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Timesuck with Dan Cummins

4 - Sociopaths and Psychopaths

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.721.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

What is a sociopath? What's a psychopath? Do you know one? Are you one? Dan breaks down the clinical definition of both and defines them in his own terms as well before nervously taking both a sociopath and a psychopath test himself. Take the tests with him and join Dan in this mentally ill edition of Timesuck! http://illnessquiz.com/sociopath-test/ http://vistriai.com/psychopathtest/

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The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM4

0:06.1

defines sociopath as an anti-social personality disorder characterized by a lack of regard

0:12.0

for the moral or legal standards in the local culture. There is a market inability to get along with others

0:17.6

or abide by societal rules. Individuals with this disorder are sometimes called psychopaths

0:22.5

or sociopaths. That came out in 1994. In 2013, the brand spanking new fifth edition

0:30.4

of the DSM, the go-to guide for diagnosing mental illnesses, puts the term sociopath under the

0:36.6

umbrella term anti-social personality disorder. With diagnoses assigned to individuals who habitually

0:42.0

violate the rights of others without remorse. I define sociopath right now in this moment is one

0:48.8

of those just creepy bastards you meet from time to time who have that little glint in their eye.

0:54.0

That little glint in their eye, that when you see it, like you just kind of know in your gut on

0:57.9

like an id instinctive animal level, you know they would fucking stab you in your sleep

1:05.2

if they knew that they wouldn't get caught and had something significant to gain by doing so.

1:10.0

The last kind of person you'd want to be lost out in the woods with. Basically, someone who

1:15.0

truly does not give a single fuck about anyone but themselves. So get ready to go full sociopath

1:22.8

on this uncaring, emotionalist and pathological edition of TimeSug.

1:39.5

All right now I've always been fasting with the sociopaths. I was a psych major in college. I

1:43.1

graduated with a little psych degree. Just a bachelor's, nothing marketable, nothing you can make money on.

1:49.5

But I was just fascinated with sociopaths, psychopaths. Basically, I feel like I'm always

1:54.4

thought of as people with no conscience. Essentially, I just didn't feel guilt about whatever they did.

2:01.6

And just such a crazy way to live. And I definitely feel like I've known some, I've

2:06.4

like I've known some comics who are like this. It's like I've done bad things. I've done things I'm

2:12.4

not proud of. One of the things that brings up myself the most shame is in one

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