We bump up against sociopathic people in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and grocery stores. Their lies tend to be complex and detailed.Īccording to Martha Stout, author of The Sociopath Next Door, 4% of the population is sociopathic. They are so practiced at lying that they respond to being caught in a lie by creating a new lie. That’s how they pull people into believing their lies and get away with as much as they get away with.
These elements go hand in hand in that sociopaths’ lack of conscience means that they can lie without showing the normal markers of lying. All 4 of these personality types may show similar lying patterns seen in sociopaths.īeing without conscience and enjoying lying are two key elements of sociopathic personality. Like narcissists and sociopaths, Borderline and Histrionic personalities are driven by self-centered motivations.
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In the DSM-5 manual for psychological diagnosis, sociopathy has the official diagnosis label of Antisocial Personality Disorder.Īntisocial PD is in a group of 4 "erratic and dramatic" personality disorders (enduring patterns of behavior) that have many overlapping personality traits displayed in similar personal and relationship dysfunctions: Others kill their psyches, financial health, self-esteem, reputation, ability to have another relationship, or their spirit. Some sociopaths (such as Jodi Arias or Scott Peterson) physically kill their targets. As you move along the continuum of sociopathic behavior, the perpetrators become more and more destructive. On this continuum, everyone past the half-way mark is going to cause problems for people who come in contact with them.
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But sociopathy can be put on a continuum from zero to serial killers. When we think of sociopathic people, we most often think of those that kill. When they find a suitable host, they latch on, and aren’t satisfied until they have sucked the life out of the person who has had the misfortune of becoming their target. They are on the lookout for strong, healthy hosts. Like other parasitic creatures, sociopaths need a “host” for survival. One way to define sociopath: Sociopaths are parasites. (I talk more about the narcissist-sociopath continuum of characteristics in this blog post: Characteristics and Traits of a Narcissist.) There is also overlap between sociopaths and what is being called malignant narcissists. What is a Sociopath? Malignant Narcissist?
Sociopathic Symptoms that Help Sociopaths Get Away with Their Liesįor more about ways people lie, check out this post: 12 Types of Lies and Deception What's in This Article What is a Sociopath? Malignant Narcissist? It doesn't even matter if their own children get hurt. It doesn’t matter if other adults get hurt and it doesn’t matter if children get hurt. It doesn’t matter what the consequences are to others as a result of their lies. They get their mind set on a goal and they will make up whatever they need to in their attempts to achieve their goal.
It also means that they don’t care about collateral damage. That means that they can look you right in the eye and lie to you and not show the usual markers that would give them away. Sociopaths are compulsive pathological liars. Creating elaborate lies for their own gain with no care about who gets hurt is a hallmark of sociopathic lying.
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