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Best friend thinks my son is a sociopath???
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<blockquote data-quote="JennJ" data-source="post: 762826" data-attributes="member: 30138"><p>They stay away from diagnosing children as psychopaths and sociopaths because of the stigma and instead say they have anti-social tendencies, etc. From what you have described, and only in my non-medical opinion, he is not likely either of those things. He does show signs of those things but we all do at different points in our lives, especially children. He does sound like he may have grow up in non-stable environments (no shame to you poster as I was a little unstable with my first child) as he is comfortable calling your mom to tattle on you. This likely comes from a power struggle between you and your mom after your 1st divorce. I have been there done that. There are probably some unhealthy aspects in your daily family life that stem from your childhood as well and he is reacting to those. Regardless, his behavior is not normal. Whatever normal is. It is concerning. I would seek therapy. I did so for my kids and I because I wanted to break the cycle and I couldn't do it alone as a single mom. None of us are getting out of parenthood without messing our kids up at least a smidge so it is ok. Just get him and you the help you need to communicate, set boundaries, etc. and it will all be ok.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JennJ, post: 762826, member: 30138"] They stay away from diagnosing children as psychopaths and sociopaths because of the stigma and instead say they have anti-social tendencies, etc. From what you have described, and only in my non-medical opinion, he is not likely either of those things. He does show signs of those things but we all do at different points in our lives, especially children. He does sound like he may have grow up in non-stable environments (no shame to you poster as I was a little unstable with my first child) as he is comfortable calling your mom to tattle on you. This likely comes from a power struggle between you and your mom after your 1st divorce. I have been there done that. There are probably some unhealthy aspects in your daily family life that stem from your childhood as well and he is reacting to those. Regardless, his behavior is not normal. Whatever normal is. It is concerning. I would seek therapy. I did so for my kids and I because I wanted to break the cycle and I couldn't do it alone as a single mom. None of us are getting out of parenthood without messing our kids up at least a smidge so it is ok. Just get him and you the help you need to communicate, set boundaries, etc. and it will all be ok. [/QUOTE]
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