Anonymous #2 7w

I am on the lower side of the spectrum if so. I think it’s gotten better the older I’ve gotten. As a kid (like 8 or 12) my dog died and I was not fazed in the slightest. It makes sense. He died, he’s not here anymore, no point in crying over it. Just went back to playing with toys. Just yesterday my brother weighed in and was talking about how I really didn’t give a shit about anyone around me when I was a kid. My emotions are muted for sure. But I still feel guilt, a sociopath wouldn’t. Right?

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Anonymous OP 7w

There are also genuine moments when some one i know is going through emotional turmoil and I just can’t relate in the slightest. As in i genuinely don’t get the way they are feeling. Usually ill help them out in some material way because i can’t emotionally .

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Anonymous #3 7w

That’s true, I’ve thought of that as well which makes it even more confusing because i definitely have some tendencies/behaviors that say otherwise.

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Anonymous OP 7w

Like what

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Anonymous #3 7w

nvm just scrolled down and saw your other reply

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Anonymous OP 7w

A sociopath would not feel guilt. Do you feel empathy, even in a basic sense? If someone gets hurt in front of you, do you wince and imagine how it would feel if it happened to you?

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Anonymous #3 7w

I’d say I feel empathy, just less so than normal. And it depends. Example: drove down the highway and saw a dear get bulldozed by a truck while I was in the other lane with some friends. Everyone else was grossed out and I was as kinda just like “wow that’s surprising, I guess that sorta thing does happen pretty often tho.”

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Anonymous OP 7w

On the other hand I was once asked to dispatch a snake in the backyard (I Love Snakes). I ended up chopping it head off with bush trimmers. I was NOT happy.

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Anonymous #3 7w

I don’t think sociopaths necessarily never feel any semblance of normal human empathy or emotion. There’s no way it’s that black and white

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Anonymous #3 7w

Are you a sociopath? Cause I’m clinically a sociopath

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