Question:
Are narcissists also sociopaths by definition; is the former a subset of the latter?
Because my understanding is a sociopath doesn't care about right or wrong. The narcissist, IMO, is someone who is so self-deluded and self-absorbed that they are oblivious to any wrongs they commit.
PaulPaublo's story also sounds to me more like a narcissist than a sociopath. Maybe this is a hair-splitting distinction, and I agree with PP's statement that as a layman, I need to be careful of diagnosing, so let me preface this is just my opinion. Both his experience and mine were with someone who lies about their own wrongdoing, rewriting history in their own brains, so that they can either justify it or pretend they never did it.
Case studies of sociopaths that I'm familiar with, by contrast, are where they are caviler about the wrongs they committed. They have no need to rationalize their behavior or deny anything.
Those more formally trained in psychology: please correct me if I'm wrong.
Are narcissists also sociopaths by definition; is the former a subset of the latter?
Because my understanding is a sociopath doesn't care about right or wrong. The narcissist, IMO, is someone who is so self-deluded and self-absorbed that they are oblivious to any wrongs they commit.
PaulPaublo's story also sounds to me more like a narcissist than a sociopath. Maybe this is a hair-splitting distinction, and I agree with PP's statement that as a layman, I need to be careful of diagnosing, so let me preface this is just my opinion. Both his experience and mine were with someone who lies about their own wrongdoing, rewriting history in their own brains, so that they can either justify it or pretend they never did it.
Case studies of sociopaths that I'm familiar with, by contrast, are where they are caviler about the wrongs they committed. They have no need to rationalize their behavior or deny anything.
Those more formally trained in psychology: please correct me if I'm wrong.
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