How to Spot a Sociopath: 8 Signs That Confirm the Disorder

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6. Lack of empathy

No. 6 on our list of ways to spot a sociopath is to look for signs that confirm a lack of empathy. According to experts, people with antisocial personality disorder don’t feel empathy for others. This limited ability to empathize shows up in a number of ways.

For instance, sociopathic people may intentionally act in ways that harm other people by stealing, lying, or taking advantage of them. While some of them may feel a twinge of regret afterward, it’s usually not enough to stop them from doing the exact same thing in the future.

Understandably, this broken moral compass makes it hard to maintain friendships or relationships. This is why many sociopaths tend to be loners. They tend to view people as objects that can be used for personal gain, and they may burn bridges with others to obtain what they want.

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10 Responses

  1. This makes total sense. Sociopaths can be very charming, but once that mask comes off, watch out!!! and yes they do like to hold positions of power. They can be very successful, but they tend to be quite ruthless as well which is why they get to the top I suppose. With that being said, they do not have to many friends as a rule and the only ones they do have, usually are paid to be around, not true friends. I would like to see an article comparing Sociopaths to Narcissist, I believe they have some of the same traits!

  2. Studying insight has always been helpful for me; because of characteristics from others. Some females of age have the twisted mental obsession of Narcissistic issues I’ve experienced.

  3. So… It turns out that just about every single person I know is a sociopath. I knew the problem was them and not me.

  4. My question is, what personality type is the person that is continually drawn in by sociopaths? Asking for a friend…… No, really, every relationship I have ever had has been a narcissist at best, sociopath at worst. Why me?

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