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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 626959" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My son has traits and also traits of mood disorders and anxiety and narcicism.</p><p></p><p>The problem with treating people who are basically without empathy...is that they are without empathy. It is almost impossible to change, even if you want to change, if you lack empathy. I have read a lot on this topic and they are starting to think that maybe having no empathy is a biological glitch that maybe can be inherited sometimes. They are just starting to do research in this area.</p><p></p><p>Robert Hare has some awesome books. "Without Conscience" comes to mind. They are starting to find that psychopaths/sociopaths (very little difference, really) do lack empathy and you can see their "differently wired reactions" to life if you check the brain. They do not react to fear like a "normal" person. In fact they rarely FEEL fear. They do not have the same brainwaves pattern that most people do when shown a person who is in a horrific accident. They do not show the same degree of emotion. In fact, if I recall correctly, in the documentary I watched, the psychopath didn't react much at all to seeing an injured person or some other tragedy. I could be wrong. I don't think I am, but it's possible.</p><p></p><p>I have also seen studies on these brainwave tests watching Investigative Discovery, a true crime channel and one of my favorites. They showed the documentary that I saw on psychopaths and brain waves and reactions to things that normal people get upset over and the psychopaths tended to be very calm and non-reactive.</p><p></p><p>36 would probably fit about halfway there, but I'm not sure he'd get the diagnosis. Maybe "traits." Now there are things about him I don't really know about. He hides himself well. So maybe he IS a psychopath. But he does keep a job, and, while he loves to get free money, will not ask for it just to feed himself and he has a snooty look down attitude toward anyone on government assistance of any kind. He considers them losers. He has no problem painting millions with a broad brush and he doesn't want to be a loser, in his mind of what one is. So he makes sure he keeps insurance and has a house and pays on time...I wonder if he is just a high functioni9ng psychopath. There ARE higher and lower functioning ones. I know he would break the law if he didn't think he'd go to jail for it. Maybe he has. But he is capable of living a "normal" life, or what looks like one. He does have some empathy challenges, but is not completely void of empathy....still, it is not where it should be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 626959, member: 1550"] My son has traits and also traits of mood disorders and anxiety and narcicism. The problem with treating people who are basically without empathy...is that they are without empathy. It is almost impossible to change, even if you want to change, if you lack empathy. I have read a lot on this topic and they are starting to think that maybe having no empathy is a biological glitch that maybe can be inherited sometimes. They are just starting to do research in this area. Robert Hare has some awesome books. "Without Conscience" comes to mind. They are starting to find that psychopaths/sociopaths (very little difference, really) do lack empathy and you can see their "differently wired reactions" to life if you check the brain. They do not react to fear like a "normal" person. In fact they rarely FEEL fear. They do not have the same brainwaves pattern that most people do when shown a person who is in a horrific accident. They do not show the same degree of emotion. In fact, if I recall correctly, in the documentary I watched, the psychopath didn't react much at all to seeing an injured person or some other tragedy. I could be wrong. I don't think I am, but it's possible. I have also seen studies on these brainwave tests watching Investigative Discovery, a true crime channel and one of my favorites. They showed the documentary that I saw on psychopaths and brain waves and reactions to things that normal people get upset over and the psychopaths tended to be very calm and non-reactive. 36 would probably fit about halfway there, but I'm not sure he'd get the diagnosis. Maybe "traits." Now there are things about him I don't really know about. He hides himself well. So maybe he IS a psychopath. But he does keep a job, and, while he loves to get free money, will not ask for it just to feed himself and he has a snooty look down attitude toward anyone on government assistance of any kind. He considers them losers. He has no problem painting millions with a broad brush and he doesn't want to be a loser, in his mind of what one is. So he makes sure he keeps insurance and has a house and pays on time...I wonder if he is just a high functioni9ng psychopath. There ARE higher and lower functioning ones. I know he would break the law if he didn't think he'd go to jail for it. Maybe he has. But he is capable of living a "normal" life, or what looks like one. He does have some empathy challenges, but is not completely void of empathy....still, it is not where it should be. [/QUOTE]
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