Aspies For Freedom

There is someone who denies being an Aspergian so he goes rogue and watches much of the telly to pretend to be normal.
But unfortunely what he does is he gets too caught up and obsessed with his new game.
Eventually, this obsession leads him to become a psychopath, the 1st Autistic one.

I think you clearly should have only an "embassy thread" as you disagree with this site's views and start mutliple threads to compliment yours.

Groupthink?

... or clusterfuck?

What?

I seriously doubt that Aspies can be psychopaths. Some might not be very nice people, but that is not the same as being a psychopath.

a condition characterized by lack of empathy [1] [2] or conscience, and poor impulse control [3] [4] or manipulative behaviors.[5] It is a term derived from the Greek psyche (soul, breath hence mind) and pathos (to suffer), and was once used to denote any form of mental illness, often being confused with psychosis.

[edit] What is a psychopath?
A psychopath has no concern for the feelings of others and a complete disregard for any sense of social obligation. They seem egocentric and lack insight of any sense of responsibility or consequence. Their emotions are thought to be superficial and shallow, if they exist at all. They are considered callous, manipulative, and incapable of forming lasting relationships, let alone showing any kind of meaningful love. They typically never perform any action unless they determine it can be beneficial for themselves.

Since psychopaths cause harm through their actions, it is assumed that they are not emotionally attached to the people they harm; however, according to the PCL-R Checklist, psychopaths are also careless in the way they treat themselves. They frequently fail to alter their behavior in a way that would prevent them from enduring future discomfort. Dr. Joseph Newman contends that the behavior displayed by psychopaths is the result of "an inability to process contextual cues." [22]

It is thought that any emotions which the primary psychopath exhibits are the fruits of watching and mimicking other people's emotions. They show poor impulse control and a low tolerance for frustration and aggression. They have no empathy, remorse, anxiety or guilt in relation to their behavior. In short, they truly are devoid of conscience. However, they understand that society expects them to behave in a conscientious manner, and therefore they mimic this behavior when it suits their needs.

Most studies of psychopaths have taken place among prison populations. This remains a limitation on its applicability to a general population but that has not prevented fiction writers from popularizing psychopaths in the movies.

Cleckley defined psychopathy thus:[23]

1. Superficial charm and above average intelligence.
2. Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking.
3. Absence of nervousness or neurotic manifestations.
4. Unreliability.
5. Untruthfulness and insincerity.
6. Lack of remorse or shame.
7. Antisocial behavior without apparent compunction.
8. Poor judgment and failure to learn from experience.
9. Pathological egocentricity and incapacity to love.
10. General poverty in major affective reactions.
11. Specific loss of insight.
12. Unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations.
13. Fantastic and uninviting behavior with drink, and sometimes without.
14. Suicide threats rarely carried out.
15. Sex life impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated.
16. Failure to follow any life plan.


It has been shown that punishment and behavior modification techniques do not improve the behavior of a psychopath. They have been regularly observed to respond to both by becoming more cunning and hiding their behavior better. It has been suggested that traditional therapeutic approaches actually make them, if not worse, then far more adept at manipulating others and concealing their behavior. They are generally considered to be not only incurable but also untreatable.

Psychopaths also have a markedly distorted sense of the potential consequences of their actions, not only for others, but also for themselves. They do not, for example, deeply recognize the risk of being caught, disbelieved or injured as a result of their behaviour.

here ya go.

welcome.

I reckon there's no reason why aspies aren't as capable of being psychopaths as anybody else. But the equation aspie = psychopath is a false one.

(I would imagine there's no significant correlation - negative or positive - between the two.)

The only way I could see someone on the spectrum being a psychopath is if they were only on the very borderline and if they had co-existing mental conditions. It would be even rarer than someone being a straight psychopath.

A psychopath is someone lacking in compassion.

In my experience aspies do not (on the whole) lack compassion. We have poor social skills which make it difficult for us to understand other people--we lack empathy. But this is very different from lacking compassion.

A psychopath has empathy--he is able read another person’s emotional state--he knows when another  person’s hurt or afraid--but he doesn’t care. He uses his empathy to ‘enjoy’ another person’s pain.  

From what I’ve read about psychopaths they can have extraordinary good empathy. They can seek out and exploit another person’s weaknesses within minutes of meeting them. They can be charming and have very good social skills which they use to manipulate other people.

Being a good psycho relies on the very social skills we tend to lack.

It's someone without a conscience.  Most have the ability to read non-autistic people, because most are non-autistic people.  But I don't doubt it possible that there could be autistic people who lack conscience.  Why not?  We're vulnerable to every other character flaw I've ever heard of.

Either way, Waldo does not seem to know what a psychopath is, as he believes one can become one from watching too much TV. -_-

Waldo
If going to the trouble of writing a story about an Asperigian, why not make it a positive portrayal.  I know hrick would love it.  Mom