Do I understand you correctly?

Reaper wrote:you're not even a psychopath

Ouch

I can't recall even one situation when I'd become sad by seeing someone else being sad. I'm not saying such thing never happened mind you, but I can't remember even a single instance.

Which means sympathy and/or empathy triggering in me is highly unlikely.

Reaper wrote:

justonemoreperson wrote:I have a fair amount of medical training and have, at times, been in a situation where I'm first on scene to a traffic incident etc.

I always reacted first while others have stood by and done nothing to help. I've argued that I've shown more concern over their welfare than others

A show of concern indicates sympathy or empathy. He claims his wife argued that he just did it for the rush, but she's not him and cannot know his motivation in every situation, and he never indicated that it gave him a rush. Just because other similar things in the past may have, doesn't mean that situation did as well. So, I'm more inclined to believe he did it out of genuine concern for the victim/s, which tells me that he can and does feel sympathy/empathy.

You can be as inclined as you like, but it had nothing to do with concern over the causalities.

If you want to use other people's experiences to bolster your own self-view, do so accurately.

My wife knows me. You know you.

My wife's assessment of the situation was correct; as you'd expect it to be. Your assessment is how you'd like it to be.

Reaper wrote:I suspect I'm a psychopath

LOL

Reaper wrote:I suspect I'm a psychopath

I never thought I would ever actually read you not say for certain you were a psychopath. Im actually impressed. Or in another post saying at times even for short periods of time that you want to help people.. could it be Demon is finally letting her guard down a little? whatever is going on lately, im enjoying reading your posts more

FormallyZach31 wrote:I never thought I would ever actually read you not say for certain you were a psychopath. Im actually impressed. Or in another post saying at times even for short periods of time that you want to help people.. could it be Demon is finally letting her guard down a little? whatever is going on lately, im enjoying reading your posts more

Her decade and a half being a Psychopath online is finally teaching her something.

FormallyZach31 wrote:I never thought I would ever actually read you not say for certain you were a psychopath.

Strange, because you've never read a post of mine that says for certain I am one either, unless you're confusing psychopathy with AsPD. I've always said that I have AsPD, but I've never said I'm a psychopath, because I don't know if I am one or not.

I've never seen Reaper actually say that she's a psychopath, but I have seen her try to provide evidence to support it.

That said, the evidence is always what lies on the fringe / cliche'd borders of the definition and traits that prove otherwise she usually tries to justify with obscure half-read and misunderstood articles.

She tries to show a lot of introspection about her own nature for someone who says that she finds it impossible to be introspective.

Realistically, she's been told once, and not by a qualified doctor, that she could have AsPD (along with other things that get largely ignored) and the rest of her "proof" is her own understanding and research, again done using introspection which she apparently finds impossible.

The fact she took a knife to the session (which she didn't use) tends to make me think she was trying to get a specific reaction from the psychologist.

She's clearly had a difficult upbringing, which is probably responsible for her determination to be psychopathic, as it removes the need to deal with any of the negative stuff. She denies that any of that has affected her, but insists that stuff that has happened to others must have accounted for their behaviour / condition.

Therefore, she will enjoy and agree with anyone who supports her desired self-image and argue the toss with anyone who tries to be more reasonable and objective.

My overall impression is that she's a sad and lonely woman trying to find her own identity around an image that she often finds hard to maintain, unless she's here being dark and dangerous in K-mart ski masks.

If I'm recalling right.. she shared a letter her Doctor wrote saying PTSD and depression.

Demon, I've never seen you say outright you're a psychopath.. you used to often say it's highly likely you're a secondary psychopath and you used to share a crap load of internet quizzes lol

justonemoreperson wrote:

Reaper wrote:

justonemoreperson wrote:I have a fair amount of medical training and have, at times, been in a situation where I'm first on scene to a traffic incident etc.

I always reacted first while others have stood by and done nothing to help. I've argued that I've shown more concern over their welfare than others

A show of concern indicates sympathy or empathy. He claims his wife argued that he just did it for the rush, but she's not him and cannot know his motivation in every situation, and he never indicated that it gave him a rush. Just because other similar things in the past may have, doesn't mean that situation did as well. So, I'm more inclined to believe he did it out of genuine concern for the victim/s, which tells me that he can and does feel sympathy/empathy.

You can be as inclined as you like, but it had nothing to do with concern over the causalities.

So, you being more concerned over their welfare than others was just a big ol' lie, huh?

If you want to use other people's experiences to bolster your own self-view, do so accurately.

It was your experience and your words.

My wife knows me.

Your wife only knows her own interpretation of the event. She doesn't know how you felt at the time or what really drove you to do what you did, because she's not you.

My wife's assessment of the situation was correct; as you'd expect it to be. Your assessment is how you'd like it to be.

My assessment was based entirely on your words and the words that really stuck out to me were:

"I've shown more concern over their welfare"

Why would you say you had concern over their welfare if you didn't have any at all? It wouldn't make any sense.

Are you too afraid to admit here you have a soft side for people occasionally...?

Sturm88 wrote:If I'm recalling right.. she shared a letter her Doctor wrote saying PTSD and depression.

No I did not. No doctor has ever diagnosed me with PTSD or depression. I said I faked those things once when I was seeing the people who were assessing me for disability support.

The key word here is faked.