Sociopath vs Psychopath: What's the Difference?
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Sociopaths are often called psychopaths and vice versa but there are differences between a psychopath and a sociopath. Psychopaths, for example, are far more likely to get in trouble with the law while sociopaths are much more likely to blend in with society. And while sociopaths and psychopaths do share some traits, sociopathy (antisocial personality disorder) is generally considered less severe than psychopathy.
Here are 5 subtle differences between a sociopath and psychopath.
Also, be sure to watch our video on 5 Signs You've Met a Sociopath but just don't know it yet: • 5 Signs You’ve Met a S...
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my professor always told me
a psychopath will throw you out the window
while a
sociopath will convince you to jump out the window
Woah, that's a good one
I beg to differ, although my argument is solely based on the content of this video, isn't the psychopath the one who's going to convince to jump since he's the manipulative one? Also the sociopath's decison making is more spontaneous and less strategic so he could throw you out based on whimsy... I could be wrong tho
Its the opposite
Why was i the only one who read 'what's the differens between a sandwich and a psychopath'
What about someone who would convince you to jump out the window then throw you out the window because you're doing it wrong?
People: look at all these people claiming to be psychopaths
Me: *cant find a single comment like that*
Scoll down, I counted 10 before I stopped. You do admittedly have to go decently far before you see the first one. After that they're pretty much all right there.
Theyve been flooded lol
Sort by new comments, most of them are edgy 10 year olds who should be on yt kids
Sort by new you’ll see a lot
There were a lot of them when this came out. I think it's been narrowed down since the top comments were all about self-diagnosing teens
Just to SIMPLY compare and contrast the two
Psychopathy = Mental disorder
Sociopathy = Personality disorder
Mr Somebody this actually helps a lot tysmm
Mr Somebody Got it thanks.
Short best answer
This is good! :)
Mr Somebody good tldr
side note, for me this comment was posted 3 days ago but the video was uploaded several minutes ago. wut
Realistically, no true psychopath would make a comment about their disorder, unless they were proviing iinformation regarding the diagnosis in a relevant manner. As psychopaths tend not to participate in any activity that does not serve a purpose. For example; a psychopath usually will not go out of his/her way to destroy someone, regarless of what they did to them, unless doing so served a higher purpose, and/or doing so directly benifits them. Or if they deem it worth while. Since they do not have normal emotional responses they tend to consider such matters trivial and pointless. Furthermore, if someone stabbing them and "humiliating" them would, to some psychopaths not be a driving force to persue the person, they surely would not see any point in essntially bragging about and/or stating their condition on the internet. Considering psychopaths lack the need for reassurance from others and tend to extraordinarily cunning they would find absolutely no use in stating any information pertaining to them unless it was warranted. In conclusion, absolutely almost everyone posting about how their are psychopathic are a bunch of edge lords.
They don't understand what the condition even is and have never seen it. Its a vile state and disgusting, hollyweird can make anything seem edgy
Goblintooth it's not a vile state nor disgusting. It's a mental health condition, though not all psychopaths are "vile and disgusting", that is edgy bull shit. It varies from person to person.
Goblintooth All it is is lacking in certain human characteristics and low emotional responses. That in itself cannot make them vile. It's by definiton having a different neurological make up. That's it, it has nothing to do with violence or murder.
Its not a mental health condition its a neurological disease that has never been successfully treated resulting in ppl tearing live kittens apart and murdering ppl because they are hungry and want to eat their brains for more power. Its nt edgy to want everyone of them exterminated, its good common sense. They are anti-conscience societal pollution who belong among wolves more than men.
Goblintooth Not really. Psychopaths like anyone else have the capacity just like anyone else to either do good or harm. A lack of emotion isn't synonymous with being a vile human being. Many people who have psychopathy are in some regards more civil and less parasitic than their neurotypical counterparts.
A Psychopath has no sense of right and wrong. A Sociopath has distorted views of right and wrong.
What's right and wrong is an opinion.
Maybe, but I do not think so. You see, as wrong and distorted Hitler's ways were, he thought what he was doing was "for Germany" and it would "improve" the country, which was, of course, untrue, but he had feelings and emotions, he just was a shitty person with disgusting political views.
A Psychopath HAS sense of right and wrong, and that's what makes them more dangerous.
Of course they have. They have cognitive empathy, so they know what is wrong or right and not rarely decide for the right in some aspects. And also there are studies that psychopaths are not psychopaths from when they was born. They can be made to a psychopath before puberty IF they have the genes for it
@GOD OF ART Not really, i mean he did cry when his mother died
I'm not a psychopath!
I'm a highly functioning....
Edgy teenager.
What an intellectual 👏
Lunaia 101 No, it’s a Sherlock refrence
Sherlock is a very nice show, what did you like, BBC or movie
I see what you nearly did there...
SHERLOCK HAHAHA AHSHWHDG
"I'm not a psychopath, just a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."
-Sherlock
We learn in the final episode that Sherlock has PTSD from childhood trauma. Do *your* research
@@Stigmatix666 Spoiler alert -_-
@@Stigmatix666 /wooosh that's Sherlock's line in the series lmao, you basically just told Sherlock to go do his research.
@@kitsune9158 No shit, sherlock ;)
@@kitsune9158 that's not at all a wooosh. There wasn't even a joke
Sociopath has a *soci*
Psychopath has *psych*
You are the pun winner of the day.
