Originally posted by HulaAnglers

I guess I made this thread just for you, please contact me anytime for support and info.

Thank you so much for the offer of your help! I do feel that I do need some guidance on how to handle my situation. I am new to message boards so I am not sure how to contact you, what to click on to send message. I feel so defeated and defenseless. Thank you again HulaAnglers!

Here are my results....

You Are 16% Sociopath

You're empathetic, loyal, and introspective.
In other words, there's no way you're a sociopath... but you can spot one pretty easily!

Problem is i never spot em quick enough


Took it again answering for my ex and this is what it said about him...

You Are 84% Sociopath

You're so manipulative, you could make Hannibal Lector your witch (i switched the b to a w for the T&C's)You feel superhuman - and you certainly lack human empathy.

Funny i thought he would've scored higher.

I myself have been diagnosed as a psychopath (but nowadays they call it Antisocial Personality Disorder) though I only scored 72% on your test (but I hit all the DSM-4 criteria, you bet) and I have a few more helpful points you have not yet brought out.

Psychopaths tend to know that they are psychopaths (unless barnyard stupid or raised by wolves), they are aware of their diagnosis, and they know which of their characteristics are the psychopathic ones. Instead of being embarrassed or saddened by being psychopaths, like you would imagine a normal person feeling in such circumstances, they tend to feel more or less overtly proud of it, as if it conferred some (at least slight) honor or distinction - but that doesn't mean they will volunteer this information to you if it is against their interest.

Psychopaths think that the difference between themselves and other people is that psychopaths are clear-sighted, insightful, free and brave...whereas normal people worry too much about the things that others have told them are important, and never find out how to see themselves clearly and do what they actually want.

Psychopaths think that only they really know how to have a good time.

The only person a psychopath is likely to really think is fun for long, or to want to learn from for long, or to actually admire significantly, is another psychopath. Normal people are soggy and hard to light.

Psychopaths are overly proud of themselves even if they seem not to have accomplished anything, because they tell themselves "Nobody else could do what I have done"(which is usually true, they have generally performed many amazing and perversely difficult tricks on the way to getting nowhere after losing interest) and particularly because (this is true by definition) they can say of themselves "I always did exactly what I wanted to"/"I never did anything if I didn't want to"/"Nobody tells me what to do"/"I can do any god-damn thing I want" et cetera along those lines...that right there is the psychopathic principle, like "To thine own self be true" or "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven", "Nothing is true, everything is permitted" and I could multiply similar proverbs to the same effect.

Hopefully these observations are to the point...I would also point out that the OP tends to depict psychopaths crushing or burning victims, ones like that are kind of a heavy touch, one-trick, low-functioners...Psychopaths don't need to be parasitic or dependent, they can be as self-reliant as anybody while still displaying their typical flagrant disregard...I mean, if you had permission to do anything/whatever you wanted, not everybody would want to cause others to do things for them/take care of them, for any length of time...a psychopath can also just want to keep moving, learn something new, take care of themselves and see what happens next...Ones like that just don't cause so much comment...

After taking the test I feel sooooo much better about myself. They do like to flatter, don't they?

From time to time, you may be a bit troubled and a bit too charming for your own good.
It's likely that you're not a sociopath... just quite smart and a bit out of the mainstream!

Damn, they got me!

Even for someone who's 36% psycho. Over one-third of me is psycho. Imagine that. If I lose weight, can I make sure that the bits I'm losing are the psychopathic bits?

Glad there weren't any tricky questions I could have lied on.

Is it just me, or is this the equivalent of a "How Romantic Are YOU???" test in Heat?

No, it's not just you.

Who said that?

Not telling. Go back to sleep.

[edit on 16-7-2009 by rich23]

Oh my.

Let's just say, uh... Zero percent. Yeah. That's the ticket. Zero works for me. And if you don't believe me, it means I'm not a smooth and convincing liar, which in turn means I couldn't possibly have any sociopathic traits. So it's a win-win either way.

This test = do not like.

You Are 76% Sociopath
The good news is that you're devastatingly charming. The bad news? You mostly use those charms for evil!

Hmm, well... I don't set things on fire or hurt animals, though