Mid-life Crisis & Sociopathy

Okay I'm gonna talk about someone else right now. My cousin. My cousin is a sociopath for real. He went to prison and got diagnosed blah, blah, blah. He knows that I have AsPD and used to say your a psychopath, I'm a sociopath people like us blah, blah, blah, etc. etc. Okay enough background information. So this guy is like 31 or 32. And ever since he got out of prison he is like having a midlife crisis or something. All his friends, all of them are under 22 years of age. Seriously, and the other day he got jumped into the juggalos. The Juggalos for goodness sake!!! I should have him shot just for this offense. That is just embarrassing. Now I know that Aspd/sociopath types probably live younger than most but have any of you experienced a midlife crisis or seen someone else do it. I still refuse to believe my cousin is really having one of these. Maybe it is just a elaborate ploy to get some young tail. Or to get these juggalos to do his bidding. Either way he is kinda acting weird and my plans for him have been greatly derailed because of this regression. I don't know. What you think?

Could be? How long was he in prison for? If a while (10yrs), he may be trying to live his younger years again, the ones he lost by going to prison. But it does sound a little strange, him spending time with those 10 years younger. Definitely a midlife crisis sign.

maybe he enjoys being the dominant male, without question?

Rarely will any 22 y/old challenge a 30+ male.

Lessen the competition right off?

Mr. No One wrote:Now I know that Aspd/sociopath types probably live younger than most but have any of you experienced a midlife crisis or seen someone else do it.

No. I honestly don't think I will ever experience it because I'm not afraid of growing old or dying and I have no regrets.


"For the approximately 10% of middle aged adults who go through an age-related midlife crisis, the condition is most common ranging from the ages of 40-60 (a large study in the 1990s found that the average age at onset of a self-described midlife crisis was 46). Midlife crises last about 3–10 years in men and 2–5 years in women. A midlife crisis could be caused by aging itself, or aging in combination with changes, problems, or regrets over:
- work or career (or lack thereof)
- spousal relationships (or lack thereof)
- maturation of children (or lack thereof)
- aging or death of parents
- physical changes associated with aging

Midlife crisis' seem to affect men and women differently. The stereotype of a man going through a midlife crisis is that he buys a red sports car. That is just a stereotype, however, men do tend to try and prove something while going through a crisis. Additionally, men put a lot of attention on their job, they always want to be successful, so if that does not work out a midlife crisis sometimes arises. Women on the other hand, evaluate their performance at midlife as a wife, mother or lifelong career. Women often get validity through relationships, and that's true even if they've had a lifelong career. Researchers have proposed that the triggers for midlife crisis differ between men and women, with male midlife crisis more likely to be caused by work issues and women by personal evaluations of their roles. Even though there are differences between why men and women go through a midlife crisis, the emotions they both encounter can be extremely frightening. Both genders will experience characteristics that are unlike them and will sometimes engage in risky behaviors."

His behaviour, including his associates, led to him being put in prison.

Logically, changing his behaviour, including his associates, would result in different behaviour.

I know that if I started hanging around with the type I hung around with in my late teens / early twenties then I'd be more tempted to indulge in negative behaviour.

justonemoreperson wrote:His behaviour, including his associates, led to him being put in prison.

Logically, changing his behaviour, including his associates, would result in different behaviour.

I know that if I started hanging around with the type I hung around with in my late teens / early twenties then I'd be more tempted to indulge in negative behaviour.

So what you are saying is he is protecting himself? This is quite dramatic don't you think. I mean joining the organization the Juggalos is pretty extreme in and of itself at his age. I never thought of him as a follower. But History Mirror is right. Hanging out with youngsters is less competitive. I thought maybe instead of a midlife crisis he is stuck in a certain age in his mind. Many shrinks think aspd/socio/psycho are "young" minded. Could this possibly be true? Because in my life I don't see it.

Mr. No One wrote:

justonemoreperson wrote:His behaviour, including his associates, led to him being put in prison.

Logically, changing his behaviour, including his associates, would result in different behaviour.

I know that if I started hanging around with the type I hung around with in my late teens / early twenties then I'd be more tempted to indulge in negative behaviour.

So what you are saying is he is protecting himself? This is quite dramatic don't you think. I mean joining the organization the Juggalos is pretty extreme in and of itself at his age. I never thought of him as a follower. But History Mirror is right. Hanging out with youngsters is less competitive. I thought maybe instead of a midlife crisis he is stuck in a certain age in his mind. Many shrinks think aspd/socio/psycho are "young" minded. Could this possibly be true? Because in my life I don't see it.

I don't like hanging out with young people. I prefer people of a similar age to me (mid 40's), although I do have a hunting partner who is about 15 years younger than me; we have similar interests (bikes / shooting and he's off-beat enough to accept my less restricted behaviour without too many questions)

It does seem extreme (I googled juggalos, as I had no idea what these were). It's probably got more to do with who he was hanging out with in prison.

Juggalos, lol.
I love hip hop, especially the old skool stuff. So I'm offended especially on the music level by these jokers.
But like Jomp points out, its about re-branding himself. They are an accepting bunch of freaks, just with bad taste. Its about family, only inclusive of psychopaths, which is rare to be so accepting. That bit is cool. The rest of it is soooooooo ugly, i cant look.

Their gathering is in 6 weeks, you could go with him?
13th annual this year..good times!
Take your bath salts, lol.

justonemoreperson wrote:I don't like hanging out with young people. I prefer people of a similar age to me (mid 40's), although I do have a hunting partner who is about 15 years younger than me; we have similar interests (bikes / shooting and he's off-beat enough to accept my less restricted behaviour without too many questions)

It does seem extreme (I googled juggalos, as I had no idea what these were). It's probably got more to do with who he was hanging out with in prison.

the juggalos are unrelated to prison. they're fans of a talentless rap group who pretend to be hard but nobody takes them seriously. members are usually teenagers and juggalos are losers. if you have anything going on in life then the juggalos lifestyle is as appealing as an extra hole in your head. a man in his 30s who joins raises red flags.

is he charismatic and want to be a leader? is he the cult leader type? the juggalos is filled with weaklings who can be played like a fiddle.

another possibility: is your cousin dumb? if so he will want to have a dumb peer group.

lastly maybe he lost all his friends and he is jumping at the first group of people he can drink, get high, and party with.

Mr. No One wrote:Seriously, and the other day he got jumped into the juggalos. The Juggalos for goodness sake!!! I should have him shot just for this offense. That is just embarrassing.

What's the juggalos???