Friday *slow clap*
Unin Serious it isn't. I still think Friday's comment should get an award though. It actually made me go "oh yeah, duh."
Friday lol
Friday choose which path will you go
I came here just to see all the self-diagnosing edgy teenagers in the comments. I'm glad I decided to, I've had a real laugh.
bonus if they have an anime profile picture
😂😂
'When you think you're a sociopath, but after watching you know you are.'
Crazy Chicken xD
Al La I could be a sociopath easily.
Cop: "Why did you shoot the unarmed customer blocking the door during your bank robbery?"
Sociopath: "He wasn't a cop. What right did he have to try and stop me? I don't like people who try to play hero."
Psychopath: "He was between me and the door."
The root word of Sociopath is social. In high functioning cases, almost every big decision they make is based on an outside force that either helped or hurt them. This outside force is usually another human being(s).
The root word of Psychopath is psych. The world is their own mind, and anything in the real world including human beings are just tools or blockages.
Both CAN be equally dangerous in high functioning cases. It's kinda one of those 'pick your poison' type situations tbh.
That's one of the best explanations of the difference between the two terms I've come across.
One of the answer was supposed to be: "Because I need to fucking escape or else I'll be in jail for the rest of my fucking life!! If that guy wasn't between me and my door then we wouldnt be here now and I'll be rich with my bank robbery money"
What? Do you really expect a legitimate answer from a person trying to rob a bank? They're going to go to jail anyway might as well go all out and murder everyone.
Does "high functioning" mean the same thing in socio/psychopaths as it does in autistic people, as in a slight version? Or does it mean a strong version in this case?
Lol I have a EX who’s a sociopath, I could never agree more
“ he was between me and the door” why am I laughing so hard at that
Like I said in the recent video: I differentiate psychopaths & sociopaths by comparing them to vampires or werewolves
Vampires have this chilling calm about them, they can't feel anxiety/embarrassment - Psychopath
Werewolves get triggered by the moon, in other words, Sociopaths are people who just get triggered by something and can't control their irritability or rage
YoAntoNeo Holy shit I thought I was the only one that thought of it that way
YoAntoNeo That just sang to the geek in me....epic description x
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O_O
That's true. With psychopaths, the motivations are self-driven and otherwise impersonal. Sociopathy may seem similar to the uninitiated, but in short order, once contact has been established and hooks deployed, it will develop into a highly personalized and protracted evisceration of the host. And yes, dust will trigger these mindless, soulless f*cks. Don't ever forget, if they are in any sense alive, their hearts are pumping stolen blood. No exceptions. If this does not describe you, I have good news for you. You have been misdiagnosed and can get on with your life.
ChAzer Fazer: As you have amply demonstrated, there is nothing inaccurate in what I said. If the information is not to your liking, too goddamned bad. You are defined by your actions and or reactions to circumstances. Not by your initial circumstances. You clowns go out of your way to A) blame anything and everything but yourselves, while B) attempting (in pathetic fashion)to evoke sympathy while shitting on everything and everyone worthwhile in your path. Your word salad is a dead-giveaway. Thanks for checking in.
As a diagnosed sociopath it feels good to see a video that doesn’t show us as killers or madmen capable of anything.
It is true that in some measures it is difficult for me to feel certain things but I still remain a human person and that some people often forget...
Yes they are sometimes even worst than they think we are,good to find one of my kind.
Honestly the amount of hate and demonization directed to me because of something I can’t control is pretty hurtful
@@idkwtcm984 cry about it lmao
@@dabtican4953 damn, I made this comment a long time ago lmao. Completely forgot about it.
@@idkwtcm984 it ain’t hate it’s ignorance if u told ur friends/family theyd prolly be nervous at first then realize ur still u n get over it
You described every politician.
Not really u see politicians have a lot of these tendencies however not all of them are either if they were they wouldn’t feel the need to attack each other constantly unless they enjoyed humiliating their openents, but even if they did a good portion of people will still side against them, therefore there would be no gain to them.
Washington DC has the most psychopaths per capita
@@IHavent82Day so wrong 😑
@@mynameiscare999 no I’m not
@@IHavent82Day Sociopaths not Psychopaths and we recognize each other easily even over tv 💁♀️
It's hard to take this video seriously when you haven't even established the main eitiologies of psychopathy and sociopathy, with a clue of the answer being partially in the words. (Psycho)paths meaning their condition has it's roots in internal variables, e.g. genetics/congenital/psychological issues, differences in brain function. (Socio)pathy on the other hand is thought to have it's roots more in social (sociological), environmental and/or interactional factors, such as upbringing, dysfunctional families, abuse/bullying, etc.
R Hirshi this explained it so much better
You, my friend, give the best explanation of the differentiation between sociopathy and psychopathy.
Good job at explaining 👍
Correct and good post - one is by biology and the other is by environment, or, one is by nature and the other by nurture. Take your pick.
but.... it has been proven not all phychopaths are born phychopathic.
I guess they both take their own paths
Lmao.
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Your last statement is wrong. Psychopaths cannot be a sociopath because sociopaths have empathy therefore a psychopath can't be a sociopath and a sociopath can't be a psychopath. I did have a roommate who claimed to be a sociopath and he was empathetic and very violent and I pretty much escaped with my life intact, so I would know because I have a relative who is a psychopath.
You're right. A psychopath can not be a sociopath and vice versa. Good catch!
