{"id":1179,"date":"2013-05-13T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2013-05-13T09:16:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T13:16:43","slug":"1179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/2013\/05\/13\/1179\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociopath"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I’m dedicating my blog to mental health. I think my brain is pretty decently balanced, considering what I endure on a daily basis, but I’ve known people who, quite frankly are completely bonkers.<\/p>\n

\"No,<\/a>

No, Disney, The Other Bonkers.<\/p><\/div>\n

Today I’ll be talking about the sociopath. Google defined it as:<\/p>\n

So\u00b7ci\u00b7o\u00b7path –\u00a0\/\u02c8s\u014ds\u0113\u014d\u02ccpaTH\/<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Noun<\/div>\n
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A person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

To start with, if you’re wondering if you are actually a sociopath<\/a>, you’re probably not. Sociopaths don’t feel guilt or shame, so worrying about your sociopathic\u00a0tendencies would rule you out from the start. Sociopaths are highly intelligent, well spoken, extremely charming, and driven to win. Usually, these people are skilled liars who are incapable of apologizing. Sociopaths are also unable to love.<\/p>\n

\"sociopath<\/a>There are lots of tests online to evaluate whether or not a person might not be a sociopath, but those immediately rule out an actual sociopath. One test, on OK Cupid<\/a>\u00a0of all places, is actually pretty interesting. Considering I am not a good test taker I scored 16% sociopathic which is far below the normal of everyone else who took the quiz. I was deemed Healthy by Ok Cupid, which made me feel a whole lot better.<\/p>\n

So, sociopaths make up approximately 4%<\/a> of our population and some think that sociopaths are making all of our<\/a> economic and political decisions, but I’m more concerned about the cats. I’m terribly allergic to cats, which really are disgusting little creatures, that I bet you didn’t know are also sociopaths. Cats<\/a>\u00a0who are not required to stay indoors will kill more than they need, go places they aren’t invited, \u00a0and chase things they are not supposed <\/a>to. Cats are furry evil sociopaths encouraged by horrible humans.<\/p>\n