Hi,

I am a 24 year old woman who was diagnosed at age 19 with ASPD aka sociopathy/psychopathy, Ask Me Anything.

  • DatBoomerGirl
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    2 days ago

    Were you surprised by the diagnosis and has it held you back?

    I have this disorder myself. Although when I was diagnosed back in 81 we didn’t have these fancy terms like “anti-social personality disorder” it was just sociopath/psychopath back then.

    • Justathroughdaway@lemmy.worldOP
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      16 hours ago

      “Were you surprised by the diagnosis”

      Yes I was. I had known about ASPD and always through of people who had it as serial killers and abusers. When I was diagnosed there was an awkward moment where I was like “so… I guess I’m a sociopath now💀🥀”

      “has it held you back?”

      No but it could. Nobody but me and the person who diagnosed me knows but if I ever get dragged to court I now have a piece of paper that makes me look bad and if anyone did a medical background check on me it wouldn’t be a good look to say the least.