Differences between Psychopaths and Sociopaths 

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im so glad i found your channel! Very engaging

I have heard that psycopaths can do well in jobbs like fighter pilot or surgeon because they do not get nervous from pressure.

Great stuff Darren, I genuinely find your content engaging and very informative. I would to suggest the topic of what is the difference between a narcissist and someone who is suffering CPTSD. It seems they can behave similarly. Thank you.

My ex displayed both sets of characteristics depending on the day.

Just discovered your channel and I am fascinated! I wonder - can a person be both a psychopath & a sociopath?

Could you do a video about Autism? Because there seems to be some traits shared between those with Autism /Aspergers & those with Sociopathy / psychopathy. Especially what appears like the inability to understand empathy.

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This is great info! I don’t get that there are so many “authorities on behavior” out there who don’t grasp this difference. But basically sociopaths often get mad …psychopaths calmly get even.

I’m wondering if a person can be both. My ex husband has traits of both descriptions. And he is definitely a controlling narcissist.

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I've recently learned my (estranged) uncle is a Sociopath and because I do all the research in the family, I'm mentioning important things I've learned about the different types of ASPD. Everything I bring up about Sociopaths seems to apply to him. Thankfully he's in Alcoholics Anonymous and getting help, but I doubt I'll ever meet him or let him into my life.

Very correct! Looking forward to upcoming video on word salad and language ambiguity.Thank you! ! They are very high conflict people. Mobbing is a circus initiated by such individuals in which bestest people are hounded and ousted. Such people thrive by provoking conflicts and chaos in most peaceful environments. One can dedicate hours on this subject for awareness but fact is that people do what they are. It is hard to believe that psychopaths and sociopaths exist in professions that requires conscience and care such as hospitals.

My ex, a sadistic narcissist, shows some traits of both a psychopath and a sociopath. Is that common?

You talk about people who don't distinguish or don't care about "right vs wrong" (psychopaths) and people who do distinguish "right vs wrong" but not clearly or accurately ... or give them very much weight in their decision processes. However, you omitted what I would call another variety of psychopath (for lack of me knowing any more precise term). That is people who very much *DO* know "right vs wrong" *AND ACTIVELY DELIGHT IN HARMING OTHERS* (or in other words, "doing wrong to others"). These are the most dangerous and disgusting people of all. Many politicians are precisely this type --- these human predators positively *DELIGHT* in harming and controlling other people, because they absolutely love to dominate and destroy others. Why did you omit talking about this very real class of humans? Is there a precise name for these people if they are technically not psychopaths? From the way you described things, these people are very much *NOT* either of these because they are extremely clear what is *wrong* ... and in fact absolutely *DELIGHT* in doing wrong to people *BECAUSE* they know what they're doing is wrong (at least in part if not mostly).

This is so insightful yes I believe someone I knew is either a sociopath or a narcissist because she is so on edge at times very abusive verbally and emotionally she likes to cause drama cheating on her man he is pretty wild and very manipulative woman she is so toxic I did cut her out of my life it was just so difficult with her whatsoever condition she has it’s not healthy she not a healthy woman she going to destroy herself I did care for her I wanted to be her friend but it wasn’t going to happen at all to toxic.😢

Can you also explain the difference between psychopath/sociopath and narcissist please.

A psychopath has no concept of right and wrong. It doesn't even occur to them. A sociopath knows what is right and wrong but chooses to disregard it in favor of getting what they want. A narcissist knows what is right and wrong and won't do something if they look bad or if they think it will make them look bad.

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My ex-husband is a Psychopath!

My mother, and ex husband have these traits with the silent evil really creepy 🙏🙏

Psychopath = stable/ sociopaths = unstable

Please.. Do psychopaths and or sociopaths, decide to do reactionary abuse to people. DARVO abuse. Or do they choose to marry people to do so? like what unfortunately happened to me. Or is it only narcissist that do so?

Oh they are good at mimicking ….. they can actually morph in front of you ….. incredulous.

Great stuff so many similarities so many differences. I think psychopaths are a lot more rare or at least we think so?

Is it possible to be both?

Darren, this explanation was very helpful. Could you please do a video about whether a malignant narcissist is the same thing as a narcissistic sociopath? Thanks for explaining that being a sociopath or a psychopath are part of having an antisocial personality disorder. Can a malignant narcissist be a psychopath? Just trying to get some clarity regarding the different terms that are used…

I just discovered your channel today and only had time to only see some of your videos. So I am not sure, if you covered this topic already. Can you please do a video or videos concerning the spectrums/levels of ASPDs. There seems to me, that there is low capacity, mid capacity, and high capacity of these mental behaviors. For example, there are some psychopaths who are non-violent. This would be a lower level capacity. Some psychopaths that are directly violent towards others. This I would consider mid-level capacity. Then some psychopaths who do don't directly engage in physical violent towards others, but are able to manage to manipulate (and/or control) others, to commit acts of violence on their behalf. In order to insulate themselves from directly carrying out the deed of violence. I consider this a higher (Charles Manson or Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) type capacity. So if you could as a suggestion, please do a series of videos illustrating, the different levels of capacities, for each specific disorder within realm of ASPD disorders. Thanks.

Psychopathy shares comorbidity with narcissism in every case, but not necessarily the other way round. Sociopaths may or may not be narcissistic.

Thank you for your informative videos. Is it called psychopathy when a person processes emotions through his brain because he can't understand emotions? Can psychopathy, sociopathy and narcissism all co-exist in one person?

Can someone display both Psychopathic and Sociopathic traits? 🎭

Too abrupt & superficial, everybody heard it for a million times. Please make a normal video about psychopaths. About physical differences between psychopaths and normies (for example, abnormalities in corpus striatum, etc). About a difficulties psychopaths overcome in order to blend in and to live a normal life (they are not the same as difficulties of normies under same circumstances). About methods for a psyhopaths to cope with a world full of normies.

I was the daughter of a narcissistic mother and married another one. My five daughters do not know what narcassisum

Yes, I do have a question. If both the sociopath and psychopath studied psychology, how could we decipher if they had those conditions. Meaning, they both understood and remembered what appropriate behavior is due to their studies. Are there any "tells," that they'd have regardless of getting a PhD in psychology?

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