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In the article Confessions of a Sociopath by M.E., Thomas shares her daily experience as a sociopath and she very much enjoys it. A person with a personality disorder that demonstrates antisocial behavior and attitudes with a lack of conscience is known as a sociopath. Thomas explained in her article that although there may be numerous downsides of being a sociopath, there are also positive factors that shape up the individual living the sociopathic life. She unveils these people who are hiding in plain sight for the very first time. She confirms the suspicions and exposes false myths about sociopathy, providing a pathway for dealing with the sociopath in one’s life. She is a diagnosed, high-functioning, non criminal sociopath, and this is her world from her point of view.
Thomas explains a moment when she had fantasized her hands around a man’s neck and watch his life slip away although she healed her actions within her. This shows Thomas has a tough time responding in a positive way to other people's action. She wasn't an abused child and nor has she ever been in a prison in fact she is an accomplished attorney and a well respected law
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During her childhood, she never liked being touched and the only physical contact she desired was violence. Thomas shared in the article about the time she was beating a girl because of her annoying laugh. At the time she didn't realize she was doing something bad or if it was hurting the other girl. So now you can see that even something small can trigger the violence in a sociopath and only a sociopath would think it's okay to be violent. She even had a dream of killing her own father with her bare hands and felt thrilled about the violence of it “ smashing a door into his head repeatedly, smirking as he fell motionless to the floor”. As you can see thomas has no emotions nor remorse. Only a sociopath would enjoy the suffering of

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