Do note, not all sociopaths are violent, I for instance am fairly laid back, just manipulative and a compulsive liar by nature. Though if I've nothing to gain from you I've no reason to do ether.
khaosjoker909 Cool, can we be friends? Lol jk. But how do you know you are a psychopath? I was under the impression that psychopaths aren't aware of what they are.
Art Chemist I've been diagnosed with aspd. that's how I know. just like anyone who isn't a therapist.
Art Chemist No no no no. It's actually the opposite. If you're suspicious of being a psycho/socio path, you're not. Psychopaths know 100% that they are one
umm.. WAIT. I just came from the shane video and I though sociopaths DIDN'T feel any remorse and sadness?
Silver Tea yeah, i feel like the woman in his video described psychopathy, not sociopathy.
big boy nah she didn't. She read it out of a book that everyone has to learn before even being accepted for a psychology study. I personally don't find this video 100% accurate.
Danielle, a girl that has the antisocial personallity disorder explained that it is a lot different than this woman tried to tell us. This Woman in shanes video talked about psychopaths and not sociopaths.
Its a common misconception,but they,can,its just not as much.They can also build emotional relationships,like they can have friends, relationships,and really care about the people in the group,sociopathy is a personality disorder,not a mental.
The lack of remorse a sociopath feels comes from conditioning over time. I think that is a good way to put it.
I'm not a psychopath I'm a high functioning sociopath do you research!!
HockeySnails4life niceee
HockeySnails4life
Can a sociopath feels deep love to cats? I used to kill animals including cats as a child, my mother was abusive and always beat me before I reach 13, but I never wet my bed.
Now I love cats more than human, and feel some remorse of what I did when I was young. I would never kill another person, *I want to, if they hurt my feeling very deeply, I have a diary filled with my plans to kill the person I hate, just for fun* ...but I won't commit a crime, because I don't want to go to jail. I'd rather never to meet these people again than get triggered and do something stupid.
Am I a sociopath? I'm sorry I asked you, I got no money to meet psychologist and such.
*Mrs. Voldemort* my god...you probably are
*Mrs. Voldemort* but then again, you want to kill them, the only thing holding you back is the thought of getting caught. You should go to a phycologist and get help, please.
Mrs. Voldemort Yeah i'm a psychopath. When i was a kid i used to beat my cat really bad. the cat was smart enough to jump out the balcony every morning before i could reach him. But today i got a dog and i love her more than anything. The reason for you to love your cats is because you feel like you're in power of them, and all they are is cute hairballs for you. If you would compare your definition of love compared to a normal person then it's not the same. You don't love your cats, you simply like them and see them as a thing u deeply like, simular to the love for music. u would be sad to lose it, but you simply like it because u find a type of connection to it. You can't diagnos yourself 100%. Tell me if u have more questions :) Sorry for my bad grammar, english is not my main language.
"Im a high-functioning sociopath, do your research"
-Sherlock Holmes
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm high functioning sociopath" - Reaper in overwatch
Sociopaths know that they have to feel or say something when something bad happens but psychopaths don't.
Ur right.
I’ve seen a few edgy teens comments, but way more people making fun of edgy teens
People just make fun of everything they possibly can, because they're mad that they can't do anything better.
@@SuperVladdrakula offended?
@@hannah1535 What?
@@SuperVladdrakula what ?
@@hannah1535 You're just writing random words here? I see.
I'd like to see the world through a pyschopath's eyes for one day
No you wouldn't. Trust me.
My ex was a psychopath. He was in constant torment because he couldn't connect with people ever. It is a horrible way to live. I wouldn't wish it on my worse enemy.
@@xrestlessloverx I'm so sorry that you and your ex had to go through that. I guess I would like to have more empathy for them.
@@mo_7199 You're such a sweet person to say that. I totally understand why you'd feel that way. We need more people in the world like you :)
@@xrestlessloverx thank you. i suffer from bipolar disorder and anxiety and I wish people could see the world from my eyes. It's simple things that make a big difference
@@mo_7199 Agreed
What if a psychopath dates a sociopath?
**RIP normal humans**
Psychopaths are unable to maintain relationships so that probably won't happen.
@@_.ana._. what if, you know somehow,
@@musa8693 that won't happen
Forever Studying what if the psychopath dates someone for a manipulative reason?
@@qqma4791 then the relationship would only last until they got what they wanted.. and it'd be pretty one sided since the psychopath really just wanted smthn from the person
You were explaining us the difference between Psychopath and a Low Functioning Sociopath. What about the high functioning ones?
Suraj Shaw Sherlockian?
You'll just have to do your research about that.
This is so interesting holy shit.
I’m learning psychology and it’s so fascinating.
Hahahahahahaha
My wife is 54 years old, she didn't even know contagious yawning was even a thing.
It's natural to yawn
Was about to sleep... but it's a Pysch2Go video and *I have* to watch it! They're always interesting!
Go to sleep! :) Can always watch it tomorrow!
Psych2Go CAN ALWAYS SLEEP TOMORROW
haha do what you like :)
haha same!
I'm watching this at 1:30AM.
theres more people trying to call out edgy teenagers than edgy teenagers
Me: breaths
Edge lords: "So I'm both a psychopath and sociopath"
_What?_
I used to be edgy. Fir some reason I acted like I was "depressed" to get ppl to give me stuff
@•Kawaii kitty QwQ• How tf you don't know about sarcasm?
I'm only 13 but I love psychology so your videos are always so entertaining for me to watch.
