I have ASPD, and I am fucking psyched to finally see someone bringing awareness to ASPD without demonizing it! Thanks bro!

Timestamps: Introduction: 0:00 - 1:20 Defenition: 1:42 - 2:56 Explanation: 2:57 - 3:42 Spectrum: 4:05 - 6:05 Quote: 6:06 - 6:50 Takeaway: 6:51 - 7:33 Questions: 7:34 - 7:49 Ending: 7:50 - 8:08

This is so important. The stigma around aspd is so prevalent, and anyone who can chime in and tell a first hand story is taking the discussion a big step in the right direction.

Good video, man. Also a high-functioning sociopath. I once read somewhere - in an article which I now can’t find, of course - that people like us have a tendency to display more empathy than normal while viewing fictional stimuli like movies, books, etc. Have you ever heard anything along these lines? It’s similar to what people with RAD do, I believe. Basically maintaining abnormal relationships with fictional situations and characters instead of real ones.

It really is unfortunate how misunderstood ASPD is. I do not have it, but my ex, and the father of my child, does. He is not diagnosed with ASPD, but he was diagnosed with CD prior to age 15, and we met when he was 18. It’s quite possible that he would have taken a bad turn if we hadn’t met when we did, considering I didn’t see any behaviors in him that really stood out as very abusive until our daughter was born, 7 years into our relationship. He was always mildly antagonistic towards me, but when she was born, the antagonism skyrocketed. But yeah, the thing he does that lets me know he has ASPD is antagonize and provoke, and he really only does this to romantic partners. He is also very impulsive and he’s never been great at earning a living. His father also has ASPD, and his mother has BPD, though she’s mellowed quite a bit with age. He has a lot of affective empathy, but no cognitive empathy. I’ve actually never seen a man cry more than him, and it’s not in an attempt to illicit sympathy, as he cries at movies and funerals for people who he wasn’t related to. I actually believe that people who develop ASPD were probably born with the potential to be some of the most caring, compassionate, empathetic people in the world, but the abuse and trauma, along with poor attachment to their parents, that they experienced as children and babies, forced them to turn down or turn off so many of their cognitive functions in order to survive. It’s very very sad. My ex is married to a woman with BPD, and because of their relationship dynamic, our daughter can no longer visit him. It was a very hard decision for us to make, but we have to look out for her mental health first. He can be incredibly gaslighty with our daughter. I feel very bad for him and his wife. I can’t imagine a worse pairing.

You’re an evil genius haha “no I am not attempting to manipulate you into liking or subscribing, I do genuinely want you to have a good day, but! That would be nice of you to do.” I’m sure you’re being genuine and do want people to have a nice day, but you can’t ignore how well you orchestrated your wording. I will definitely be subscribing.

I love seeing people bring awareness to some of the more stigmatized mental illnesses. I've been a fan of Dissociadid for a good bit now. It's good to see a channel about ASPD. Mental illness should not be something that has to be hidden no matter what it is.

3:56 A child (under 18) cannot be diagnosed with psychopathy/sociopathy/ASPD. They are technically diagnosed with a conduct disorder. They can be taught coping mechanisms through cognitive behavioural therapy and/or family therapy.

Good to see someone being honest about any form of mental illness. No matter what it is, eliminating the stigma behind it is important. Subbed

Ty for this bro, I have ASPD and the symptoms they share to people are extremes. ASPD is a spectrum, some of us lack certain emotions, some of us lack other, some of us have none, some of us can control it, but mostly we deal with emotions differently than others. We can have feelings and empathy but usually it is limited to very few close to us.

Thank you for this. I was friends for many years with a guy I met in high school. At first he was a pretty good friend, if a bit "off" at times, not to mention impulsive. But as time went on his behavior became more erratic, and he kept getting in trouble. In fact he's been in and out of prison for pretty much his whole adult life. And as the years went on his behavior just got worse, until I didn't feel he was at all a good friend to me-although he was constantly praising how great a friend I was. But the last straw for me was him getting more abusive to his girlfriends. I finally parted ways with him for good. It wasn't long after that, while he was doing another stint on probation that he was interviewed by a therapist. At the end of a session she asked him if he knows what a sociopath is. After the initial shock of finding that out wore off, I took to reading up on it, and the more I learned the more sense it made. Today I decided to see if there were videos of people with this disorder telling their side of it, and this video was the first I found. You're doing a great thing here, I hope you keep it up.

