Anti-Social Personality Disorder
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Anti-Social Personality Disorder
In a world full of fears, perhaps the worst one a human being
should have is that to be afraid of his fellow man. The human that
should be most feared is the one that has Anti-Social Personality
Disorder or in laymen's terms the psychopath. The psychopath is
probably the most deviant mind that exists and treatment is not very
successful because there is not a cure or drug to control it. The
solution in my mind to control the problem of sociopaths is to let
them live in colonies with each other. Through my research I will
develop an understanding of this personality disorder and convince you
the reader that my solution might be a viable solution.
The sociopath is a combination of other mental illnesses that
are incurred in childhood as a result of heredity, trauma and the
lack of emotional development. The lack of moral or emotional
development which gives a sociopath a lack of understanding for other
people's feelings which enables them to be deceitful without feeling
bad about whatever they do. The under developed emotional system as
explained in the video "The World of Personality Disorders volume 5"
says the sociopath is "emotionally retarded" . The sociopathic
behavior problems that start as a child have links to heredity, a
family with a pre-disposition to perform crimes, alcoholic parents
that do crimes, irresponsible behavior that persists and parents that
do not discipline. The child that will eventually be a sociopath
exhibits certain feeling inside that they are inadequate, shamed and
because of that they are teased and made fun of. The child
characteristics of a future sociopath consist of being incapable of
following the rules. The youngster will skip school, bully, steal,
torment animals, run away from home and the child is likely to develop
Attention Deficit \Hyperactivity Disorder or AD|HD. At an earlier age
than their peer group the child will smoke drink, do drugs, and become
sexually active. The diagnoses of Anti-Social Personality Disorder is
not used for people under the age of 18.
The Psychopath is defined in the dictionary as a person
suffering from, especially a severe mental disorder with aggressive
antisocial behavior which is a nice way of saying a really bad and
mean person. There are many characteristics of a sociopath and each
sociopath has their own special traits.
A sociopath gets great gratification in the act of hurting
someone for absolutely no reason. The behavior of a sociopath is so
close to normal it is extremely hard to diagnose. A sociopath is a
person that acts against society and their sole purpose it seems is to
act against the laws of the given land their end. The sociopath will
in most cases become violent and abuse drugs and alcohol to facilitate
the violent behavior. The violence in many cases is the result of
sub-concious decisions that might lead to murdering or assaulting
someone for no reason. When a sociopath is attacking someone they will
inflict more pain if the victim fights back.
The lack of moral development lets the person feel no guilt or
pain for what they did and quite possibly feel great about their
actions. A sociopath has little self regard for themselves and pays
little attention to their own personal safety when picking fights.
Quite often they will be outsized and get hurt. Some sociopaths are
non-violent and stay out of prison by doing small crimes like
swindling and insurance fraud. It is possible that a sociopath will
come from a normal home but their are more that do not. A sociopath
has the opposite morals of society and by doing things like beating up
people that are stronger than them they feel like they did something
positive. A psychopath is very reactive and will blow their cool
because of little things and no doubt assault the person they are
reacting to. There is a possibility that saratonin a chemical that is
linked to behavior has something to do with the disorder but is not
the major cause. The type 2 male sociopath drinks heavily no matter
what, has a history of frequent fights and arrests, they are impulsive
risk takers, curious, excitable, quick tempered, optimistic and
independent.
Characteristic List
* be glib or superficial
* have a grandiose self image
* be deceitful
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