I'm 16 and I'm thinking about being a drug lord
Well I hope you know that sociopaths are the one with no empathy not psychopaths
I'm 16 and writing storybooks
@@jasminedelphine2882 Psychopaths physically cannot feel emotions, their brains are unable to from birth because they structure is different, sociopaths were greatly damaged. Yes it can lead to desensitization, but sociopaths are capable of actual emotion.
There’s a shit ton of comments saying the comments are filled with comments from edgy teens self diagnosing but I have yet to find a single one like that
!p inception soundtrack
there were a lot when this came out, just narrowed down since top comments were all for self-diagnosing teens. but still you can see lots in the newest comment tab
rythm is a shitty bot
A lack of empathy isn't much of a barrier in having relationships. Just because you aren't able to feel bad for your friend if they got hurt in any way, or feel happy for them when they feel happy, doesn't mean you can't build bonds with people based on similar likes, views, hobbies, values, & other things. & a strong valuing of justice can be very easily confused by others as empathy. ( just including this info to show how hard it can be to not only differentiate the two, but to even point either or out lol ).
Commander Waddles True, I grew up with a huge lack o empathy but still had friends in spite of that. Even one of them said he was okay with me being selfish
Commander Waddles empathy is just the ability to resonate with someone, put yourself in there shoes and understand them, so yeah it makes it a lot easier.
Exactly, finally someone on one of these videos gets it.
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. If you don't have empathy doing something wrong to someone else won't effect you in any way and you will see nothing wrong with what you did. Having no empathy means you will not care about how anyone else feels and makes you only care about yourself. This makes everyone else a tool to your success and nothing more. It can't be a a true relationship if it is only one sided.
My bf is a sociopath like a classic one but I still Love him. He used to be unsympathetic with me and be really mean but now we have a good relationship and treat each nicely
after seeing this I began to believe that my father and some of my relatives are either sociopaths or psychopaths, but thankfuly I didn't take after any of them. and by looking at them i realized that a life void of empathy and genuine social bonds is not worth being lived
"a life void of empathy and genuine social bonds is not worth being lived"
Screw you too?
Bro you really gonna call out my dull empathy?
Time to go to sleep..
>Psych2Go uploads a video
Fuck sleep.
haha. We're evil.
Curse you. -w-
Veeva the dumpster.
As someone diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, I feel some of these analysis to be misleading... I can speak from experience when I say there is a definite negative stigma for nearly any not fully understood mental or personality disorder.
Please note and keep in mind that elements/expressions/characteristics of Narcissism, Sociopaths, and even Psychopaths operate on a spectrum. It is not an all or nothing thing with any of the characteristics of these. An individual may exhibit all of one while another may be near non-existent. This stigma that these are "bad" people further causes individuals of such diagnosis to retreat even further from society and causes a circular effect of misunderstanding. I myself rate on the rather high end for a lack of empathy but this does not imply that act as if they do not exist. I simply take more time and often resort to the input of others when dealing with situations where I am unsure how to respond because of emotional fallout.
Abraham Ortiz Most gay male are narcissistic as fuck, maybe you are gay?
Abraham Ortiz I would advise you to abandon your therapist and his/her diagnosis. You don't even appear to be in view of any "spectrum," let alone, on it. At the very least, get another opinion from someone who has a personal stake and background in this sort of nonsense.
Maekong Mike Hi I'm mike and I can diagnose people with mental disorders based off of their youtube channel and a comment. Aren't I amazing?
What? WhyWouldIDoThat? Your comprehension issues are showing. In your case, it really would be better to be quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt (yet again). I'm pretty sure this won't be the first (or the last) time you receive this advice. Have a nice day.
Maekong Mike Comprehension issues? Lol..anyway. I did skim through that last paragraph so there was probably something big I missed there. Just seems a bit silly to say that a person's therapist is wrong based off of their youtube account (if you bothered to get a bit stalker-ish on them.) and a 2 paragraph comment.
Wait, this video means you got your '5 signs you've met a sociopath' & 'dating a sociopath' videos incorrect. They feel remorse and aren't so organized but those video says they can't feel remorse and are calculating. Maybe rename them with psychopath instead of sociopath so people won't be confused. Or maybe I missed something, it's just a detail I noticed.
SupremeMarioGamer she got them backwards
my best friends ex was a sociopath.. he was so manipulative and managed to make everybody like him but inside he was so rotten...he made her completely attached to him to the point where she would‘ve done everything to satisfy him, and he knew that and used it to manipulate her even more...even though she actually has a really strong personality! They fought all the time, he beat her, even me at some point since i was with them most of the time...and she let all of this happen, bcuz she just loved him so much. I hated him with all my guts that in the end I was happy he cheated on her which was the only thing that made my best friend seriously dump him. I‘m so proud of her for cutting him off💝 i wouldn‘t want anyone to ever have to deal with a psycho or sociopath...it‘s exhausting confusing and might break someone...
This video is highly informative. Yesterday, I broke up with my boyfriend because he was a straight up sociopath. He never takes the blame for anything and always thinks he is the victim, even when he knows he isn't. After I broke up with him, he went on his story and started saying false information about me and saying that I was the cause of his friends abandoning him. Like, no, I wasn't the cause of your friends departing. And yesterday, he tried turning many people against me. I was shaking and crying and my friend came over to comfort me. I lot of my friends are guarding me tomorrow because they don't want him going after me because they're afraid he's going to hurt me. (He is very violent.) Sociopaths are so fucking scary because of how good at manipulating they are. :(
Psychopaths are worse
Presley Trancy if your that worried I'd honestly call the police, there's a non emergency number for your area so you don't have to call 911 right now unless he's at your front door, they'll most likely have a cop patrol the area and keep an eye out for him and stay close by in case you do need to call 911 and they can get to you much sooner.
