am I a sociopath?

[lanitoasmr]

I got bpd and depression, I tried to ctb 2 times in the last 5 days but I still alive. My family is so worry about me and when they talk to me I can't receive any emotion, It's like being empty. I saw my mother crying because I told her I'm tired of living and I didn't feel empathy either. Even when they cry I laugh sometimes, idk why. It's too weird

 

[TowerUpright]

We're you always that way towards your family?? It might lend itself to an answer to your question about being a sociopath. If you've attempted to catch the bus twice in the last five days, your probably sti in a crisis-like mode. See what happens after a couple of weeks and re-evaluate yourself. Maybe you'll have a better picture of yourself.

 

[EmbraceOfTheVoid]

Being emotionless does not mean you're a sociopath. People that experience extreme forms of trauma and stress can have their emotions and physical sensations blunted to the point that they don't feel much of anything. It's called the freeze response and is sometimes referred to as disassociation.

Trauma and the Freeze Response: Good, Bad, or Both?

The common response to a provocation that's extraordinarily threatening is the freeze response, which is how you react when something leaves you paralyzed in fear.

www.psychologytoday.com

I speak from experience because my problems with this have been lifelong and ingrained so I know quite a lot about it.

 

[glittergore]

You're not a sociopath, you're severely depressed. I get the same way when I'm in a bipolar depressive episode. You stop being able to feel most things. I know I also take some dark humor when I'm like that, as everything is so hollow that it's kind of hilarious.

 

[autumnal]

I got bpd and depression, I tried to ctb 2 times in the last 5 days but I still alive. My family is so worry about me and when they talk to me I can't receive any emotion, It's like being empty. I saw my mother crying because I told her I'm tired of living and I didn't feel empathy either. Even when they cry I laugh sometimes, idk why. It's too weird

Emotional blunting and inappropriate affect are both symptoms of depression. I'd say it's far more likely due to that than due to sociopathy. As a general rule of thumb, if someone has enough insight and concern to genuinely wonder if they are a sociopath, they probably aren't one

 

[Brokenwithbpd]

I got bpd and depression, I tried to ctb 2 times in the last 5 days but I still alive. My family is so worry about me and when they talk to me I can't receive any emotion, It's like being empty. I saw my mother crying because I told her I'm tired of living and I didn't feel empathy either. Even when they cry I laugh sometimes, idk why. It's too weird

You are not alone. I'm borderline too

 

[Theresa Riot]

You're not a sociopath. Some people experience depression as complete emptiness. I do.

 

[nitrogen]

People from here asked if I'm a sociopath. They also nudged me to see a therapist. My therapist & psychologist confirmed my sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies but I'm not the "full-blown" type. I don't see the problem with it. If anything, they really help me get my ways irl. I'm not sure if those tendencies contribute to my existential expression though.

 

[autumnal]

I don't see the problem with it.

Well no, sociopaths typically don't. That's what makes them sociopaths.

If anything, they really help me get my ways irl.

That's exactly how a sociopath would measure the effects of their disorder...

I'm not sure if those tendencies contribute to my existential expression though.

...as is this.

 

[nitrogen]

Well no, sociopaths typically don't. That's what makes them sociopaths.



That's exactly how a sociopath would measure the effects of their disorder...



...as is this.

But hey, you know I love you. Analyze that.

Edit: I don't consider sociopathy and psychopathy as pathological disorders. The world is ruled by psychopaths. Those tendencies enhance evolutionary fitness - in that sense, psychopaths are the next step in human evolution.

 

[KlMeNw]

But hey, you know I love you. Analyze that.

Edit: I don't consider sociopathy and psychopathy as pathological disorders. The world is ruled by psychopaths. Those tendencies enhance evolutionary fitness - in that sense, psychopaths are the next step in human evolution.

Jesus, I hope not. You only see it that way because your inside of it, if you new how it felt to care you would never want to go back to where you are now. I know because I was in a chronic state of depersonalization and derealization for 25 years due long term childhood trauma, as a consequence my ability to empathize and to feel much of anything was reduced to the point of something similar to a sociopath. I was like that for so long that I forgot what it felt like to be human, until I started receiving Ketamine therapy and it allowed me to break through my numbness to see and remember how to feel, understand and actually care about others again. I still struggle with dissociation sometimes but I have been through the looking glass to the other side. I now know that where I was at was true hell, being disconnected from others feelings and my own. Maybe that's why you think you're a sociopath, maybe you don't have to be.