Decoding The Enigma: Psychopaths and Sociopaths

Even today, these disorders are still incredibly shrouded in mystery. One reason for that is because these two diseases are almost always accompanied with the ability to masterly manipulate and lie. You can't tell the difference between a sociopath and a stranger. As far as medical facts on psychopaths and sociopaths, there are very little. According to Psychologist Martha Stout, an estimate of 4% of the people in the world are psychopaths and "free of conscienceness." In the United States of America alone, that's 12 million people. That means that there are 12 million people in the U.S. that lack empathy, and have keen skills of manipulation, deceit, and selfishness who have an almost God-like complex. Despite many upon many theorized sociopathic

E. Thomas, an anonymous sociopath who shared her thoughts and life experiences in the form of autobiography, Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain

It's an over-reactive coping mechanism. Though this theory cannot be significantly proven, the tone of M. E. Thomas's childhood can give off the impression that this happened. She personally believes that there is no difference between the two names, but she prefers to be known as a sociopath to avoid the negative connotation that accompanies the word psychopath. (3) While describing events that happened during her younger years, she assesses that she had a non-eventful childhood and she was not physically or emotionally abused to any breaking point as one would think, but glimpses of her past hint otherwise. She tells of her mentally unstable sibling Jim (57), and her parents doing cruel things such as purposely leaving her and another sibling in a park by themselves at dark. (64). She stated how her parents' selfish ways and how her father was reckless with money. She told of her father's behavior that strongly resembled that of her own, yet she went as far as to say she hated him and often fantasized of murdering him. "It's hard to overstate how much