I'd be very careful, Sociopaths are very bad to deal with, and usually cause more problems similar to this than Psychopaths do. Additionally i'd recommend taking up a simple martial art, such as boxing, it takes very little time to learn and little to to learn how to use it effectively. Additionally you don't need to be strong to hit hard if you have the skill which won't take long to gather. Also Blairs comment is helpful as well. Never the less be careful, and try to remain optimistic, you have friends there to willing to support you, use them if you must additionally having feedback about how effective the choices you'll make is usually a good thing. I hope my comment has helped you in some way.
Alan Mota i beleive its the opposite
mostly because psychopaths are very obvious to pick upas they react objectively and never emotionally. They might be good actors to get attention but to actually form natural relationships are difficult (like it says in the video) Sociopaths, on the other hand, are more normal, they can easiily mold into the rest of th normal people and it takes a lot more time to pik up a Sociopath
true, psychopaths are more dangerous in he see they arent afraid to harm you, but truly socipaths are the scariest because they can form relationships naturally and more easily emotionally manipulate other people with theiir own emotions. Psychopaths cant do that
Presley Trancy i do hope the best for you though and dont let him get to you. My only advce is to warn others of your ex's behavior
Shit, my ex was a sociopath too. He made me feel like I was at fault for shit. Part of me is intrigued about his disorder but the other half is just resentful. He knows he's a sociopath and at least tried to be a decent person but in the end, he was a manipulative bastard. I will at least give him the fact that he was TRYING to be good. WE parted ways permanently, hence ex. But, I guess, some people weren't merely as "lucky". Man, I hope you're ok now.
I believe my neighbor has a mental disorder. I've spent quite a few months trying to figure out what he is, but I am afraid of making an erroneous approach. He's got a numerous family, but he shows no affection for them whatsoever. He's always in a neutral mood and blank expression. He has this creepy dead glare and whenever me and my family come to his house (not for him, but his family) he acts in a very false and antisocial way. He leaves for work at dawn and comes back very late and never tells his family where he has been, plus, they know little about this man's past. I'm worried he can be a threat for my family
miroslavdeshin why dont you show him a little friendship then make love :))
Just because he does not fit your definition of "normal" it does not make him a threat.
We could see your concern when you suspect someone in close proximity could be a psychopath or sociopath. But note that not all will kill or do bad things. However, if you're really concern, maybe strike a conversation with him and see where it goes. Maybe he's an introvert or who knows, maybe he's doing businesses/jobs that's taking priority over emotional connection.
If you're not a doctor or haven't worked in psych for a year I wouldn't try to diagnose, especially when it comes to personality disorders.
Yeah, personality disorder is hard to diagnose and usually only a professional can do that, especially when it comes to antisocial personality disorder where someone can easily mask the traits.
To the angsty teens in the comments self-diagnosing: please don't romanticize or glorify having real mental illness(es)/disorder(s) just because you want to be different". This is just a video about the general differences between psychopathy and sociopathy.
I knew a person who I believed was a psychopath. He'd always do the craziest shit and he was the coolest guy but noticably manipulative. We were pretty close and he told me how he can't feel emotions and he fakes everyday interactions. Shrooms was the only time he was able to feel. He got tired of tripping shrooms to feel emotions so he told me if he doesnt find a way to feel, he's going to end his life
Anon N please just get your friend help he do sent deserve a life that way he is probably not a bad person if he was he would be okay with out felling emotions he probably has major depression and he needs reasons to live things to feel for people he can fee for shrooms are probably not helping his depression help him and support him he probably has substance abuse problems deppresion and he might not have had a great life be there for him tell him that you are there for him and of he needs to talk you will listen you tell him you might not understand but you listen and you care and he might shut you out or use some kind of defence mechanism but try to get through him any way if and it is suggested that you get medical help or sucide hot line or rehab or what ever I know that might sound extreme but it's his life you are taking about if he is serious about ending his own life he will not be In this world ever again do whatever it takes too keep him alive you don't want to regret anything and do anything to get the help he need just please don't stand there and do nothing please do whatever it takes and I guess u could listen to this song by the fray how to save a life he is not alone there are many others that feel the same way I know then they are out there he do sent have to suffer alone tell him he is not alone tell him what it would be like if you lost him how bad it would affect the people who care for him and that the world would not be better off with out him just please do what ever it takes I am hoping for you and your friend
Anon N is he still alive ?
Could be depressed. I think the fact that he wants to kill himself makes him more likely to be depressed. The guy sounds like he has some serious mental issues.
Why is contemplating suicide always instantly flagged as mental illness? Sounds as if he's contemplated it for awhile, if it's not an impulse decision then what's the problem
Here is a solution. Get him to take shrooms again, more than usual. Then convince him he won't be able to feel without them. Wear gloves, hand him a knife. Then tell him God told him he will go to heaven if he ends his life as his lack of emotion is a sign from God that he isn't meant to be alive. Then play a recording of multiple voices telling him to do it behind him while he's under the influence. Gradually increase the volume till it becomes overbearing. Sit down, crack open a beer and calmly watch as he stabs himself multiple times. Then walk away and go have yourself a nice lunch and watch a movie.
