tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post5163955811727539620..comments2024-03-28T00:33:57.308-07:00Comments on Sociopath World: PerspectiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-49588526197243872932012-01-01T15:23:33.021-08:002012-01-01T15:23:33.021-08:00Empathy accounts for so much of behavior. Take ne...Empathy accounts for so much of behavior. Take neophobia, for example, particularly in adult eating habits. People from a young age form intractable opinions about what is "good" and "normal" (often unable to distinguish between these concepts) based on observations they have made of people in their in-group, whom they desperately long to be like.<br /><br />If you just look down a list of cognitive biases, I think you'll find the majority can be traced back to empathy as a causal factor. Mirror neurons; monkey-see, monkey-do.<br /><br />Studies have shown that non-psychopaths literally lose the ability to think clearly and read properly when presented with emotionally loaded words, like "rape". Sociopaths don't have this problem (which, I believe, makes them ironically the only ones suitable for writing laws and guidelines for moral behavior without becoming draconian or hysterical).<br /><br />Think of all the arguments you've had about religion or politics. How many of those arguments *really* stem from religious or political disagreements? I used to think genuine philosophical differences account for arguments, but it's not so; the excuses normal people give for their beliefs are just far less convincing than the rationalizations of sociopaths for their crimes. Under close examination, most people's thoughts and opinions can be revealed to be pure bullshit--just empathy run awry.<br /><br />What I used to interpret as selfish behavior, attention-seeking, greed . . . I see now that most people have no such ulterior motives, most especially not gregarious or seemingly narcissistic people. The truth is, people behave the way they do because they long for connection, validation--their behavior is driven purely by empathy.<br /><br />Ever notice how little respect others show for you when they realize you "don't have a heart"? You see, to the empath, a person's "humanity" is the only thing that person possesses of value. They're promiscuous for empathy; they gobble it up. If you don't have what they want, you're just a lifeless husk to them, a vampire to be feared and destroyed--regardless of whether you've actually done any harm to them. Empaths are downright rude, selfish, and irrational. . . . But, I try to remind myself, it's only because they suffer a birth defect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-90614741116754237032011-10-23T12:24:21.711-07:002011-10-23T12:24:21.711-07:00Wow, my first time here to this site, and it's...Wow, my first time here to this site, and it's funny I've already deciphered that Ukan... And the Misses, are in fact the same person. Perhaps this was known to it's acquaintances, and they are merely furthering the play. If not, haha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-35225352462633812342011-10-20T18:56:50.761-07:002011-10-20T18:56:50.761-07:00They also seem better than most at holding multipl...<i>They also seem better than most at holding multiple perspectives at the same time. Has anyone noticed this?</i><br /><br />I can safely say that this is one of my strengths. I do get into situations where other people can't seem to accept it; to them I <i>must</i> have one or other well defined opinion or view on something. <br /><br />But generally speaking, and with intelligent individuals, it does help opening for more perspectives. <br /><br />I agree with your statement: The world is as we see it. The world is nothing, really, outside of our mental vision of it.Zhawqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149309325116416338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-26125144097795247342011-10-20T11:22:13.762-07:002011-10-20T11:22:13.762-07:00This is all really toooo deep for me. I gained an...This is all really toooo deep for me. I gained an interest in this because I have discovered that my sons father is a sociopath. Heres a question, how do you get away from a sociopath when you share a child? He refuses to go away and just leave us alone. But after knowing him for 8 years, I know that he means no good to me,to most people, most definitely not his family. Hes kinder to a stranger. I don't want him around my son. Are any of you parents? How do i get away from this living hell?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-89087176810272109412011-10-20T10:34:49.690-07:002011-10-20T10:34:49.690-07:00I'm not a sexual predator, Ami...