THANK you. I’m trying to write a character with ASPD and I wanna get most of my research from actual people with ASPD, rather than people who have no clue what it’s like to live it.

I hate to say you can see it in the eyes but yeah

Thank youuu, I have ASPD and I really appreciate you making this channel and video.

Its hard to have ASPD and Bipolar disorder, when you have mental health problem and is fighting it, the time where you find that your brain and yourself are not one.

I personally do not like the fact that psychopaths are on the more dangerous end of the scale. Sociopaths and psychopaths are relatively similar. Psychopaths dont "lack conscience", instead we choose to not care. Many of us have a moral code, which may or may not follow laws (typically they do because most laws are ethical, and moral). In my personal experience, low functioning sociopaths tend to be more impulsive than low functioning psychopaths, however when a low functioning sociopath has psychopathic traits (not enough to be a psychopath, but nearly enough) or a psychopath with sociopathic tendencies, these sociopathic-psychopaths/ psychopathic-sociopaths can become the more stereotypical people with ASPD, as their impulse control is basically gone, and they have no ability for insight into their condition. As a psychopath, I would personally say that I'm not more dangerous than a sociopath. I'm just a normal person that is almost devoid of complex emotions like love, sadness, remorse, guilt, etc. I still feel occasional flashes of happiness (more like flashes of dopamine), anger, lust, disgust, and ever so rarely; depression. Some of us with ASPD don't know how to cope with the general empty neutrality of our typical emotional spectrum, so they turn to more adrenaline-pumping means, often illegal and illicit activities, regardless of socio-psycho-patholigical polarity (the being of 'one or the other' in terms of ASPD). We're all human though. People like me make up 1% of the population, and sociopaths up to 4-5%. Thats quite a bit.

I seriously appreciate your channel, and you 💫🙏 It’s much-needed-trust me...been looking for a channel such as yours for a long while...only other time I found one, it was deleted after a few months.... except I find yours better-great communication/teaching/storytelling skills...honestly, this shit needs more understanding for everyone involved tho....I can see your channel gaining traction over time! Def, there are so many other people out there feeling similarly....I think that the personality type doesn’t typically tend toward exposing itself, however-the categoric, black and white model of psychology is a thing I don’t tend toward....anyhow- Loving the channel-can tell that you care n strive to communicate your experience genuinely...thank you 🌟

I find this to be the clearest explanation of the differences between aspd/sociopathy/psychopathy. Theres so many different descriptions, and I was really curious about what made them different. Thank you!

Oh and, i'm somewhat between low and high functionning sociopath. Was definitively "low" before getting treated for ADHD. Diagnosed for both aspd and adhd at 32yo. Meds do wonder to not be a wreck.

Hello! Fellow sociopath here! Thank you for making this video, many people really misinterpret ASPD. It's tiring sometimes, so hearing this video gave me a confidence boost, thank you!

I'm so happy that someone is finally sharing their experience living with ASPD! I have a friend with ASPD and I'm happy that the stigma of ASPD is going away!

i was physically abused as a child my parents and sibling abused me for 14 years since the age of 3 this depravity expressed as a child proved to be the locus of my future i was diagnosed as factor 1 psychopathy

As an empath, it's really interesting to see "the other side"! I'm fascinated by sociopaths and psychopaths because they can potentially enlighten a conversation with their views which are possibly free from any moral boundaries and therefore very much different. They can open new doors for others in terms of thinking different about things and learning to differentiate between emotions and facts in some cases. But I still need to overcome my internalised prejudice of people with ASPD. Nonetheless, you're doing great! :)

Psychopaths are determined by issues with their striatum, basal ganglia and other areas of the brain as seen on MRI and CT scans contrary to the other Cluster "B" personality disorders; however, there is a difference between emotional empathy and cognitive empathy. ASPD typically have cognitive empathy which is different then feeling and expressing genuine empathy. Cognitive empathy is learned behavior. There is crossover of these personality traits with ASPD. We meet and/or interact with people with ASPD daily and don't realize it.

