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Gidget
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07-28-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 8:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
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.


Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Wow.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I can see that.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Very fitting.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
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?

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
How many members of tvch are there? that is a lot of sociopaths, LOL.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL - The statistic does not apply as we are not a random sample of the population.

Retired
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07-11-2001

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    


Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, that probably means we haved MORE not less! ROFL!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
The signs fit my ex boyfriend to a T, every single one of them...

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
<looks suspicously around the room.... >

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Lol I spit out my lemonade on that one Maris.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
i'm curious jimmer why we would not be a random sample. surely the site is large enough.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
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.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i think we are very random.

ETA: i didn't see your post, Kar. not arguing with you! i was trying to be funny.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
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!

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Hermione called me skewed!

And Cnd called me random!

That means I am skewed randomly! LOL

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
I am one of the hugest introverts amongst us!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Who are you calling skewed???

(LOL)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
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>

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    


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.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
beats the heck out of being randomly skewered!

scoot, i feel your pain.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
<DUH> smacks self in head... college was a long time ago and i forgot more than i learned... hee hee

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Speaking seriously (but only for a moment), I find it interesting if people's online personalities are different from their in-person personalities.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I'm a repressed spinster in real life who hasn't had an orgasm in 11 years.