My wife recently said she has signs of a sociopath. I never knew what her personality was called but knew it wasn't good
Oh cool, my character who has been named Psycho for three years is actually a sociopath.
My friend says she's a psychopath but I don't think she's manipulative or egotistical but she says she knows the difference and she isn't a sociopath
Lydia Taylor then she's just looking for attention
Justin Sawchuk they do
Did you expect a name? I think we would because then we can have our puppets and we can explain to them that what we would do is okay and they would help us basically I think it's interesting to play with people because it's easy to control their thoughts sometimes and it's fun I think I'm kind of mix of both but I'm a really nice persone so you could not see it if you could not read my thoughts and plans or actions...
I know someone who killed someone and they said they didn't care Lol but he's a really nice person
is he a sociopath or a psycho? i think he genuinely has feelings and he has three kids who are doing great
Ametama did he ever get arrested
Eh. I don't think you have to be a psychopath or sociopath to kill somebody. Was it in self defence, out of anger, or just for the fun of it? Because if it were a latter, that's the most likely to be because they're a sociopath (also, why are you still around the guy? Get the fuck out of there.) The 1st is being human, and the second seems like severe anger issues. Unless they raped his kid or something. Idk. Who knows.
Are you that someone.
Could be a sociopath, might not be though, there are many reasons people might justify their murder, revenge for example.
dominic for real tho, they commented this in a very calm manner
My former manager is a psychopath. He was playing chess using real people to get to the position he wanted. He manipulated everyone around him and quickly formed fake relationships with people in high positions. This way, the ones he could not manipulate could be removed from his way. He got rid of very loyal and hardworking people and convinced the leaders that these people are the cause of the company's failures. Some key employees at a company are not quickly replaceable. Do not let a psychopath make decisions about a company or an employee's future.
The quicker you recognize them, the safer you are.
I only see comments talking about edgy teenagers and not the actual comment about itself
If you cant find them, sort by new
@@SelfDrivingBagel i did that and now im dying of laughter
Anyone watching this after Shane’s video of Jake Paul? 😂
Dr. Ramani said it best:
A psychopath is born, whereas a sociopath is made.
Lemme give y'all a good example of sociopath and a psychopath
Klaus and Elijah from the original
I think Klaus is the Psychopath
And
Elijah is the sociopath
i think so too, although Elijah sometimes seemed like he wasn't a sociopath either
I think Klaus is a sociopath and Elijah is just someone who has gone through so much trauma that now tries to hide his feelings and block people
It's easy to spot these people as an empath. Talking to a psycho is like talking to a brick wall, there's zero activity behind those eyes. Talking to a socio puts me right on edge, because they could blow any minute.
*I can imagine a psychopath watching this video now and going, “Huh, neat.” and then proceeding to murder all the kids in an orphanage and then act like their actions were justified.*
r u 12
@@elliot5505 No, and if anything, with that spelling, you look younger than me.
@@dummydummy1493 mk
Could you do the difference between love like obsessed and lust
Too many people see them as the same thing
tyler’s thumb good idea
Psychology is fascinating. You learn about others and you learn about yourself.
Great video! I've been watching your channel for a while now and LOVE it. I always had the vibe the sociopaths were WORSE than psychopaths because they "get so close" and you don't know what's up until it's too late. The psychopath, from what I thought, although calculating, can clearly be identified so you know to stay away. Sociopaths are NO JOKE.
Until now I still feel confused on what's the difference between the two😂😂
Yesss i needed this so much. Thanks!!
You guys are insulting him because of a mere comment? Maybe he needed this because he is studying psychology or something.
Nabil Haidar you are worng
Yes I meant that
Your an ok Guy I might be wrong, but how would you know what he meant though?😂
Nabil Haidar he implied it if you were a little smarter you would probably understand
Toragamix u
As a person with sociopathy I appreciate that you have made this video and I'll make sure to link it to people that want to know the difference
Self diagnostised liar sociopath ?
Another edgy tennager in my list
@@Aiden5763 nope, i have severe childhood trauma that stunted my emotional growth, i got diagnosed sociopathy back in 2018. There's actually nothing "edgy" about having a disorder lmao. Also mocking someone with a disorder or disability doesn't make you cool, and I'm 21 not a teen 🥰 but you can keep being ignorant 🤷♀️ not my problem lol
1:01 I thought sociopaths were the ones that lack empathy and remorse.
No that's psychopath
@@ghostiefrog6127 actually im diagnosed with lots of psychopath beahaviours,and i know for sure that i wasnt born as one,anyway i have a big lacks of emathy i really dont care for the others i do what is good for me with no thinking for the others i had a dificult childhood i even make one person to cut her self for my own enjoyment,and i wasnt even feeling guilty,this might all be my self defense mechanism as a psychologist say.
i don’t think i’m either of these but people. keep telling me i’m a sociopath , which is absolutely not true but i wanted to be sure so thanks
I read Kevin Dutton's Wisdom of Psychopaths. It was a very interesting book and the author presents what he calls "functional psychopathy" as a very useful trait, not just for the individual, but quite probably for the society as a whole. I don't know what to make of it. His psychopath seems very different from Robert Hare's psychopath.
Hey Psych2Go, can you please tell me why your intro sounds like someone is being stabbed?! I just cannot get over it. I would really appreciate a response! 😊💚💝💜
We're trying to signal an impending doom.