I don't ...I'm not a sexual predator, Ami...<br />I don't treat people I like, as garbage, Ami.<br />It is that perspective from which you believe we are supposed to care about everyone, that makes it too easy to hurt you. I am not obligated to you in any way. Get over yourself. Get over me.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332209662518792285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-43132763757412959952011-10-20T09:46:07.528-07:002011-10-20T09:46:07.528-07:00@Eden
You have an attachment disorder which was a...@Eden<br /> You have an attachment disorder which was a result of your upbringing. You cannot help that. <br /><br />However, can you help when you treat people as garbage and cast them off?<br /><br />Can you help it when you are a sexual predator?<br /><br />Do you want to stop this? Do you want to continue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-33119546545807250912011-10-20T07:09:17.447-07:002011-10-20T07:09:17.447-07:00Anonymous UKaneyMisses said...
I don't th...Anonymous UKaneyMisses said...<br /><br /> I don't think you can love, Eden.<br /><br />I've told people this before. They just think I fear it.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332209662518792285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-14635670558534351392011-10-20T07:03:36.007-07:002011-10-20T07:03:36.007-07:00UKaneyMisses said...
So she gets close to people ...UKaneyMisses said...<br /><br />So she gets close to people too easily and you can't get close enough to people. What was your feeling toward your father at that time? And your mother when she abandoned you?<br /><br /><br />I don't remember feeling anything. I learned to think of what my mother did as abandonment, from other people telling me. Otherwise, I just knew she was no longer there, and that's just the way it was.<br /><br />As far as my father or anyone else goes, I only felt something connect between emotion and person outside of my body, when physical contact was made.<br /><br />If there were no physical contact, or the threat of it, I could not connect to people.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332209662518792285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-73040287960067219682011-10-20T01:49:41.195-07:002011-10-20T01:49:41.195-07:00Harmony is an unnerving thought to many people who...Harmony is an unnerving thought to many people who have attachment issues. It's a wonder he married you. How long were you 2 together? How did you know he was a sociopath?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-90242359613795806322011-10-20T01:30:22.989-07:002011-10-20T01:30:22.989-07:00Jane, if that's your real name. Maybe we shoul...Jane, if that's your real name. Maybe we should do it together sometime. Contact me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-32778752344001090992011-10-20T00:50:14.074-07:002011-10-20T00:50:14.074-07:00I am Monica. I was married to a sociopath and...I am Monica. I was married to a sociopath and I am trying to figure out why the marriage failed.Monicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-41024298852389026042011-10-20T00:06:58.854-07:002011-10-20T00:06:58.854-07:00GoodnightGoodnightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-16129860986165763782011-10-20T00:05:19.001-07:002011-10-20T00:05:19.001-07:00Peeeeeeepellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll...Peeeeeeepelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll<br /><br /><br />peeepelwhooneedpepelllllllllllllle<br /><br />aaaaaaaaaaaah the lHAAAAAaaaaaaahhhhhAHHHHHHHHhhhhhkeeeeeeyest<br />PeeeepelllleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-40232397742734318212011-10-19T23:52:44.162-07:002011-10-19T23:52:44.162-07:00Anon: Ah. Awesome :)
Jane: I wanted to add that I...Anon: Ah. Awesome :)<br /><br />Jane: I wanted to add that I do mess with people sometimes, but they always end up needing me too much, and then I throw them away. I've been thinking that I have enough enemies. And yeah, its fun enough. It passes the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-70891021194524866372011-10-19T23:47:06.690-07:002011-10-19T23:47:06.690-07:00Kyle
sounds funKyle<br /><br />sounds funJanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-40360094657989248782011-10-19T23:38:34.754-07:002011-10-19T23:38:34.754-07:00Idk, Leigha, some bipolar guy with a heroine addic...Idk, Leigha, some bipolar guy with a heroine addiction or something, fuck if i remember.Bellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-56432163879669487722011-10-19T23:35:37.933-07:002011-10-19T23:35:37.933-07:00I was trying to be light, Kyle. I agree with you.I was trying to be light, Kyle. I agree with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-845164771182105472011-10-19T23:14:21.393-07:002011-10-19T23:14:21.393-07:00Jane: Gaming, movies, studying, porn.
