[QUOTE=Mingebox;37425443]It's pretty fucking relevant when you're discussing what you should feel when people die.[/quote] There is no 'what you should feel'. Stop thinking that way.
[quote]Uncommon? It's nearly one in twenty. That's pretty goddamn common, all things considered. Even 1% would still leave a quite a few given how many different people regularly post here. I also understand many autistic people have problems with empathy, but calling someone autistic on the internet tends to have a different meaning.[/QUOTE]
And how many of that 4% are [i]actually[/i] sociopaths and not just people labelled as such? I'd estimate maybe 4% of the 4% are honest-to-god sociopaths. The rest are just people that YOU think are different and apply a label to. The majority of the people you're calling sociopathic are simply differently tuned, they feel empathy in different ways. Or may not feel it at all, yet still aren't sociopaths.
You need to wake up and smell the ashes here. Not everyone that lacks empathy is a sociopath. If one in twenty is a sociopath we would be living in a state of anarchy right now.
[quote]DSM-IV-TR
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM IV-TR), defines antisocial personality disorder (in Axis II Cluster B) as:[1]
A) There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three or more of the following:
[b]failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest;
deception, as indicated by repeatedly lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure;[/b]
impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead;
[b] irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults;[/b]
reckless disregard for safety of self or others;
consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations;
[b]lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another;[/b]
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Seriously. One in twenty Americans being a sociopath means we'd be living in a state of anarchy. We don't have enough cops to maintain order with that many maniacs on our streets.
[QUOTE=sltungle;37425419]I kind of just try and tough through things on my own where possible, although not from some delusion that I need to be a strong, stoic male, I just think it's healthier. Get sick? Let your body take care of it (unless it gets REALLY bad). Life has spent hundreds of millions of years evolving so that it can all happily coexist together, chances are your body will take care of most illnesses you'll ever get. Plus doing stuff like overusing antibiotics for bacterial infections just breeds stronger and stronger bacteria over time so in the long run I'm benefiting myself by letting my immune system fight the war for me.[/quote] I agree. I was raised by a household that didn't believe in "Minor papercut? FIVE GALLONS OF ANTISEPTICS ON IT RIGHT NOW AIBHAEITBJTAEIBJTEHI". Nah. My parents just told me "Yeah that happens, itt'l stop hurting in a bit and you'll be fine."
And they were right. It did stop hurting in a bit, and I was fine.
And I honestly think that built my immune system up, because by the time I hit high school colds that had my peers and friends on their asses for two weeks barely made me sniffle for two days. My immune system gives exactly zero fucks about the common bugs that float around the world, and I believe that's due mostly to my parents not bathing me in anti-septics every time I got a scrape. Sure if it was a bit more severe they'd clean it with alcohol or peroxide and put a normal bandaid over it, but I was never given neosporin or antibiotics, and anti-septic hand sanitizer is a product that has never been in my house. Hell I don't think I've ever used any at all.
[quote]doctors have a bad habit of prescribing antibiotics for EVERYTHING over here... even when it's viral, so I think that has something to do with it).[/quote] Yeah that's a big problem, and it goes deeper than just infections. There's a pill for EVERYTHING. It doesn't matter if you can't concentrate at school, your mood took a dive because they interrupted Unforgiven II on the radio to bitch about the weather, you have a headache, you don't think a 6" todger is sufficient, whatever. Just head to a doc and you'll have your scrip faster than you can call the pharmacy and ask how their reserves are doing. It drives me nuts. We have a culture of "If there's something not right about your body the doctor will give you a pill to fix it"...probably doesn't help that those pills are advertised on the TV and radio either.
[quote]I kind of extend that same logic onto my mind. I SHOULD be able to take care of any mental issues I may encounter on my own (or at least with the help of friends), just like my body can (hopefully) take care of itself. In fact, if I went to a psychologist (NOT a psychiatrist), what are they going to do any differently than a good friend? From the one time I've been to one (and from what I've seen/heard about them from other people and TV/movies (I know that's not the best source)) all they really seem to do in like 95% of cases is sit down and listen to their patient... well, vent. I have good friends, thankfully - friends that are willing to do the exact same thing and offer their best input to me; people who are emotionally invested in me and want to see me happy and mentally healthy.[/quote] While I agree, in some cases a professional shrink can make a difference that well meaning close friends can't.
But that's, for example, someone who survived being in one of the WTC towers, or soldiers that aren't willing to open up to family that, while meaning well, don't know the right combination. Therapists have a place in this world and I'm not against people seeing them, I just don't think everyone needs to see one for every little bump in life's road is all.
[quote]Two close friends of mine were able to quite quickly recover from the shock of seeing a guy get absolutely splattered on a road in India right in front of them and not let it eat them up inside because they have good enough friends to help them through events like that.[/QUOTE]
Not only that, but that shit is frighteningly common in that part of the world. China, India, some parts of Korea, Russia, that whole part of the world is absolutely terrible for road safety. People get flattened all the fucking time.
Give thanks that it was not someone close to you. It's the worst feelings I've ever experienced.
Damn, dude, I'm sorry you had to see something like that, that's fucked up, and sad.
I've never actually seen anyone die, but I have seen a good amount of car accidents that looked like they could have been fatal. Just seeing an accident is shocking.
[QUOTE=Persecution;37403789]She's.. four? I think? She was diddling around on my phone watching Toy Story, so she missed pretty much everything.[/QUOTE]
Do I sense pedobear ?
[QUOTE=Muryai;37428776]Do I sense pedobear ?[/QUOTE]
What
I remember like a year ago when my uncle was living with me, he was taking me home from my aunts house and we were on the parkway and this lady in front of us started swerving (I think she was falling asleep at the wheel) and she veered off the side, flipped over into the trees, the trees tore the hood off of the car. My uncle stopped the car and got out to help with some others that stopped, I stayed inside and waited for ten minutes. My uncle came back in with blood all over his arms. He said he didn't think she was going to make it but someone called the cops. as we were heading back home, we saw a cop car heading towards the accident but it was on the other side of the parkway. idk if it even got to the crash scene. freaky stuff. I was shaking when I got home I had never seen anything like it
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