Thank you so much it feels so nice to find someone who finally doesn’t make us out to be evil

I must express my huge of amount of thankfulness to you for making this video. I struggle with understanding my sociopathic traits and your information calmed me so much man. It's such a strange sensation not to feel as much emotion as others, but i'm quite certain that a happy and mentally heathy life is definitely possible for me now.

1. Is the spectrum larger than simply high functioning and low functioning? 2. Would you describe your relationships as transactional (you give xyz in order to gain zyx), or are there genuine emotive relationships? 3. What are your goals for the future? Perhaps career-wise?

Few days ago, my ex called me with a pissed off manner yelling at me because I hurt her, manipulated her emotions, felt apathetic through out the relationship and was only with her so I can get some. Thing is, when I think of it now I kinda did but not with a bad intention. I never intentionally manipulate anyone and yet, I do lie about small things sometimes, I sometimes act rude and like....I never feel emotions irl but I kinda guess how to act in certain occasions and just fake them. But then again, when I hear a song or play a movie I cry like a baby and can and always show empathy. This explains a lot. When I accepted ASPD as a part of me I love myself more. Thanks bro.

Hello, I have Psychopathy. You are correct in saying those of any level of psychopathy are able to detach themselves from their own feelings. I am not chaned by the bonds of feeling

I have BPD and am used to seeing people demonising me online sadly. I think you’re very brave for this!!

Holy shit, thank you so much for doing this video and channel. I've been trying to research ASPD for so fucking long and all of the medical sources kept contradicting eachother and using psycopath and sociopath like they mean the same thing, and it made me mad. I am a writer and an artist who loves creating characters, specially ones that have stigmatized disorders or characteristics (ASD, DID, BPD and now ASPD!) and I want to show the real nature of the disorders, not the bullshit that popular media shows us.

This is incredible! Yet another inspiration for videos about my narcissism! I'm stoked, and you are part of the kindling in that fire.

I've been suspecting that I have ASPD for quite some time now, and your videos are already helping me figure out if I have it or not, I appreciate them.

I'm also coming out, being public about being an ASPD. Yes, maybe some are abusive, but we are individuals too. Understanding is key, not creating more hate and fear like many videos do.

Question: when did your therapist diagnose you and how did they help you with tactics for living your daily life? Do you think your relationships suffer from this and how have you been working to change, if you have at all?

i love this vid. you and kanika batra are my go-to for understanding aspd further. great work!!

Thank you for making this video! I can’t be diagnosed because of my age, but i’ve been told by both professionals and teachers that I have ASPD. I’m trying to research it and find like - minded people, so it’s good to see someone who actually HAS it and isn’t stigmatising it.

I experienced a paradigm shift recently in which I actually learned what empathy was and that I don't experience the emotional aspect of it at all. I can mimic emotional empathy but feeling sad for someone I love, or in any other way empathizing with someone else's emotions, is completely outside of my ability. I can relate to people, and I can also empathize by imagining myself in their shoes. along with that realization came a sort of unveiling to myself that I do not and never have felt regret or remorse. this explains a number of things I did during my childhood, when I had much worse impulse control than I do now. I'm not diagnosed with anything explaining my behavior and the way I feel, but I thought I'd say something here after someone I know sent me a link to this video. editing this because I posted it while watching the video. the way you described being able to "flip a switch" and turn your emotions off is literally a perfect description of what I'm able to do. I can simply "flip the switch" and not feel anything in particular for a while edit 2: despite not feeling remorse, I'm still a generally good person. I try to help my friends with whatever's going on in their lives the best I can, and I *do* care about people

I myself have aspd, mostly misdiagnosed as a child, due to traumas. I simply never knew I had aspd ,I just knew I was somehow different. Just telling people you have aspd make them automatically scared of you or look at you like you are a monster which sucks . So I don't say anything about my personality disorder

It is so cool to see someone with the condition talking about it. The psychologists make a good job explaining it, but it is much more interesting to see someone that has ASPD themselves to teach us

Thanks for making yourself available for questions. Questions: Are you able to maintain friendships? Do you date girls? Do you get bored easily? How do you treat animals? What is your relationship with your parents like?

