any of the bad things anyone says about you. There is def a power trip. All these people die for your attention when inside your mind you laugh at their desperation and could care less and feel above their sheeple stupidity and know inside they could never comprehend the things you truly think of. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809113367537532569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-11947115093636930292010-12-22T11:28:33.850-08:002010-12-22T11:28:33.850-08:00@Snugglie;
I do wish there's more respond to ...@Snugglie; <br />I do wish there's more respond to your interest in this aspect of sociopathy form the "genuines" here, as I am particularly keen to learn more about the nature Vs nurture arguments.<br /><br />Though may not always agree, I find your commentaries and developing arguments sufficiently fresh to be curious. <br /><br />I can vouch for my anti-socialness but not sociopathy. Not to insist on the relevance, but I am curious if you have any views about my postulation of socio-historical factors in my comments here.GagReflexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-76809673293809714662010-12-21T19:12:59.841-08:002010-12-21T19:12:59.841-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aeriannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695552218636965775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-79910220694712830002010-12-21T18:57:54.419-08:002010-12-21T18:57:54.419-08:00same to you notme!same to you notme!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093842595566780783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-53325548421032923172010-12-21T15:27:47.555-08:002010-12-21T15:27:47.555-08:00So than there is no logical environmental reasonin...So than there is no logical environmental reasoning for the development of your sociopathic personality. In which case it doesn't make sense that you exhibit them at all. People don't develop abnormalities like that unless it instinctively makes sense from the standpoint of survival or meeting your motivational needs. You're suggesting that your sociopathy stems from no such motivations. Or are you suggesting that those needs stem from elsewhere? If your motivation for sociopathy is not environmental, what then are your motivations.<br />This is beginning to feel like my drama class.snugglie grizzlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-86788736917348799992010-12-21T14:01:31.130-08:002010-12-21T14:01:31.130-08:00Yes, yes, yes, and no, respectively.Yes, yes, yes, and no, respectively.Postmodern Sociopathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942390583930125807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-14876603936219817152010-12-21T13:59:42.113-08:002010-12-21T13:59:42.113-08:00To see the advantages to controlling your own and ...To see the advantages to controlling your own and others responses to emotions is not robotic, its powerful. And stress levels in childhood are not a conscious thing, they naturally develop into defensible responses without necessarily feeling that way. Living in a rural area so small with so few outside interactions is being trapped. You don't have to feel that way for it to socially be the case. did you have adequate space or privacy? Expression? Interaction outside of your family? And did your divorce uproot your sense of stability?<br /><br />And on a side note. I wish I had as little to do as all of you. I fall so far behind so quickly on these conversationts while I go to work, and before I know it the comment section is filled with tedious cultural questions regarding the tipping appropriateness of different countries. I'm already almost bored again of this site.snuggly grizzlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-33530378216702991852010-12-21T13:49:37.969-08:002010-12-21T13:49:37.969-08:00To the first part, I wouldn't say that, no. I ...To the first part, I wouldn't say that, no. I can't remember really feeling "trapped" until my teens, long after obvious antisocial behavior began.<br /><br />To the second part:<br /><br />I wouldn't say so, perhaps, and absolutely not, respectively. I certainly have emotions, if a bit muted or existing on a more narrow continuum than others. This perception of the robotic sociopath is a product of sad little goth kids, not reality.Postmodern Sociopathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942390583930125807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-34482242627503845212010-12-21T13:43:30.286-08:002010-12-21T13:43:30.286-08:00So your homelife was particularly centeered at hom...So your homelife was particularly centeered at home. Having no ability to escape you developed sociopathic traits as a defense mechanism to your lack of control over your environement.<br />Would you say.<br />So is sociopathy than linked to seeing the disadvantages of emotions in the control and manipulation of your environmental factors? Are sociopaths controlling and manipulative of emotions as a safety measure? And do they not have emotions because they easily see the "weakness" or maleability of peoples emotional responses?snugglie grizzlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-42211145253887497662010-12-21T13:21:44.403-08:002010-12-21T13:21:44.403-08:001200 people, as I said. Parents divorced when I wa...1200 people, as I said. Parents divorced when I was young. Especially rural, so little in the way of neighborhood community. Escape methods were minimal.Postmodern Sociopathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942390583930125807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-64182153169942090852010-12-21T13:09:22.614-08:002010-12-21T13:09:22.614-08:00Sigh. You all became instantly and hopelessly off ...Sigh. You all became instantly and hopelessly off topic as usual. And I am still interedsted in the developmental variations in small town sociopathic tendancies. The environmental role on the development of sociopathic traits would vary dramatically on a smalltown sociopath. I know none of you are prone to divulging details, except aerianne of course, but if you could post some numbers, like the amount of people in the city you greww up in and your family situation. Maybe a bit about your neighborhood community and the escape methods you had as a child to get away from your parents or pressures.<br />On another not. 2 your idicoy amuses me.<br />Aerianne, be careful. These people might find you amusing to pick apart soon, though your openness currently makes it a boring opportunity.<br /><br />Otherwise you're all completelydisinterested in this topic and thereby making it impossible to get any valuable information on the underlying developmental factors of the environment on sociopathic traits. I would think it would be a great opportunity to further relate to each other.snsugglie grizzlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-74843543385096550492010-12-21T00:14:50.957-08:002010-12-21T00:14:50.957-08:00It would seem that anything more than a decent siz...It would seem that anything more than a decent sized paragraph with a link attached gets flagged for spam. Just a heads up.<br /><br />Not being able to feel, or understand that a situation warrants fear, can be lethal.<br /><br />@Zed: I've read about that before, which is why I decided not to watch it. It's interesting to speculate, but then again, you're taking the word of someone who has the classic physiological brain attributes of a psychopath :) I could tell you anything I wanted, and even if you were my friend or family member, you might (and probably wouldn't) know any better.<br /><br />It's certainly possible to not be physically or psychologically abusive with ASPD, but it's not terribly fun...<br /><br />Merry Christmas, notme! See you around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-12499878644043408552010-12-20T23:05:49.553-08:002010-12-20T23:05:49.553-08:00i'll be gone for the next few days so if anyon...i'll be gone for the next few days so if anyone called notme shows up from today, then it ain't me.<br /><br />merry christmas everyone! :)notmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-51010097566126003802010-12-20T22:48:06.301-08:002010-12-20T22:48:06.301-08:00Ah yeah lunar eclipse right now.
