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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 8:53 am
the sociopath next door by martha stout... great read if you are interested in the subject: the gist of sociopathy... the total lack of remorse or regard for other people. The DSM-IV criteria -- the gold standard for diagnosing mental disorders -- Dr. Stout says, lists seven characteristics: failure to conform to social norms, being deceitful and manipulating, being impulsive, being irritable or aggressive, being unconcerned about the safety of the self or anybody else, being consistently irresponsible, and being unconcerned and unremorseful for hurting or stealing. To be a sociopath, you need to have at least three of the symptoms (and not just because you're in a bad mood. If you're not a sociopath, you'll probably regret it later). the part i found the most interesting is that ms. stout believes 4% of the population fits this bill. that means one in 25 people.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 8:57 am
Wow.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:13 am
I can see that.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:17 am
Very fitting.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:19 am
But the sociopathic behavior can be caused by being altered due to drugs, alcohol, brain injury, so many possible factors. It isn't something someone just decides to do today. I also wonder about that woman on Dr Phil if she has Munchausen ..not by proxy which would be making another person sick, but where she was making herself sick to get that attention from doctors and coworkiers?
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:19 am
How many members of tvch are there? that is a lot of sociopaths, LOL.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:23 am
LOL - The statistic does not apply as we are not a random sample of the population.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:23 am

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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:26 am
Jimmer, that probably means we haved MORE not less! ROFL!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:27 am
The signs fit my ex boyfriend to a T, every single one of them...
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:28 am
<looks suspicously around the room.... >
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:29 am
Lol I spit out my lemonade on that one Maris.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:32 am
i'm curious jimmer why we would not be a random sample. surely the site is large enough.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:33 am
Gidget, because we self select to be here, there we are not 'random'. If someone chooses to be part of a group, that invalidates true sampling.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:34 am
i think we are very random. ETA: i didn't see your post, Kar. not arguing with you! i was trying to be funny.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:35 am
Plus, I remember from doing the personality tests, I believe there to be a much larger number of introverts here than in the general population, another sign that we may be skewed here! 
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:36 am
Hermione called me skewed! And Cnd called me random! That means I am skewed randomly! LOL
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:37 am
I am one of the hugest introverts amongst us!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:37 am
Who are you calling skewed??? (LOL)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:38 am
Yes Scooter. We are all waiting for the day that you come out of your shell. <I'll be back as soon as I can get myself up off the floor>
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:39 am
Scooter, I would like to say I don't believe you, but I am also a huge introvert! I think introverts just find this method of interacting with people less wearying or taxing than in person so many of us gravitate to sites like this.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:39 am
beats the heck out of being randomly skewered! scoot, i feel your pain.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:40 am
<DUH> smacks self in head... college was a long time ago and i forgot more than i learned... hee hee
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:41 am
Speaking seriously (but only for a moment), I find it interesting if people's online personalities are different from their in-person personalities.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:44 am
I'm a repressed spinster in real life who hasn't had an orgasm in 11 years.
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