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You have a very admirable take on all these questions. It's hard to believe you have a disorder.
And on that note, do you think you do? From the comments it seems like you agree you have a disorder that needs fixing and is bad, as you put it.
I have a hard time with these diagnostics that seem to change a lot (a broken bone had always been a broken bone and needs healing). How far are things just different perspectives or just different personalities or disorders?
I have many of the same behaviors as people from many "disorders", and also from the same zodiac sign. If I changed them I would just be another person, not necessarily more healthy. And the same with everyone.
I'm not sure what I'm getting at. It's just that you have a much more controversial diagnosis and you seem more mentally stable than the vast majority I hear talking. It makes me question these diagnosis more than I do with myself. But then again, you seem more rational than I am, and with the least socially acceptable diagnosis and you seem to agree with it, so I think it's just me making excuses for my disorder and it all makes sense...
Thank you, I'm so glad I could come across as stable as someone with this disorder can. The response has been amazing as well. I couldn't have imagine how open people the people in this AMA being this open. I can say that I've changed a lot of people's view of this disorder that wouldn't have happened anywhere else.
When I was diagnosed I wasn't really worried more surprised. I thought of sociopaths as simply evil serial killers and super villains so it was very hard to think of myself as one. Looking back there where a lot of obvious signs from my childhood. I'm lucky enough that I got the help I needed but it is difficult to live with the sigma of ASPD. A saying I come back is "A king doesn't concern himself with the opinion of peasants". Most people's opinion on ASPD is invalid as they don't really understand it and what they know only comes from Hollywood. Just remember, a diagnosis doesn't define you. It lead to some traits more then others but as long as you can handle them and get the help you need them it's fine. Nobody is perfect, we all have bad things about our self and good parts about our self. For some it's there intelligence, looks and weigh but for others it's being a narcissist or having ASPD.
I think a better way to put my question is: do you think yo need help? You said ASPD is bad. Do you agree, independently of what others say, that what you are is bad and needs to be fixed?
That's the conflict I still don't know the answer. If those diagnosis are as real as a broken bone, is it a disease that needs healing or a personality trait?
From everything you told me it seems to me you think it is something that needs healing, and you seem to be more rational than I am, so your opinion is being very useful and important. One thing is a "normal" person who has nothing to lose saying we need help, the other is someone else being on this side of the bridge.
I just want the answer to be "no, they are wrong and they just don't like that which is different", but I don't know if my wish is the reality.
Yes, ASPD is ultimately a disorder. Not feeling empathy or remorse isn't normal and can you down a bad path in the long run. There's a reason why so many criminals have ASPD.
While I believe our society stigmatises ASPD too much I also understand that ASPD is something deeply wrong with me. Some people need help more then others but you don't understand what I'm saying. You seem to think you need to fixed by someone else. That's not what I believe at all. I believe that we all have our floors and we all have the ability to work on them. This can be a lot of things from weight, productivity or healthiness. Regardless of what is we all have the duty to improve ourselves. I would like to specify 'we' because no one else is going to fix them for you.