Psych2Go Of whom? I'm dense & I don't get this. Now I just feel stupid. 😖
Sounds like SFX from a 90s video game.
Also the girl narrating this video sounds nowhere near like a psychopath stabbing people lmao
Loool They ate too much burritos thats why dont worry abt it.
Haha, it's fucking funny. Don't ever change it.
My grandmother is definitely a sociopath. She never takes the blame for anything ever. And she's also strictly religious, can't imagine what my mom went through growing up :(
Well there is a psychopath at my school showing lack of empathy, manipulative behaviour and no remorse for animals. Help me.
tbh we should be able to kill psychopaths. They are disgusting, destructive and useless ppl polluting society.
Goblintooth Paradox. Psychopaths tend to have violent behavior. You a psychopath?
Kindofstupidvideos If I were I'd gladly sacrifice my life to wipe every single one off the planet. There is nothing violent about destroying misanthropic golems- that's what sensible ppl call compassion. Its not a paradox because they are not human in any meaningful way.
No, killing humans IS violent. It is a paradox.
You don't know what a paradox is if you think killing psychopath is anything but analogous to the destruction of a computer virus.
"Thus you can say that all Psychopaths are sociopaths, but sociopaths are not necessarily psychopaths" why did I think of the "a square is a rectangle but a rectangle isn't a square" thing from 1st grade
So, I'm wondering about kids who show many signs of sociopathy as children, ...how many are able to overcome it? I ask because I think I showed signs as a troubled child, yet I believe I managed to become a reasonably well adjusted adult. But now my adopted son shows strong signs, and it worries me.
I showed signs as well but I don't know.
Lots of young children may show some signs but it's usually because they're not done developing and don't know right from wrong. At least that's what I think, I was a weird kid too and I still am a little different but I think I'll probably grow out of it since I'm only 13 but yeah 😐
To the wannabe edgy teens: this is a real condition. it is not "quirky" or "cool" to be mentally incapable of empathy, or have sociopathy/psychopathy.
my “friends” often joke around about “being psychopaths” it genuinely scares me
Shit, thank god I wasn't born as a Psycho or a socio-path, lol. Both seem like a pain in the ass to deal with.
Yato_ Pickle Psychopath are made by genetic while Sociopath is made by life event that impact them and ye they’re something
lol the edgy teenagers 😂😂
"I'm not a psycopath, Anderson. I'm a high-functioning sociopath"
Thank you for making this video. Trying to tell a classmate in Film class that they are different. He claimed to have studied the subject for 8 years (despite only being 22) and claimed Americans call it Psychopaths and England calls it Sociopaths, but are exactly the same. Been trying to tell him he's wrong and I plan to show him this video so he is better educated and doesn't give false information around.
Glad im none of this.
I clicked on this video with the instinct to dislike it , but you revolved your presentation around the DSM-5 which made me stay and watch since this video is actually legitament and not clickbait
Now I am by no means a psychologist nor do I have any sort of PhD, but I have read on several websites that the main differences between psychopathy and sociopathy is that psychopathy is something one is born with, while sociopathy is a result of a serious trauma
*No Remorse*
Both terms are outdated mainly due to many misconceptions and stigma. The proper term is AsPD (Antisocial Personality Disorder) or DPD (Dissocial Personality Disorder).
I was looking at their old work for nostalgia and man this didn't age well. There are so many things wrong it's giving me a headache. What's worst is that there are no sources in the description!!!
Psychopath= Voldemort
nah...voldemort is too emotional to be a psychopath
Sol Garcia no cause he feels joy
Yep lol 😂
No, he's a sociopath. Although he was concieved by a love potion, JK Rowling said he would been different raised by his mom. He probably would have been normal. There's more to it but I dont got time to explain
I'm not a psychopat, I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research!
I met a kid in my class back in middle school who showed signs of sociopath.
As a person he was very rude, impulsive, unsympathetic, manipulative, disruptive, irresponsible, reckless, racist, sexist, and violent.
So he was very much a bully but to a much extreme level and unlike most that I’ve encountered, he was not like any that I’ve ever met.
He would often be disruptive during class lectures, he would go out of his way to shout or verbally insult me on almost every level in public (he even went as far as to insult a substitute teacher to point where he made her cry and thought nothing of it), he would throw tantrums and destroy school property, he would utilize peer pressure by using connections with students so they could turn against me even though he bullied most of them, he’d started physical fights with students, he would occasionally ditch class, he would secretly bring weapons to school such as knives, and he held no sense of empathy or consequence for any of his actions.
Granted I wouldn’t have known that he was a sociopath if I hadn’t learned from the vice principal, who told me in private that he had been expelled from other schools do to his poor behavior and was undergoing medication because.
Sadly he was never expelled from my school because of conflicts with his parents he and made the last two years of middle school a living hell.
What makes psychopaths terrifying imo is that they’re really clever in what they do. This ties in to their trait of manipulation. If you say a bus full of people and has a psychopath, you’d probably not be able to identify which ones a psychopath.
.... why is the definition of sociopath in shane's new vid different???
cause he is an idiot who mixed shit up.
..do you even read the description of that video?
because his so called therapist is a disaster
because the therapisr or whatever that gurl is doesn't know shit about what she's doing and neither does shane with his dumb stereotypical thinking
Where are y'all finding edgy teenagers in the comments? 🤨 y'all built different
Just filter comments to see the newest first, not the most popular
Sociopaths are antiheroes.