I love they way you talk, its just straight to the point no BS, very clear, very articulate, no time wasted with trying to make it digestable for normies. Nice.

looks like Kanika's channel was launched after this vid. Props on breaking new ground and smashing stigma!

Hey dude I’ve done sone more research outside this video about ASPD and all I can say is that I hope you’re doing well and I’m terribly sorry you have to put up with so many negative stereotypes surrounding your disorder :( xx I truly believe these videos have the potential to help so many people with ASPD and families and friends of those with ASPD so thank you for being motivated to do this :D (I know this isn’t really a question but I just wanted to share lol)

Dude I have this condition also and I'm on the verge of doing something stupid but currently I'm getting help and getting better but obviously people don't like me very much and we as antisocials suffer a lot and even my old psychiatrist treated like I was a criminal and the KZfaq really needed this kinda community I was currently searching for an internet blog about this condition and I'm glad I found you bro! I'm hitting a follow.

Gosh this is actually so helpful. I've had the suspicion of being a sociopath for a while because I've always felt like something was wrong/different about me compared to other. Like how much easier it was for others to empathise and understand each other on deep emotional levels while I struggled to find a reason to bond with or care about anyone. However, I have quite the superiority complex so I've always thought the others around me just weren't good enough for me to put my energy into getting close to and I either had to find the 'right' people or just didn't need other people at all. I ended up choosing the latter option because it was easier and I ended up doing the switching method for a long time, only showing fake empathy and interest in people if they were above me or they were important for me to succeed or to achieve something. I'm in one word very superficial. My charm is superficial, I measure people by how much they can do for me and pretty much only care about myself. It sounds awful but it's true. But I've always thought it was something else because I kept reading online about sociopaths engaging in all these horrible acts and I've yet to commit my first crime. I do have the temptation to do it and my impulses sometimes get the best of me in the form of petty thefts but nothing as big scale as like murder. I just thought I either had something else or was just a horrible person and honestly I didn't mind either one because I thought as long as I can just pretend to be 'normal' I'd be fine. So this video has been really helpful. Thank you sir. :)

Seems like a kinda basic one, but in what situations do you struggle with and when is it an advantage to have Aspd (this probably needs a lot of differentiation between the sub types)? Do you go through the habit of justifying something internally? Do you want to serve some „greater good“?

Interesting. I'm neurologically divergent and was raised around people with cluster B disorders, as well as married 12 years to a man with borderline personality disorder and moderate dissociation. I appreciate you sharing your experiences. I think that Kanika Batra's videos about living with ASPD are insightful as well.

Omg omg omg youre the first person ive ever heard reference what i call the psychopath switch! I can turn my emotions and empathy off but its much harder to switch it back on.

This is very helpful, thank you! Keep up the good work! I subscribed, and am looking forward to more. Personal experience can often be a better teacher than blanket clinical definitions.

This was so insightful. Clear and concise. Thank you :)

Thanks, I was recently diagnosed with ASPD. A high functioning psychopath specifically. Video helped!

Do all sociopaths lie? I suspect a friend of mine has ASPD, but she’s brutally honest (without empathy). It’s almost like she doesn’t feel inclined to lie because she detests people pleasers and social pleasantries so she’d rather just be blunt.

do you have some form of social media where your viewers are able to contact you?

Honestly, I love learning about the other cluster b personalities:/ I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder earlier this year. Anyway, you’re channel is very much appreciated and it takes a lot to talk about stuff like this. I always found this disorder interesting. It’s also nice to know the differences between high functioning and low when dealing with these types of disorders. I guess I’d be in between high and low functioning with my bpd. I’m hoping to get better as I get older but idk. I’m already 21 so we’ll see lol

i don’t want to be a sociopath. everyone thinks they’re crazy. but i don’t feel for people. i don’t want people to judge me for who i am.

Great video! Love your channel

I was diagnosed at 19, 2 years later things have been getting slowly better

I have conduct disorder did you have conduct disorder as a child?

