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RE: A Poem: To Love a Sociopath

in #poet7 years ago

Great poem.
I would say this poem a was a psychopath rather than a sociopath.
The terms often get mixed up I know.
Sociopaths do have emotions and feelings whereas psychopaths do not.

Sociopaths are basically people who have developed psychopathic traits due to systematic society or family abuse/trauma over a period of time.
They are usually driven by hatred of the world and themselves and or are jealous of other people being happy. This is why sociopaths are often stalkers. They basically want they want the world to burn because they wish they had never been born. The Joker in the Batman film is a prefect example of a sociopath- he burns all the money because he does wants to hurt the world and everyone in it - so there is much emotion there.

Psychopaths on the other hand are born with virtually no emotion at all and basically dont a give a damn about anything except power and self gratification.
They are governed by the primal brain (instinct) but have higher intelligence.
A psychopath would not bother with revenge as they would see it as a waste of energy. They would only kill if it was in their benefit to do so or for fun.
A psychopath wants to live forever as a king and therefore would never burn money but instead wants all of it.

My intention is not to make your poem less because I think it is spot on only that it is a psychopath rather than a sociopath that is all.
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Thanks! You are correct. I use the term sociopath mainly because I think psychopath has such negative connotations attached which detract from its meaning. And I prefer the euphonics of sociopath ^_^

I understand you completely.
The latest term being used now instead of psychopath is predator for the same reason you mention.
Nice that you got back to me.

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