They’re both extremely similar words so it’s no surprise people get them mixed up, like psychologist vs psychiatrist. However I don’t see a sociopath ever becoming the CEO of a successful (at any point) company.
I don’t even know that spez is a psychopath, but he’s absolutely panicking and in way over his head.
Small nitpick, but psychopaths do not lack empathy. In fact, they have a high level of empathy. It’s how they can exploit and manipulate others so well. They would not be so successful if they were not aware of other people’s insecurities, and how to manipulate those insecurities to their advantage.
From my understanding, they have a sense of cold empathy where they can very easily identify the feelings that someone is feeling in order to manipulate them, but they do not actually feel those feelings themselves, so they aren’t actually empathizing. They don’t feel sad when they see someone crying, but they can certainly understand they’re sad and they know how they should react to it.
There’s definitely a good chance people would consider me on the spectrum. I learned how to be sociable though and I feel pretty normal for the most part.
I dont agree with analysing human behavior under such a lens though and I think psychology will completely reconsider its approach in the next 50-100 years as it has in the past.
They’re both extremely similar words so it’s no surprise people get them mixed up, like psychologist vs psychiatrist. However I don’t see a sociopath ever becoming the CEO of a successful (at any point) company.
I don’t even know that spez is a psychopath, but he’s absolutely panicking and in way over his head.
Small nitpick, but psychopaths do not lack empathy. In fact, they have a high level of empathy. It’s how they can exploit and manipulate others so well. They would not be so successful if they were not aware of other people’s insecurities, and how to manipulate those insecurities to their advantage.
From my understanding, they have a sense of cold empathy where they can very easily identify the feelings that someone is feeling in order to manipulate them, but they do not actually feel those feelings themselves, so they aren’t actually empathizing. They don’t feel sad when they see someone crying, but they can certainly understand they’re sad and they know how they should react to it.
I mean that describes me but I don’t try to manipulate people.
Any chance you’re on the spectrum? We tend to feel it differently. Actually there’s like 5 major disorders that could be described the same way.
Also some psychopaths don’t make it a game to manipulate people, and can come off as basically normal people. https://youtu.be/u2V0vOFexY4
There’s definitely a good chance people would consider me on the spectrum. I learned how to be sociable though and I feel pretty normal for the most part.
I dont agree with analysing human behavior under such a lens though and I think psychology will completely reconsider its approach in the next 50-100 years as it has in the past.