Although definitions vary, the following distinction seems useful to me:
Sociopaths are people with normal brains heavily traumatized early in life in particular ways; they have reduced empathy, little conscience, and carry a lot of anger. Some sociopaths are on the fence, as it were, and have a fair chance of regaining a more normal humanity or their souls, if you will.
Psychopaths are people with frontal-lobe deficits who are inherently unable to feel a strong (normal) sense of connection to others. They often have keen intellectual understanding of others (making them good predators) but live a life devoid of deep connection, which is akin to living in solitary confinement. MEANING is FEELING in human life, and the most important, bedrock feelings revolve around our connection to other life, especially other humans. In the absence of that connection, psychopaths gravitate to other goals such as wealth, celebrity, power over others, and typically show an exaggerated sense of their own importance.
Even psychopaths can benefit from a healthy, compassionate upbringing; in some cases, at least, it can create an adult who channels their energies in more healthy ways than they otherwise might.
Most psychopaths will see the value in maintaining relationships as camouflage. Typically they couple up. Psychopathy is equally as prevalent in women as it is in men. Psychopathy is more at the top of the social order.
At the bottom of the social order where the 99% is, the bigger issue is sociopathy. Sociopathy is more prevalent in women, partly because most of these modern narratives encourage women more to progress from their perceived trauma into full-blown sociopathy. They manufacture the perception of trauma and suggest and enable their progress towards sociopathic entitlement. Men have been more resistant to this for a number of reasons. Mostly because the trauma program needs a villain to blame the manufactured perception of trauma on. This is a big part of why men are rejecting society en masse.
They made a kind of sociopathy farm out of society.
Good point, spookyjumper.
Although definitions vary, the following distinction seems useful to me:
Sociopaths are people with normal brains heavily traumatized early in life in particular ways; they have reduced empathy, little conscience, and carry a lot of anger. Some sociopaths are on the fence, as it were, and have a fair chance of regaining a more normal humanity or their souls, if you will.
Psychopaths are people with frontal-lobe deficits who are inherently unable to feel a strong (normal) sense of connection to others. They often have keen intellectual understanding of others (making them good predators) but live a life devoid of deep connection, which is akin to living in solitary confinement. MEANING is FEELING in human life, and the most important, bedrock feelings revolve around our connection to other life, especially other humans. In the absence of that connection, psychopaths gravitate to other goals such as wealth, celebrity, power over others, and typically show an exaggerated sense of their own importance.
Even psychopaths can benefit from a healthy, compassionate upbringing; in some cases, at least, it can create an adult who channels their energies in more healthy ways than they otherwise might.
A fascinating book about psychopaths, BY a psychopathic neuroscientist and professor, is The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon.
Most of them become doctors, entrepreneurs, they tend to be very successful financially. Probobly not the best relationships though.
Most psychopaths will see the value in maintaining relationships as camouflage. Typically they couple up. Psychopathy is equally as prevalent in women as it is in men. Psychopathy is more at the top of the social order.
At the bottom of the social order where the 99% is, the bigger issue is sociopathy. Sociopathy is more prevalent in women, partly because most of these modern narratives encourage women more to progress from their perceived trauma into full-blown sociopathy. They manufacture the perception of trauma and suggest and enable their progress towards sociopathic entitlement. Men have been more resistant to this for a number of reasons. Mostly because the trauma program needs a villain to blame the manufactured perception of trauma on. This is a big part of why men are rejecting society en masse.
They made a kind of sociopathy farm out of society.
Only dangerous men can be good men.