I can't see ...Ah yeah lunar eclipse right now.<br /><br />I can't see shit for the rain and clouds.Medusanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-54880770376498401852010-12-20T22:18:48.745-08:002010-12-20T22:18:48.745-08:00Feeling Aspergery and random lately so I'm jus...Feeling Aspergery and random lately so I'm just going to mention that I tried watching The Walking Dead and that show sucks.<br /><br />Watched the first season of Breaking Bad yesterday. Goddamn that show is awesome.Medusanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-73351404781440615052010-12-20T22:15:35.478-08:002010-12-20T22:15:35.478-08:00haha. i know how that feels.haha. i know how that feels.notmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-35276465746098476582010-12-20T22:14:21.700-08:002010-12-20T22:14:21.700-08:00My long post disappeared, the reappeared, then dis...My long post disappeared, the reappeared, then disappeared again.<br /><br />Good times.Medusanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-79144749336972237092010-12-20T22:12:22.860-08:002010-12-20T22:12:22.860-08:00A more detailed article.
Fourteen years ago, she ...<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/12/16/meet-the-woman-without-fear/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DiscoverMindBrain+(Discover+Mind+%26+Brain)" rel="nofollow">A more detailed article.</a><br /><br /><i>Fourteen years ago, she was walking through a small park at 10pm, when a man beckoned her over to a bench. As she approached, he pulled her down stuck a knife to her throat and said, “I’m going to cut you, bitch!” SM didn’t panic; she didn’t feel afraid. Hearing a church choir sing in the distance, she confidently said, “If you’re going to kill me, you’re gonna have to go through my God’s angels first.” The man let her go and she walked (not ran) away. The next day, she returned to the same park.<br />These sorts of things happen to her a lot. It’s not that SM has had a cosseted life. She lives in a poor area “replete with crime, drugs and danger”. As Feinstein writes, “she has been held up at knife point and at gun point, she was once physically accosted by a woman twice her size, she was nearly killed in an act of domestic violence, and on more than one occasion she has been explicitly threatened with death.” But in most of these situations, she didn’t act with urgency or desperation, something that police reports have corroborated.<br />It’s not that she doesn’t understand the concept of fear; after all, she knew that other people might be scared by the films she saw. However, she has a lot of problems with detecting danger. In a previous study, the team showed that she has no personal bubble. She’ll happily stand a foot away from complete strangers, far closer than most people would be comfortable with (even though, again, she understands the concept of personal space). It’s no surprise that she gets herself into a lot of difficult situations.<br />It’s fascinating how this looks to other people. A few years back, the team asked two clinical psychologists to interview SM without any knowledge of her condition. They described her as a “survivor”, as “resilient” and even “heroic” in how she coped with adversity. If you ask the woman herself, she’ll say that she feels upset or angry in the face of danger, but never fearful. Feinstein even thinks that because of her brain damage, she could be immune to posttraumatic stress disorder, a trait that she shares with some combat veterans.</i>Medusanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-25237202028157340842010-12-20T22:11:49.500-08:002010-12-20T22:11:49.500-08:00i'd love some of that treatment. why can't...i'd love some of that treatment. why can't they remove my amygdala?<br />would be handy sometimes.<br /><br />Zed, that was interesting. thanks.notmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-67769561044086883782010-12-20T22:11:06.009-08:002010-12-20T22:11:06.009-08:00A more detailed article.
