My dad is a textbook case. Me and my sister seem to be on the spectrum but no where near as severe as him. I was watching a video about how people with ASPD tend to have no one in there life who can support the development of a healthy sense of self when there young and end up developing this sort of performative narrative that they model themselves around rather then living authentically. That seems so poignant when thinking about my own life.
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My “friend” growing up seemed this way. He lived down the street from me.
His parents both serious alcoholics. I don’t think it excuses all his bad behavior though. he was a serious liar, con, very abusive …i always had noticed that about him…he became a lawyer. he hurt me so many times. i never know why i let him back in my life later after he had already hurt me countless times. Hopefully wont hear from him again.
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Some of that is resemblant to my personality, or rather, lack of personality, but my psychiatrist diagnosed me with an ASPDish disorder - BPD.
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Yea ASPD BPD and NPD seem to overlap in many ways. I guess I’m just glad it’s not a bad case…
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Narcissism runs in my paternal side, too, and I got hit with the selfishness part.
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It’s hard not to assign blame. Both my parents had horrible childhoods and I still can’t seem to find a way to forgive them. I’m working on it with my mom but with my dad he continues to behave in horrible ways. I’m glad that guys out of your life though. I wouldn’t let him back in. If he’s a lawyer and found that degree of success it’s hard to imagine that bad behavior is just being reinforced by a massive ego.
IRL i’m definitely anti-social. I prefer to be alone 90 to 95% of the time.
Im more outgoing on this forum. Its easier and less nerve wrecking to communicate online, in my opinion.
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That’s being asocial
Antisocial people usually wind up in prison
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Severe cases. 15151515
thats not quite right I think. Antisocial can mean not wanting to interact with people socially. ASPD, the actual disorder is something different than the term antisocial by itself.
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I’m very much a social person. I couldn’t live on my own as last time I did that I was incredibly lonely and let a user in my life who took advantage of my vulnerabilities.
It worked out good in the end, because he was abusing me social services got involved moved me into better accommodation in a group home and I have many friends now and a wonderful staff team around me and I’m happy. The so called friend sometimes still emails me begging for me to be friends with him. I tell him he’s toxic and my life is wonderful now, last time I heard from him he all alone and self harming, be’s been diagnosed with BPD. Good riddance to him. lol.
I dont think i have any aspd traits. But i think i have a lot of sz neg traits that mistakenly seem like aspd things. Like flat affect, numb emotions etc. I have to act and fake everything to seem normal to people.
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I agree SZ negative symptoms.
In the UK its Disocial PD, as part of the Psychopathy spectrum. We should be mindful of applying such labels and diagnoses to try to rationalise certain behaviours in those we know. Being selfish or violent is not an automatic indicator. Its very deep stuff and very hard to diagnose properly.
Me too. Its exhausting.
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