After watching this, I now wonder if my youngest aunt, who is now deceased, was a low functioning sociopath. She was extremely manipulative and emotionally volatile. She bragged about beating her children and would make them go to the bathroom at family member's houses to find stuff to steal and sell for money. She rented a house from my grandmother without ever paying the rent or utilities and destroyed the house to the point that it was cheaper to sell the house as is than fix it. We all knew something was wrong with her, but no one in the family would do anything about it. She never saw a mental health professional.

Congrats on developing your channel! I think it's great & I accidentally discovered it. I have wondered if my 11 year old is a sociopath or even narcissistic, but it's probably more likely that he has high functioning autism. I do not see that in you; I'm just saying. He is diagnosed with ADHD and SPD. He is highly intelligent with sensory issues and somewhat behind socially, but seems to feel deep emotions for those that he cares about and empathy towards others or at least strong reactions to sad or hurtful situations involving others or even in movies to the point of not being able to watch the movie. However, when he is talking to me or a friend about a topic such as video games, he dominates the convo and seems to care less about what the other person has to say which does not allow for a good back & forth convo. He does have a temper though and does not like being messed with; he's not mean, but he gets really upset and lashes out, cries or flips out. He does not destroy property or harm others. He just takes things so hard and it will take him a long time to get over it. He seems to be able to know people's true intentions and after giving people a few chances, he will be done with them forever. Anyway, just wondering if you had any issues like that when you were younger, relate to any of that, etc. I wish your channel success!

as far as i know, i do NOT have ASPD, but you guys seem like pretty cool people, i’ve been looking into this a bit

I'm also diagnosed ASPD but tell ppl I'm bipolar as not to scare them. I mostly stay to myself now that I'm self aware after causing unwarranted chaos for the majority of my life. I disconnect and disengage. I was low vibrational but after ten years of therapy I'm better at recognizing my traits and stopping the cycle.

Fantastically explained bud... great vid.

I was told i was too young to get diagnosed with ASPD and was told i had "sociopathic tendencies" Im so glad to see someone being awareness to this, and im kinda upset i didn't find this video when it came out (when i first got diagnosed) Thank you so much for doing this, i saw anythonys channel first and thought what he was doing was brilliant

Great video. Thanks for the upload

One day, I will be a published fiction writer. If there is one thing I have decided to focus on when it comes to improving the world, it is writing books that will contribute to decreasing the stigma around, well, lots of things - in particular neurodivergeance and things linked to psychology, since they are close to my heart. Thank you for taking the time to make this, it will likely help a lot

Hallöchen, first i would like to say that i absolutely love every one of your videos, i always was concerned by the way society categorizes “fashionable” and “non fashionable” disorders giving only positive representation to the fashionable ones such as autism or DID, i myself have been diagnosed with ASPD at the age of 19, my psychiatrist decided this because i recently attempted a crime that would end my life and countless others for my own sexual gratification, when i spoke to her in the hospital she was upset to see that even after being caught in the act all i could do was drool over the possibility of trying again… she saw that i couldn’t for the life of me understand why it was bad to end the lives of 29 people. However shortly after she claimed i was a liability to her career and abandoned me and our sessions together, thus i was left with a diagnosis but no one to explain it to me… this is why i treasure your work so dearly… and i apologize that you must be associated with humans such as myself who have committed crimes and often perpetuate negative stereotypes it is never my intention to cause you difficulties in your daily life… but i dont have any intention on changing mine to make the overlords of society happy, anyway best wishes- tschüss

I can also flip a switch and lose my empathy and emotions, but this might be more of a coping mechanism where I avoid them and not actually lose them.. I dunno. Super interesting video tho, thanks for sharing!

Have you been formally diagnosed by a medical professional?

i hate having aspd so much it makes me wonder whether i am capable of love/being loved as i doubt any1 can even put up with the hostility and recklessness of me

Amazing informative video, so well spoken

Wow, thank you so much for this! It was very well done and you explained everything so well. Now that I know the range of ASPD, I want to talk to my therapist about being diagnosed. You were super helpful

I’ve heard that people with ASPD tend to blink less. Is this true?

Were you diagnosed with CD? How did you get yourself in trouble?

So if you don't have any of the symptoms in the diagnostic criteria, how did you get a diagnosis?

