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Is my friend/lover a sociopath?
I am considering ending a relationship
with a friend of almost 10 years, because I'm worried he may have an
incurable mental disorder. "Friend" is misleading, as our
relationship has been semi-sexual and... not very friendly. He seems
to be completely self-absorbed, emotionally retarded (not displaying
emotions), lacking remorse and empathy, incapable of intimacy in any
real form. Ex: He occasionally calls me late at night with grandiose
professions of love, but will claim the exact opposite the next day.
He instigates explicit sexual conversations, but cannot handle
physical contact with me except on very rare occasions (sexual
encounters in which he had to exercise complete dominance and control;
also he refuses to have intercourse). He regularly makes plans with
me that he has no intention of keeping. I stumbled across an article
about psychopathy, and he seems to fit all of the non-criminal
descriptions perfectly, with one major exception: sociopaths are
supposed to be free from anxiety, something he experiences in excess.
He is an artist and lives alone, and claims he has many friends, is
very intelligent and charming, and is generally functional. Do you
think this is an amalgamate of several disorders? What kind of
treatment is available for them? I admit I have strong romantic feelings for this man, is there something wrong with me? He and I are 26 and 24, respectively.
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well let me say this and this now somethimes artist are hard to understand and it's not because there crazy it's because there minds in another place slowing make it easy for them to sit down and do their art, so that make be what your experencing. i won't tell you that you should end your relatiosonship with this man on;t just talk to him and see what he has to say and ask him if he has any problems with you or problems with his life. and than tell him of your medical condition and ask him if he has an medical when you get the list and it may not have anything to do with what you though it was than ask him your question but beprepared for him to get uset and mad cause with these kind of question they are normaly taken badly.
or so no one gets hurt you can leave the pappers in his mail box every day and by his door make sure he dosn't see you than when he says some person been leaving theses wird papers by my door with this stuff on them you can ask if he does have that problem and await your awnster.
you know you better have faith that it's the art thing and not the problem thing,
Kittzen
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thats EXACTLY like my ex boyfriend. he can possibably be bi-polar too, having a range of emotions withen time and deny it. He can also be extreamly shy. He can be really shy about his body, and stuff like that. I don't really know what can be wrong with him, but if he treats you really badly then he can be. and if you believe he is, you should take him to a therapist. good luck!
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