ronthetiger
Greenlighter
I'm unsure of whether or not this belongs on this website, but where there are drug users there are sure to be those who suffer from psychopathy, sociopathy, and/or anti-social personality disorder.
While these three terms, technically speaking, have slight distinctions, I consider the differences to be minute and will lump the three under the one general term I feel most comfortable with, which is "psychopathy."
Over the years I have been labeled, by therapists, psychologists, parents, friends, girlfriends, and even the dean of men at my high school, a psychopath so many times that I eventually believed myself to be one despite the fact that I suffer from what my psychiatrist calls Major Depressive Disorder and my father calls "being a whiny little bitch." I always held these two things, depression and psychopathy, to be incompatible with one another, and that is the topic of this discussion.
Now that I have grown older, however, I have noticed myself maturing, changing, and treating others with more value without thinking about it.
Ever since I was labeled a psychopath by my first girlfriend (for setting fire to her boyfriend's house after she dumped me in 8th grade) I have developed a great interest in the subject and have, thus, bought numerous books on psychopaths, read scholarly articles, and even developed my own theories concerning "psychopaths" (I put psychopaths in quotations because I believe everyone is, on some level, a psychopath who is concerned only with their own well being) and social morality. While my theories are, for the most part, off topic, I would like to ask the general community for their opinions concerning depression in psychopaths.
I, by no means, am well versed in psychology and only have a general knowledge from various intro level Psych courses from college and, of course, a basic understanding of human nature from my own research and my (pridefully held) ability to manipulate people.
In your opinion, preferable backed up with research, is it possible for a psychopath to feel legitimate depression?
(Sorry for the long intro, I am currently on a moderate dose of adderall and am feeling talkative, I will edit out the superfluous material if you feel it will help target the discussion)
While these three terms, technically speaking, have slight distinctions, I consider the differences to be minute and will lump the three under the one general term I feel most comfortable with, which is "psychopathy."
Over the years I have been labeled, by therapists, psychologists, parents, friends, girlfriends, and even the dean of men at my high school, a psychopath so many times that I eventually believed myself to be one despite the fact that I suffer from what my psychiatrist calls Major Depressive Disorder and my father calls "being a whiny little bitch." I always held these two things, depression and psychopathy, to be incompatible with one another, and that is the topic of this discussion.
Now that I have grown older, however, I have noticed myself maturing, changing, and treating others with more value without thinking about it.
Ever since I was labeled a psychopath by my first girlfriend (for setting fire to her boyfriend's house after she dumped me in 8th grade) I have developed a great interest in the subject and have, thus, bought numerous books on psychopaths, read scholarly articles, and even developed my own theories concerning "psychopaths" (I put psychopaths in quotations because I believe everyone is, on some level, a psychopath who is concerned only with their own well being) and social morality. While my theories are, for the most part, off topic, I would like to ask the general community for their opinions concerning depression in psychopaths.
I, by no means, am well versed in psychology and only have a general knowledge from various intro level Psych courses from college and, of course, a basic understanding of human nature from my own research and my (pridefully held) ability to manipulate people.
In your opinion, preferable backed up with research, is it possible for a psychopath to feel legitimate depression?
(Sorry for the long intro, I am currently on a moderate dose of adderall and am feeling talkative, I will edit out the superfluous material if you feel it will help target the discussion)