Anon: Peop...Jane: Gaming, movies, studying, porn. <br /><br />Anon: People with a sincere, desperate need for others are pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-62395770743790766062011-10-19T23:10:29.395-07:002011-10-19T23:10:29.395-07:00Bella: Who is Kesu?
TNP: What, for you, is the di...Bella: Who is Kesu?<br /><br />TNP: What, for you, is the difference between an emotion and a thought? What is the difference between empathy and sympathy?(<-- legit questions)<br />I assume that you're referring to either Bella or myself because you're talking about empathy. Neither of us cited anything. I kept mine vague primarily because in context, empathy is referred to as a link between the excavator and people in pre-historic societies which is necessary to interpret meaning in the material record (in post-processual archaeology theoretical models), and the specificity really has no bearing on this discussion. Secondly, I don't remember which article this idea came from because I've covered about a thousand pages of theory in the past two weeks (all of which are in an unfortunate state of disorganization). (<-- Overly-defensive, probably unnecessary bitchiness brought on by lack of sleep)Leighanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-51073178860055728022011-10-19T22:32:31.351-07:002011-10-19T22:32:31.351-07:00For Kyle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-LXM5tHh...For Kyle<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-LXM5tHhVUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-89149704853635983952011-10-19T22:20:15.882-07:002011-10-19T22:20:15.882-07:00Empathy has many varied and disputed definitions, ...Empathy has many varied and disputed definitions, but take the emotions out of empathy and it isn't empathy. Simple as that.<br /><br />Recognizing someone is experiencing something does not equate to emotionally intuiting and feeling their emotions.<br /><br />So next time, use some of your atrophied grey matter before you start citing theory you found on wiki as fact.TNPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-32881979390200060602011-10-19T22:01:02.458-07:002011-10-19T22:01:02.458-07:003) I recently came across a definition of empathy ...3) I recently came across a definition of empathy as the ability to think as another would think in a similar situation. Given this definition, it seems like the ability to switch perspectives is dependent on empathy. If we use this definition of empathy, sociopathy becomes not a lack of empathy, but a failure to recognize or respect other people as equals DESPITE the ability to predict others' actions via similarities in mental processes.<br /><br />Kesu said this. It is a choice to care.Bellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-36563933717801861322011-10-19T21:47:55.713-07:002011-10-19T21:47:55.713-07:00I don't think you can love, Eden. It sounds li...I don't think you can love, Eden. It sounds like you've never experienced it to have been taught to love. Except perhaps in instances of pain as you showed your sister. Emotional ties are not something you can build. But thank you for the insight. I'm not entirely convinced by your story, but it gives me a lot of understanding of the sexually bizarre. I'd wondered how people became so unique.UKaneyMissesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-25041784577829124472011-10-19T21:38:29.606-07:002011-10-19T21:38:29.606-07:001) Does anyone commenting on this site actually th...1) Does anyone commenting on this site actually think that anyone else commenting is a sociopath?<br /><br />2) Have there been any discussions about which commentators are actually ME? It seems to be a common practice here to use more than one, and I can't see ME not interfering with the conversations/playing with us all. I'm reading through the archives, and I was just wondering if the topic's been brought up...<br /><br />3) I recently came across a definition of empathy as the ability to think as another would think in a similar situation. Given this definition, it seems like the ability to switch perspectives is dependent on empathy. If we use this definition of empathy, sociopathy becomes not a lack of empathy, but a failure to recognize or respect other people as equals DESPITE the ability to predict others' actions via similarities in mental processes.Leighanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628748600098131100.post-61910956450011542302011-10-19T21:13:07.623-07:002011-10-19T21:13:07.623-07:00You hit on everything that walks Jason.You hit on everything that walks Jason.Bellanoreply@blogger.com