Psychopaths are warlords.
Sociopaths calculate their abuse and control while going on about their day.
Psychopaths calculate their manipulation behind people's backs.
Sociopaths are powerful.
Psychopaths are deceptive.
Sociopaths think outside the box sometimes.
Psychopaths rationally think with power they gained.
Sociopaths have half a heart.
Psychopaths don't want it.
Sociopaths are accountable for their own actions if being called out or not.
Psychopaths don't, even being called out.
Sociopaths don't fear psychopaths.
Psychopaths fear sociopaths.
Sociopaths see the world as love and hate.
Psychopaths see the world as patience through hate.
Sociopaths believe in their mindsets as strongest and fastest.
Psychopaths think of themselves as creators with their manipulation and lack of empathy.
Sociopaths see very logical/intuitive people as open-communicators.
Psychopaths see very logical/intuitive people as dangerous.
Sociopaths can love.
Psychopaths don't.
Sociopaths are suicidal.
Psychopaths are less suicidal.
Sociopaths kill and save peoples lives.
Psychopaths kill but barely save peoples lives.
Sociopaths hate themselves for a true reason.
Psychopaths hate themselves because of others.
Sociopaths know when to forgive.
Psychopaths don't forgive.
Sociopaths feel pleasure with abuse.
Psychopaths feel power with abuse.
Sociopaths feel empathy rather than learn.
Psychopaths learn empathy.
Sociopaths reason with people.
Psychopaths reason with lies.
Sociopaths lie half of the time.
Psychopaths lie alot.
Sociopaths know they are arrogant.
Psychopaths blame-shifts others as arrogant.
Sociopaths cry and pretend to cry.
Psychopaths pretend to cry.
Sociopaths control their temper.
Psychopaths control less of their temper.
Sociopaths feels and shows lack of empathy.
Psychopaths mimic empathy.
anyone else here because of Shane?
ive been targeted by 2 psychopaths in my life :') first one made me her target when I was only 14. perks of being an empath, right?
Can two psychopaths be friends?
2:23
YOUR LIKE MY MATH TEACHER
With all squares can be rectangle stuff
All my past victims called me a Psychopath😃😃😃😃😃😃😃. Now that im "reformed" i could still give a shit about the terror i inflicted upon them😀😀😀😀😀 i still get a thrill thinking about it
Watching thus to prepare myself for Shane dawson
2:31 thought that was gonna be a hammer and a sickle
Psychopath here. The video is good. All I can add is that NOT all psychopaths are agressive or have criminal background. The main difference is - we can not feel the majority of emotions and if we do they are pretty shallow and basic. Like, when you feel you like a person - it is not like by normal people. You can easily get rid of someone in your life. If people use morale and compassion, we use calculations and our own needs (Do I really need this person ?).
Psychopaths can love you. It is very hard to achieve but we can. In our own way though.
If you are having a friend or a relationship partner who is a psycho - dont even try to change them. It is not possible unless they want to. The thing that are happening in our mind are just different.
My mother always hated this part of me. As a child I was extremely cruel and unstable. Always picking a fight everywhere I could. Never concentrated on school. I just did what I wanted. For years my parents were trying to convince me that I am their child and therefore I am a good, caring and loving person. Dont repeat this mistake. We are not. Just accept your psychopaths for what they are and think twice before doing something about it.
I have a niece who has, unfortunately, morphed into a sociopath. Rejection from her father, because he lived in his own little passive-aggressive world, which was modeled to him by his mother. Nasty, vicious barbed attacks on her young (12-13) psyche. She now lives on the street and couldn't tell the truth to save her miserable life. So sad, 'cause she's so beautiful and talented and bright, but has completely capitulated to this street urchin mentality. She steals the food she eats, the clothes she wears and feels completely justified taking "just what [she] needs" and blames all of her issues on her mother, now. I will never see my niece again, even if she were to stop all of the deceits and thievery, I don't believe she will ever be anything close to whole and emotionally healthy. Makes me weepy every time I think about it.
A little note to show how they are different.
Psychopath: Why?
Sociopath: So what?
This is an interesting video, I'm actually writing a book and I have a character who's abusive and video's like this really help me get to know the character on a deeper level!
Do video about asperger.
Micryt !
*_A S S B U R G E R S_*
There was a kid in my gym class who said he didn't have a conscience but I don't think he was a psychopath. He had a lot of self control issues but he didn't seem cold and calculating.
Hatch22 he might be one or he could have another mental issue
Izaya from durarara!
Yen Nguyen lol
Sociopath: Revy (Black Lagoon), Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty), Lucy (Elfenlied)
Psychopath: Homer Simpson (Simpsons), L (Deathnote), Wendy (Gravity Falls), Izayah
I have a lot traits of Sociopathy, so this video really helped clear things up for me and now I can seek therapy to help cope.
Thank you so much! 🙂
Weird to see someone like you self-diagnosing. Most of the people I've seen here was just elementary schoolers. Alright, here's the thing vrother. A sociopath is a fucking monster and is borderline insane. They would never EVER go to therapy on their own volition, not a single day in their life. You probably have some kind of impulse disorder, not sociopathy my dude. If you get diagnosed with ASPD somehow because you went and sought treatment, you will never even hope to get a job after that. Everyone will reject you. Anyways, good luck in the future vrother.