Am i a sociopath or psycho?

[Lindsey14]

I'm emotionally numb a lot. I have racey,scary thoughts ill hurt the ones I love, it terrifies me. Im scared i can't feel emotions, even love. Scared i domt mean it when I say I love you. My empathy levels seem low as well. I feel like im going crazy and will lose it.

[Marshall64]

You're not a sociopath. Believe me because I know one. The fact that you are questioning it tells me that you are not. A sociopath would not say they are one or even consider it. They don't care about anyone except themselves. I have seen you respond to people's post to offer help. A sociopath has no conscious or remorse. They mimic feelings but really don't have any feelings. They are always looking for excitement and will use people without giving it a thought.

I'm not sure what you may have, but I have depression and it can make me selfish and cold. I don't mean to be and I don't want to be but sometimes I don't have the empathy either.

[Hidden]

No you are not sociopath or a psychopath. You are not going crazy. But what are you are doing is overthinking everything. It's all anxiety. And you're worried something is really really wrong with you, when it is just the anxiety telling you all this stuff. You are just as "normal" as everyone else on here. We all have those thoughts and they are not worth entertaining. You're not a bad person or any of that stuff. Sociopaths, psychopaths, people who are "crazy" and bad people do not wonder if they are these things, they just are, but I promise you that you are not.

[hypercat54]

You are not a sociopath or psycho, but 'normal' like most of us.

Feeling emotionally numb is our minds way of protecting itself from painful emotions and it is very common. Have you never heard of someone being numb after a traumatic event? The way to resolve this is by tackling your issues, probably through therapy. So put your time and energy towards that, rather than spending it thinking of labels to apply to yourself.

Are you having any therapy?

[Lindsey14 in reply to hypercat54]

Not currently

[hypercat54 in reply to Lindsey14]

Well that's what you need to working towards. I appreciate covid but there is online counselling. There is also lots of info about this on the net, and probably YouTube as well.

You need to get better informed so do some research. I speak from experience.

[SunIsShining]

I’ve thought like that before- that because I was numb I could be a sociopath but it was just depression shutting me down and making me apathetic. Thoughts of harming someone seem like something you might want to talk to someone about, especially if you’re making actual plans to do so. Psychopaths tend to get violent in order to break up the monotony though because limited emotional range means you need to go to extremes in order to feel excited

[Lindsey14 in reply to SunIsShining]

I don't have harm urges, just thoughts