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so i'll start by telling you a bit about myself.
i am 15 f. i don't want to sound arrogant but yes, i am popular which is why i don't get what is going on. I am vasrity cheerleader as a sophmore and have no trouble w/ guys and have alot of girl friends. so this is my question...
i got into a figth with this girl and it got bad, but girls are catty. she tried to ruin my reputation, but i ruined her life =] i got her kicked off of class vice president and her friends hate her. but to be fair, she really deserved it im not kidding. she posted pictures of me that were like edited and crap to make it look like i was naked, like photocopying my head onto the pic or w/e. and posted it on alot of the lockers. idk why she did it, shes just jealous b/c im dating her ex bf. seems to me like SHES the sociopath not me...
so after this i got in trouble, the school sent me to a therapist to talk about why i act the way i do. he diagnosed me a sociopath. But um... sociopaths are psycho anti-socials and im the center of attention. Im not a freak, i love shopping and guys and they say just b/c im a little decieving and like it my way, makes me a sociopath???
can somebody please explain to me how a popular varsity cheerleader can be a sociopath because i am way not antisocial. (link)
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People seem to have got into the habit of throwing around words like "sociopath" when in fact sociopaths in the sense that most people would define them (i.e. having literally NO regard or compassion for ANYBODY but themselves) are very rare indeed.
If what you've said is the full story then your therapist has jumped to huge conclusions that are usually, as someone's already said, reserved for adults. This is due to the fact that as toddlers just about everyone is a "sociopath" only concerned with doing things in order to get what we want and need. It can take a long time to properly develop a social conscience and a lot of it comes through experience.
At 15 yeah you're probably selfish and from your story you're certainly vindictive but that's pretty par for the course and judging you purely by how you act towards someone you dislike who's gone out of her way to offend you is hardly a fair representation of your overall character. (N.B. EVERYBODY likes it their way.)
Having said all that no-one on here can tell you whether you are or are not a sociopath according to the psychiatric definition because we've never met you but personally i don't have a lot of time for psychiatry or "therapy" as it stand at the moment anyway. It's a very shaky, inexact science and often labels are slapped on people based on the opinion of an individual who is never going to be completely objective by virtue of being a person themselves.
Go to a few other therapists (preferably a genuine psychiatrist complete with an MD. Someone calling themselves a "therapist" may not necessarily have the same training or knowledge of metal disorders) if you want this sociopath label contested. I'm willing to bet if you go to 3 different people you'll get 3 different opinions.
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