Lack of Empathy

Sociopaths lack the capacity for empathy.


From They Walk Among Us by Paul Rosenberg

5 thoughts on “Lack of Empathy

  1. Interesting post, Psychopath Resistance. I am curious…Do you feel empathy towards sociopaths? Can you put yourself in their shoes? Just like “them”, aren’t you also trying to get what you want? – Aaron


    • As an empathic person, the callous cruelty that I have endured and seen others suffer has many times seemed senseless and left me not only hurt, but also confused. My devotion to studying psychopathy is largely motivated by a need to understand; to get inside the abuser’s head to see the world from the abuser’s perspective.

      If empathy is intuitively feeling what another person feels, then the answer to your question is no, I cannot feel what a sociopath feels because his mental structure is totally different from mine. What I can do, thanks to research and personal experiences, is understand, more or less, how his mind works and why he behaves the way he does.

      It can be said that everyone tries to get what they want, but that does not mean we are all equally selfish, greedy, egocentric, or indifferent to the feelings and rights of others. Sociopaths differ from “normals” in what they want and in how they go about getting it—without conscience. It is these differences that define psychopathy.

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