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Javaman

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3. can one be a sociopath and a psychopath...
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 05:14 PM
Dec 2015

Last edited Mon Dec 21, 2015, 05:49 PM - Edit history (1)

it's kind of one or the other. One is nature (psychopath): genetic; the other is nurture (sociopath): abusive home life.

there are extremes of both on both ends. As there are also mild versions of both.

If one were genetically predisposed to being a psychopath (testing on the high end), then brought up in an very abusive home, it would certainly exacerbate the issue for sure. I guess that could be a combination of the two.

The ordinarily methodical psychopath would have a further skewed sense of reality; perhaps resulting in a more chaotic outcome of personality. That would be terrifying.


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