Fourteen years ago, she...A more <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/12/16/meet-the-woman-without-fear/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DiscoverMindBrain+(Discover+Mind+%26+Brain)" rel="nofollow"> detailed article.</a><br /><br /><i>Fourteen years ago, she was walking through a small park at 10pm, when a man beckoned her over to a bench. As she approached, he pulled her down stuck a knife to her throat and said, “I’m going to cut you, bitch!” SM didn’t panic; she didn’t feel afraid. Hearing a church choir sing in the distance, she confidently said, “If you’re going to kill me, you’re gonna have to go through my God’s angels first.” The man let her go and she walked (not ran) away. The next day, she returned to the same park.<br />These sorts of things happen to her a lot. It’s not that SM has had a cosseted life. She lives in a poor area “replete with crime, drugs and danger”. As Feinstein writes, “she has been held up at knife point and at gun point, she was once physically accosted by a woman twice her size, she was nearly killed in an act of domestic violence, and on more than one occasion she has been explicitly threatened with death.” But in most of these situations, she didn’t act with urgency or desperation, something that police reports have corroborated.<br />It’s not that she doesn’t understand the concept of fear; after all, she knew that other people might be scared by the films she saw. However, she has a lot of problems with detecting danger. In a previous study, the team showed that she has no personal bubble. She’ll happily stand a foot away from complete strangers, far closer than most people would be comfortable with (even though, again, she understands the concept of personal space). It’s no surprise that she gets herself into a lot of difficult situations.<br />It’s fascinating how this looks to other people. A few years back, the team asked two clinical psychologists to interview SM without any knowledge of her condition. They described her as a “survivor”, as “resilient” and even “heroic” in how she coped with adversity. If you ask the woman herself, she’ll say that she feels upset or angry in the face of danger, but never fearful. Feinstein even thinks that because of her brain damage, she could be immune to posttraumatic stress disorder, a trait that she shares with some combat veterans.</i>Medusanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-84043393849269665612010-12-20T22:06:20.282-08:002010-12-20T22:06:20.282-08:00Very recent news story about a woman who cannot f...Very recent news story about a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12017039" rel="nofollow"> woman who cannot feel fear</a>.Medusanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-15675730413528343542010-12-20T21:56:38.359-08:002010-12-20T21:56:38.359-08:00has anyone watched the video that was linked in la...has anyone watched the video that was linked in last night's comments by anon 11:43? it was really fascinating: james fallon, a neuro-scientist who studies psychopathy/sociopathy spoke at length about his own genetic "soup," and of the unusual patterns seen in his own brain scans---both of which are extremely common among sociopaths.<br /><br />he not only came from a long line of killers, but according to his brain scans, his orbital cortex (responsible for ethical choices, roughly) is "off," while his dorsal lateral pre-frontal cortex ("cold" cognition and logic) is full on. <br /><br />he doesn't have tendencies towards physical or emotional violence---he believes this is because he wasn't abused or neglected, and these things must be present in order to trigger aggressive behavior in someone who has the above traits.<br /><br />interesting because the "cold" cognition/logic portion of the brain is so developed, and i've noticed that tendency here--a number of mathematicians, scientists, etc. of course, fallon himself is a neuro-scientist. <br /><br />i think when people say things like "i'm a collection of scar tissue," they're right on. i really don't think we (socio's, other pd's) were born to be violent--i think we were born to be extremely logical and rational, somewhat less connected so that we could get things done with all that "tech sense"---intense emotions are distracting. but i really don't think violence is a part of the genetic make-up.<br /><br />i have no idea where the conversation is by now--but i thought i'd throw this in for anyone who might be interested.Zednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-87971089639411663412010-12-20T21:43:06.749-08:002010-12-20T21:43:06.749-08:00i think treating men and women differently is a we...i think treating men and women differently is a well-honed act, nothing more.<br /><br />i'm complimentary to men and women. I like them both very much. <br />And i'll be downright honest to both too if they step on my toes. I'm with you there Notable. <br /><br />but how can i not love men? jeez, that's like pissing on your own doorstep.<br /><br />What i found off-putting in the past, was women with what i call a 'masculine' sense of humour or demeanour. I was prepared to put up with jibes from men that i wasn't from women. I don't know why. I simply assumed that all women were soft and cuddly. lol, how naive. I then learnt that i also have a bit of that type of sense of humour too. which was weird to find out. <br /><br />no, not pathological narcissist Notable. just a bit. the obsession with image aspect. that's HPD, which is a little like NPD in ways.<br /><br />'As for Borderlines being a little of everything, I really couldn't comment, as I don't know about all the PDs and how the correlate to BPD.'<br /><br />go read!~notmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-66257422843070204462010-12-20T21:42:18.882-08:002010-12-20T21:42:18.882-08:002 said...
And you're a cunt. So that's ab...2 said... <br />And you're a cunt. So that's about even.<br /><br /><br />Are you his mother?Nikitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-58811212580247256882010-12-20T21:36:15.073-08:002010-12-20T21:36:15.073-08:00And you're a cunt. So that's about even.And you're a cunt. So that's about even.2noreply@blogger.com