Has anyone here ever known someone who was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder?

Question

If so, tell me your story.

I'm interested, because I have a fascination with abnormal psychology. Also, serial killers and hardened criminals often have this disorder, so that's another reason for my interest.

Why does it matter that your wife is Welsh? Does that mean that Tom Jones and Bonnie Tyler have APD, too?

Answer 1

Yes, i've meet a few in my day. And almost anyone who has gone to jail, is considered to have this disorder. The personality is that of charisma, slyness, and have the qualities of a con artist. They hate rules and think they can get around them, like its the goal in life. If the light is red, they'll go, if it's raining they'll walk outside kind of stuff. Everyone and thing is against them and they have to prove them wrong. Pretty interesting people, but don't turn around long enough so they can stab you in the back.

Answer 2

I've worked with some people with antisocial personality disorder and I am currently working with a kid who is a budding antisocial PD. The antisocials that I worked with in the past weren't particularly charming. They had their moments, but for the most part, they violated the rights and safeties of others, had absolutely no empathy, did not see anything wrong about their actions, could not perceive consequences, and were pretty self-centered. They're a frustrating group for anyone to work with and I do not envy forensic psychologists who deal with them everyday.
The kid (14) I am helping now can't be diagnosed with antisocial PD just yet, but he has absolutely no empathy for others. He's completely self-centered. He doesn't care what happens to his family and purposely neglects and refuses to help his grandmother (his guardian), in hopes that she will die. He talked about wanting to shoot random people because it would be funny. He's both a handful and a headache. Again, I do not envy people that do this daily.

Side note, Nikki, I would take Joe to a new psychologist. You cannot be diagnosed with any personality disorder until you are 18 and antisocial personality disorder has nothing to do with shyness. You may want to get a second opinion. Actually, I insist upon it. Antisocial Personality Disorder isn't a diagnosis you want to follow you around.

Answer 3

I have a dual diagnosis of being bipolar with many shared traits of antisocial personality disorder.. the illnesses are very much intertwined.. just as an example it is worth the effort to try and differenciate between the 2 afflictions here..
http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness
My understanding of these seperate disorders is that they are both commonly misintrepeted by mental health experts to be many different things before any kind of accurate diagnonsis can be made because they oftenly coincide with different issues..
Before the proper medication has finally come into my life.. I was pretty much a total messeverything was black and white.. I was right the world was wrong.. no compromise in between.. I was irritated easily by any type of situation where I was challenged in any way to conform.. I was very rebellious, always doing the opposite of what was suggested.. I took a "yeah right, whatever.. I will prove you wrong at any cost" attitude towards everything.. my insanity made everyone around me just want to grab me by the neck and strangle some sense into me.. I had my share of issues because of this.. a couple stops in jail.. a failed marriage.. being fired from some really decent jobs.. frequent moves trying to run away from places where I burnt every possible bridge relationship-wise.. I threw family and friends away.. I gambled away every penny I had and stole to feed my self destruction.. went through depression and dissassociation so bad I slept under bridges and in the woods because I hated myself for hating the world and lost in the thoughts of planning how I would end my life.. and then in the blink of an eye I was the most social person on the planet.. doing everything right following all the rules and having a hard time understanding why people could be so negative and take advantage of people.. then from there I would oftenly go crazy into the manic side of bipolar.. losing touch with reality.. feeling like a puppet dangling from my own strings, knowing I was doing some very stupid things and making some very poor choices but being powerless to change them.. and back to feeling the world was closing in around me like a python grabbing a rabbit.
My sister tied my hands up after a really bad episode and dragged me into the ER of the local hospital.. and said.. he's crazy.. fix him .. she was right.. and they did :)
I have been stabilized by medication and lots and lots of therapy.. that was a few years ago. I have a new outlook on life.. a steady job.. decent relationships and I am working towards salvaging many of the bridges I had all but destroyed in the past.. There are more than a few people along the way that I had hurt too badly in too many ways for them to even begin to forgive me.. and I am sorry for it all..
So, for even the worst of us.. there is hope :)
There's my story.. it hasn't been a fun life.. but I have lived to tell the tale.

Answer 4

Yes;; I am a future teacher. so basically i go to school that teach grades k-3 and help the teacher out for about an hour every tuesday for about a year. It is alot of fun and i gained alot of experience from this. Well my story begins with a first grader names joesph...

Joesph is a little boy, 6 years old, in first grade attending a public school in New Jersey. He is an extremley bright child he is on a fourth grade reading level and a fifth grade math level. But he has a few problems making friends. At first the teacher and I thought this was a phase and he would pass through it, so we played group games like red light green light, hop skotch and a ton of other group games but Joe was always pulling himself away from the group. His mom finally called a physicologist to get her son examed and it tune out he has antisocial personality disorder so he attended a therapist for some time and he is getting better and he actually has 1 friend.

Answer 5

I have been given this diagnosis and there is a lot of stigma surrounding it because of ignoreance. People tend to think of serial killers etc... but actually many people live good and forfulling lives and are able to learn to work with therapists to get more understanding of their problems. We are all individuals and it affects everyone in different ways. I currently work full-time as a web site designer and there are many people who are able to function normally.

Answer 6

I am a health professional and I sometimes work with people who have this disorder.

Therapy can help.

Answer 7

My wife ( she's Welsh )

Answer 8

Why are you interesting?