I think my good friend is a sociopath, but I'm not entirely sure. About a year ago, he was kicked out of his residence after an altercation involving a girl he hooked up with and a guy who tried to go for this same girl. Apparently they wanted him kicked out because they feared for their lives and suspected he was psychotic.
I'm not really sure what happened, but as far as I know he exploded and anger and threatened to assault a few people. He tried to come up with a rationalization for his actions, a 10 minute speech with vague, convoluted details. He told me he came up with this with the help of his lawyer uncle (which later, I found was a lie), and asked me for my help. He described the situation in such a way that made his actions appear entirely reasonable and excusable, but I had a feeling that he deserved what he got.
He ended up seeing a therapist, and around this time I couldn't help but notice him bring up the topic of sociopathy several times. He told me about the test asking him questions such as "Are you fascinated by weapons?" He later described one instance in which a friend of ours from junior high was diagnosed as a sociopath and a couple days later, brought up another situation in which his girlfriend was consoling a guy who left her because "He had absolutely no feelings for her and was probably a sociopath." I don't know if these were lies to subtly hunt at the fact that he had been diagnosed himself, and he was trying to gauge my opinion of sociopaths.
My friend has a history of lying and has gone through many girlfriends in the past year alone. He appears normal, but is honestly quite manipulative with his words, highly intelligent, and passive-aggressive. Could he be a sociopath? Should I trust him anymore? Is it time to hide all my credit cards, ID cards, etc? Thoughts?
I'm not really sure what happened, but as far as I know he exploded and anger and threatened to assault a few people. He tried to come up with a rationalization for his actions, a 10 minute speech with vague, convoluted details. He told me he came up with this with the help of his lawyer uncle (which later, I found was a lie), and asked me for my help. He described the situation in such a way that made his actions appear entirely reasonable and excusable, but I had a feeling that he deserved what he got.
He ended up seeing a therapist, and around this time I couldn't help but notice him bring up the topic of sociopathy several times. He told me about the test asking him questions such as "Are you fascinated by weapons?" He later described one instance in which a friend of ours from junior high was diagnosed as a sociopath and a couple days later, brought up another situation in which his girlfriend was consoling a guy who left her because "He had absolutely no feelings for her and was probably a sociopath." I don't know if these were lies to subtly hunt at the fact that he had been diagnosed himself, and he was trying to gauge my opinion of sociopaths.
My friend has a history of lying and has gone through many girlfriends in the past year alone. He appears normal, but is honestly quite manipulative with his words, highly intelligent, and passive-aggressive. Could he be a sociopath? Should I trust him anymore? Is it time to hide all my credit cards, ID cards, etc? Thoughts?