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Keep in mind, I know people with low/no empathy, which is a trait of psychopaths. I also know some people with narcissistic personality disorder. They are some of the kindest, most generous, caring people I know. Lacking empathy does not make you a bad person, it simply means that you struggle to be able to imagine yourself in someone’s else’s shoes and feel what they are feeling. It says nothing about your ability to feel sympathy, to be kind, to be helpful, or anything else. PsychologyToday did a great article about this:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201505/empathy-vs-sympathy
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When I was a freshman in college, we all had to take psych evals. I tested on some level of psychopathy. When I explained my situation, it cleared a lot up. I'd just moved 1200 miles from home, had no friends yet, and coming from a sunny climate to a rainy one hadn't seen the sun in 6 weeks. Toss in PMS and voila! I tested a little over the edge, but wasn't. Not then. Not now. Sometimes life just takes it all out of a person. With determination and help, we fill back up again. Riding the waves of doubt through to the 'sunny' side so we don't train our brains to be okay with obsessing is worth the struggle.
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Try to keep in mind that not all psychopaths are bad people. They just don’t have the same emotions as most of society has. There are psychopaths out there that are normal people and do not cause harm to anyone .
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^^^^ I remember when I had trans ocd I used to take those online test and it said I was trans multiple times lol.
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Hey so a couple months ago (7-8) I remember being upset at my family member. Like she was talking too much while I was annoyed and remember wanting her to be quiet. I got an intrusive thought like a really bad image of doing something really bad to her, and my hand twitched to the side a little? Like it felt like I was about to?! And I remembered thinking "if I do this, I'll get in trouble". I got up and left to the bathroom and felt horrified! I was thinking "did I want to act out? Did the only reason I didn't act out was because of getting in trouble? If there was no consequences, would have I done it?! Does this mean this whole time I've been using OCD as an excuse?" I remember I couldn't sleep for 3 nights because of how bad the anxiety was, I was crying and I felt very guilty like I should turn myself in to a mental hospital. I couldn't eat for many days or be near her because of that thought and twitch I had! I'm worried it was an impulse or I actually wanted to hurt her. And even to this day I still ruminanate about this. Like last night I couldn't sleep well I kept waking up every two hours and asking myself "am I capable?" I couldn't eat last night. Sometimes I move on from it like I forget that happened but when I remember, I feel distressed about it! I don't want to be an evil person or do bad actions towards anyone! I'm even scared to be angry because of this because I'm scared I have more "chance" of acting out due to anger. Like was it an impulse and I held back? Is this even OCD? Please help, I'm really scared!
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hello everybody! 🔞 last saturday i did something i shouldn't have done, and i even posted about it here, but no one responded to my post (it's okay, i completely understand). to inform you, since i deleted the post: i consumed erotic literature where two 14 year old children had a relationship (☠️), on wattpad. and i consumed this theme to see if i was really attracted to it..i think. i'm unsure about it, but i know i didn't feel anything consuming it. i was feeling extremely anxious and felt extremely bad the next day, and i only got better when i talked to my girlfriend and an online friend. i'm still feeling bad, i know i shouldn't have done it and whenever i'm feeling genuinely good, it comes back to haunt me.. i'm worried because i'm not feeling enough guilt or remorse, idk.. i feel bad and i regret it, and i can't stand going through this problem anymore.. i was in therapy a few months ago, but i stopped for financial reasons and my psychologist doesn't see me virtually anymore. it's been difficult.. just a vent.
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