How do you get a sociopath rehabilitated and how do you know he truly loves you ?

Question

I married one but he is a nice guy who is cleaning up his ways. Read my previous questions.

Serious answers please.

If anyone can give me more info on sociopaths and how to relate to him Id much appreciate it.

Answer 1

My mother is a sociopath - albeit they don't call it that anymore. Now it is some sort of refined personality disorder.
She is likable, funny, caring and appears to be a really nice person - when you meet her, you would never know that she is mentally ill...
She is not trustworthy in any situation. She exaggerates and flat out lies. Everything she does, regardless of how selfless the act may appear, is only for her benefit in one way or another. She is a master manipulator in every situation...
She is in her late fifties now... in her younger years she spent time in a half-way house, in jail, in prison... tried numerous meds... counselors... psychiatrists...
There is no cure, there is no rehabilitation... it is what it is...
Sorry.
I'm sure he truly loves you, he married you! Guaranteed he will hurt you (I don't mean physically)- and it won't be because he doesn't love you - it's just he nature of the beast.
Good luck.

Answer 2

Can Sociopaths Be Rehabilitated

Answer 3

A true sociopath can't be rehabilitated because he lacks a conscience. You can't create a conscience from nothing. A sociopath loves only himself and is incapable of forming genuine relationships with other people. Life is simply a game to him in which he manipulates others in order to bring about the result he desires. The result could be money, power or being taken care of.

Sociopaths are masters at blending in society and because they have no conscience, they never feel guilty about doing whatever it takes to get what they want.

Answer 4

If you're familiar with hypnosis, then you've no doubt heard of Master Hypnotist Steve G. Jones. His book, "Ultimate Conversational Hypnosis" has been voted as the best hypnosis course ever made. The book is also available in electronic format at: http://www.hypnosistocontrol.net

If you want to get an edge in everyday communication and lead other people towards your goals this is a must read.

Answer 5

Does he exhibit the following:

--Superficial charm and good "intelligence"
--Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational thinking
--Absence of "nervousness" or psychoneurotic manifestations
--Unreliability
--Untruthfulness and insincerity
--Lack of remorse and shame
--Inadequately motivated antisocial behavior
--Poor judgment and failure to learn by experience
--Pathologic egocentricity and incapacity for love
--General poverty in major affective reactions
--Specific loss of insight
--Unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations
--Fantastic and uninviting behavior with drink and sometimes without
--Suicide rarely carried out
--Sex life impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated
--Failure to follow any life plan

In regard to your specific questions: it is very diffiuclt to 'rehab' a sociopath (aka psychopath), because of their lack of ability to learn from previous mistakes, lack of empathy, lack of remorse, and inability to feel emotion. They do not believe that they have a problem. If he is a
'nice guy' and is truly a sociopath, he has you fooled.

They seldomly can love another; egocentricity is a core trait of the problem, often to the point of narcissism (often a comorbid problem); cannot identify with another's emotions; do not desire intimate relationships--others are seen as inferior; their sex life is very detatched--it is a release of a physical need and no more. You are a impersonal tool-a means to an end in the sociopath's brain. They are not necessarily violent, but even so, can lead to the ruination of you life if you allow it.

Answer 6

Within the known parameters of the mental health field, there IS NO rehabilitation for a sociopath. It just is not possible within the scope of currently accepted knowledge and practices.
The clever sociopath learns early on in life how to convincingly mimic the human feelings he/she doesn't really have, and to imagine that your mate is doing anything other than this could be a dangerous - even potentially fatal - mistake.

That said, I have a theory that, if true, COULD mean that a sociopath really IS treatable - conventional psychology and psychiatry just have not yet discovered HOW.

It is my theory that the sociopath is, on a purely sub-conscious level, of course, so morbidly afraid of the emotion of "guilt" that he/she has totally shut off any and all ability to feel it.
Since the sociopath is born that way, the root of the problem logically lies beyond his/her current lifetime. (Yes, I DO believe very strongly in reincarnation.)
If you could find a hypnotherapist who does past life regression therapy to take him back, find the source of the guilt, bleed the excessive emotional charge off of it and then expose it to his present conscious awareness, he might regain the ability to feel those parts of himself that he has shut off.

Mind you, this is just a THEORY of mine, but if you could find a hypnotherapist who would be willing to experiment with this and, of course, if you could persuade your husband to go along with it, it might be worth a try. I seriously doubt it would or even could do any further harm. If it didn't work, you'd be out the hypnotherapist's fee, but the status quo wouldn't change with your mate. If it DID work, though, he might ACTUALLY be able to make the transition to normalcy that you are trying to make yourself believe he can do otherwise, but really can't.

ps If you DO manage to get this all set up and try it, please let me know what happens - whether it works or not. You can access the ability to e-mail me on my profile.

Answer 7

People with antisocial personality disorder respond best in institutional settings and tytpically do not respond to treatment outside of institutional settings. you are most probably setting yourself up for heartbreak.

Answer 8

Sorry to be blunt, but he cannot love you or anyone else because he is unable to make interpersonal connections with other human beings.

Answer 9

move on.
hes a sociopath, why would you want to stay?

you could easily find someone to love who is sane.

Answer 10

It will work as long as you have what he wants and he has what you want. When that begins to fade or change you and he will go your own ways because you need what you want and want what you need and he does too.