#aspd feels

[tuliptruth]

Bitches be like “you need to be able to feel empathy to be a good person” and then are the most horrible person alive

[autopsyfreak]

how ‘mental health advocates’ look at me when i tell them my disorder makes me unable to care about other people’s feelings.

[sunshinesystem20]

AHHHHH I'M TIRED OF DOING MASKING I'M TIRED OF PRETENDING I CARE ABOUT EVERYONE'S EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING I'M TIRED OF PRETENDING TO HAVE EMPATHY IT'S EXHAUSTING TO PRETEND TO BE NEUROTYPICAL

[gxstalt]

every single day humanity proves that i am right in hating everybody

[npd-confessions]

My own aspd/npd confession whoops:

I genuinely get so awkward when people vent to me, especially without like... asking first. Like, I cannot just pull sympathy out of my ass on a whim babe. I need a warning and at least five minutes of prep time. This needs to be an open book test. I gotta have my notes!!

[aspdculture-is]

ASPD culture is murder is illegal, so I will just aggressively think at someone to kill yourself kill yourself please kill yourself

ASPD culture is

[actually-aspd-culture]

I was generally curious to know what do you think are some misconceptions about psychopaths/sociopaths and ASPD in general.

Myths, misconceptions and generalizations about ASPD: 1. We're all incapable of feeling guilt, remorse, or shame. While some of us may feel that way, the majority of us still have the capacity to potentially feel these things. Most of us are simply emotionally detached and thus have a harder time identifying these emotions within ourselves. That does not mean they are entirely absent. A lack of awareness of ones emotions does not equal a total absence of them.

2. It's very easy to identify us. Your average antisocial person masks in order to survive in society. It can be quite difficult to correctly identify some of us. There are many cases in which you may never know someone has it unless they directly disclose it to you. 3. We are all abusive. Some of us may behave in these ways as a result of having abusive behavior normalized to us during our upbringing. With that being said, abusive behavior is not an essential lifelong cornerstone of our existence. We can learn, grow, and do better like any other person. We must hold ourselves accountable for our own actions regardless of what disorders we may have. 4. We're aggressive or violent all of the time. I won't pretend like there is no link between ASPD and unhealthy expressions of anger, but that doesn't mean it has to define us. It's entirely possible for someone with this condition to work on healthier modes of self-expression. 5. We're incapable of prosocial emotions or behaviors, especially love and caring for others.

We are capable of experiencing a much wider range of emotions than people may realize. Many of us are able to successfully maintain long-term interpersonal relationships despite some of the difficulties we may face in connecting with others.

6. None of us want help, know we need help, or choose to go to therapy willingly of our own accord. Developmental trauma can normalize a lot of unsavory trains of thought for people. This may make it harder to identify when a behavior is unhealthy. That doesn't mean we're all incapable of knowing something is "off" about us. We may not always know how to help ourselves initially, but that is not necessarily for a lack of trying. 7. We're evil. ASPD is caused by a mixture of genetics and childhood trauma. No one is born "bad" or "evil". There is always a deeper reason for a person's behavior.

[xnackery027]

I went on a bit of a tangent with somebody asking how to write a character with ASPD (and just generally asking for an ASPD perspective on things) and I thought it might be a good read for people.

DISCLAIMER: I am not the spokesperson for ASPD. This is based on my subjective experience with ASPD, and comparing my experiences with other people’s on this website. If you have ASPD, let me know if you think any of this is accurate. Also just click on the first picture and swipe to read this in the correct order. Long post ahead.