i am a 15 year old sociopathic female and i do not see why it is considered a disorder. i think that everyone should be this way. i do not understand why someone would want to feel bad for something they do, what is the point? being able to manipulate people is the most useful thing on earth if you want to get ahead i mean come on now people how stupid do you have to be to think it is a disorder? donetsk

Also, I never lie, and would never hurt anyone

amanda17, i am not a doctor, but reading your post makes me think that your current emotional (or lack of emotion) state is probably due to your extreme depression. have you been treated by a doctor? if your parents have not taken your illness seriously, then you should talk to your school counselor to try to get some psychiatric help. good luck! amanda

Could I be a sociopath? I used to be a highly emotional, sensitive person. I loved my family members and friends with all my heart. I never had any trouble feeling empathy for others. When I was 6 or 7, I actually saved a ladybug that was in our swimming pool, “rescuing” it from drowning. last summer, my aunt’s cat died while in my care, and I cried the whole day, terrified that if might have somehow been my fault. But I can’t feel any emotion anymore. I don’t love my family or friends, and I don’t feel connected to anyone anymore. I can’t seem to enjoy anything. I am bored all the time. I guess you could call my feeling (or lack thereof) “numb”, or empty. Is it possible that even though I was not born one, I could have become a sociopath? To tell you a little bit more about how I got this way: I always used to be a painfully shy person, and instead of forcing myself to reach out and make friends, I let my loneliness grow and eat at my soul until the end of my 10th grade school year, when I developed severe depression and thought about committing suicide. Continue reading “I am 17 years old, and I haven’t felt any emotions in over a year”