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The diagnosis behind the word is antisocial personality disorder, and its lifetime prevalence is 3.6% of US adults. Among 5,000+ Dark Mirror takers, 9.1% lead on the sociopathic axis.
ASPD is the diagnosis. Factor 1 is the flavour. Here is what 'Factor 1 sociopath' actually means, how the ASPD label and the psychopathy factors fit together, and why the cold version is the one people underestimate.
Am I a sociopath is a question I can answer better than most, because I am one. Here is what actually points to ASPD, what is just coldness or trauma, and why feeling worried about it cuts against the diagnosis.
Love, for a sociopath, is not a feeling that happens to us. It is a decision we make about who is worth the investment. Here is how that selection actually works from the inside, and what it means if a sociopath chose you.
Narcissist vs sociopath is not a spectrum of the same thing. One needs to be adored, the other does not need you at all. Here are the key differences from someone diagnosed with ASPD who has spent a life around both.
Everyone writes about no contact from the victim's side. Here is what it actually feels like on mine, as a diagnosed sociopath: why your silence works, what it does and does not do to us, and the one mistake that hands us back the power.