What did you do to get psychoterapist?

diagnosed AsPD here in 2007. Nice video, like & sub

Is it possible for me to be a hfs but still have some remorse? bc my therapist said i had aspd but he didn't explain it because i didnt ask questions.

I am a latina with aspd. Been thinking about speaking about the topic in my channel in spanish, but as every aspd, I am quite concerned about how this could affect my life if everyone found out lmfao

I’m pretty sure I have aspd and I got cheated on now I’m using him for money food and meanwhile offer nothing in return. It is favorable but I know it isn’t right from an outsiders perspective any tips from anyone with aspd?

yesss, please make more videos like this!! I'm incredibly interested in sociopathy and psychopathy and it's so awesome to have a source from a person with it because I have an idea of what it'd be like in my head and it's nice to see if I'm even close or totally off ^^' Adnewjdlwemldnljwsnd this is awesome-

I had a coworker with ASPD. His behavior was almost delusional. All we could do was keep him in some backroom position where he couldn't do any damage, and not put him in any position of trust.

My question is did something bad happen to you in your childhood to cause this condition?

im a diagnosed high functioning psychopath (scored a 36 on the test) this video is a really good thoroughly explained video about the disorder spectrum. Good job man 👍🏽 although im a high functioning psychopath i used to kill and torture animals so id say thats one of the only parts u got wrong.

I have a ridiculous question. Is it possible for someone with DID to have one alter that has ASPD. I've always wondered about this.

Here is a discord server. discord.gg/VFFU6h This is a server for everyone that likes to be in their room, is bad at socializing, or has mental illness. Many of us at this time are Maladaptive Daydreamers (people that involuntarily daydreaming for long period of time) and we want it to include other people that could benefit from talking about our issues, how our individual lives are affected, giving advice, and bonding.

Here, i'm subbed

Did y’all know that sociopathy is not inborn? It is developed in childhood as a result of trauma or PTSD/CPTSD. This fact is super important in my mind when it comes to understanding how someone could turn off their ability to empathize, like a switch. It’s a coping strategy to keep them safe. It helps me understand and to feel more empathy for our ASPD brothers and sisters. Paige Bartholomew Licensed Psychotherapist

Have you ever had true feelings about someone and being very possessive .

I think the stigma around cluster B is so disorganized to the point where we box off certain disorders and don’t consider other implications, I don’t think all psychopaths are completely void of conscience, and I don’t think all sociopaths are stupid impulsive criminals that fall in and out of prison on a yearly bases lol, there is such a cross over between both disorders on a person to person bases, which is what makes ASPD nutritiously hard to pin, it’s also smart to remember if you have one disorder generally an other bleeds through, psychology is still in its pre mature stage of study, and there is so much more to find out, cool video man

This was really good. Thank tou

If you were 25 years old, this might be valid. The prefrontal cortex isn't fully integrated until around the age of 25, and for some people (especially males) that can even be a few years later. That's not my subjective opinion, there is more research behind this than I could cite. It's WHY and HOW the insurance industry can legally discriminate by age alone, when it comes to car insurance rates. I'm trying so hard not to roll my eyes at this. No mention of Factor 1 or Factor 2 traits. So much to cringe over.

I'd be curious to see follow-up videos on how you react in situations

what the causes of aspd ? is it a choice. Is someone normal can choose to be like this ( by doing weird and horrible things until they really become like this) or this is uncontrol?

My friend’s ex is a sociopath. He wasn’t cruel, or harmful to others, until he was done manipulating her to take care of him, while finishing med school. Even then, he wasn’t extreme in his actions. He is now an oral surgeon. (Many of his colleagues have ASPD). She was with him for 10 years and basically cared for him, not an emotionally deep attachment on his end - he was cold and extremely self-serving. Intellectually they clicked, and enjoyed each other’s company. It is hard for me to imagine that type of relationship as a sensitive compassionate person, but I guess they exist.

Thank you for this.

Sometimes it feels like I’m moving around in an empty husk

May i ask if you feel genuine love and care for people close to you? I hope that doesnt sound mean

I can fully understand the idea of these behavior being on a spectrum, it makes total sense. I just still am wary bc I DID suffer for years and years from abuse from a psychopath, BUT I have the same feeling toward everyone. I distrust every person I meet.