Writing Prompt: Having to do something you don’t want to do.
You know that moment when you’re enjoying time with family, then someone has to ruin everything for you.
It’s starts with impersonation, then lies, then everything dissolves.
The person who’s affected is left angry to the point their shaking. wondering why they’ve been stabbed in the back by someone they thought they could trust. All because the sociopath cared more about themselves, then what’s around them. It’s not very hard to understand the sociopath’s motives. Every time you talk to that person, it’s basically the same thing over, and over, and over, and over, and over. (Kind of like that broken record player.)
“I need help trying to make my boyfriend disappear.”
I’m too busy dealing with fabricating a story to get a job so I can tell people, “These guys won’t stop bothering me, I need help from YOU to get rid of them.”
I need an idea how to commit illegal acts so that I can pretend to help you, when instead what I could’ have you doing could get you in SEVERE legal trouble, because manipulating people who care, is easier than getting someone off the street to help you. (Because my little wad of emergency money can only be stretched so far.)
I remember two phrases from my childhood that I should’ve thought about when talking (dealing) with the sociopath. “Never judge a book by it’s cover.” and “Don’t talk to strangers.” (Even if they’re family.)
Because trying to be nice to a sociopath, and trying to help, doesn’t get you very far.
[Edit: The sociopath is very cunning, and likes to cause rifts between people when that person doesn’t get their way. Even if it’s family that wants to be friends with the sociopath’s children and enjoy “visitation” without the constant complaining. Because the person knows, it’s only a matter of time before the sociopath spins another web of lies to attempt to destroy another relationship. Even if it’s causing one family member so much stress, they’re forced to cut contact with the people they care about so that they don’t get mixed up in the “fight”. (No matter how much it pains them to do so.)
Because you can NEVER win with a sociopath.









