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By turns fascinating, shocking and funny, confessions of a sociopath is a gripping insight into the mind of a selfconfessed predator. Stephen isnt a killer like joe, but he is a classified sociopath, an individual among the four. Thomas a pseudonym finds a baby opossum in her swimming pool. Boston globe the goal of confessions is to redefine sociopathyor at least to shake off the stigma associated with it. A life spent hiding in plain sight is one of those books i thought was intensely interesting, educational, icky, insightful and mind numbingly boring at times, all wrapped up in the same package. As a psychology major, i found this book fascinating and compelling. A life spent hiding in plain sight, and was reminded, once again, of those pesky psychopaths wandering among us. Selfhelp be a sociopathor just act like one prospero. The author of confessions of a sociopath might be this. A life spent hiding in plain sight is a book written by m. People like her are different from the average person, often in very dangerous or scary ways. In confessions of a sociopath, thomas, a successful lawyer and clinically diagnosed sociopath, deepens our understanding of what it means to be a sociopath. Captivating, shocking and funny, confessions of a sociopath. Thomas draws from her own experiences as a diagnosed sociopath.
Confessions of a sociopath is just another low value pseudopsychological porn for people who want to circlejerk their shallow understanding of aspd and love diagnosing everyone and their mother with popular labels after reading two or three books. Confessions of a sociopath, as the title suggests, is a memoir written by a selfproclaimed and supposedly clinically diagnosed sociopath. In this way, my sociopathy feels like an extreme form of compartmentalization. The disturbing world of the psychopaths among us from. Praise for confessions of a sociopath a gripping and important book. It is hard to shake the sense that the book is the work of a man, so cool is the narrative voice.
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Its startling to read these statements written so bluntly. After a period of selfdestruction losing her job and enduring several failed relationships thomas sought therapy. In order to understand sociopaths, i got inside ones head. Written from the point of view of a diagnosed sociopath, it unveils these men and women who are hiding in plain sight for the very first time. The author is a woman writing under the pseudonym of m. That the author is female somehow makes confessions of a sociopath even more chilling. A life spent hiding in plain sight ebook written by m. Inside the mind of a sociopath the word sociopath often brings to mind criminals, killers, and people who are cruel and heartless. Confessions of a sociopath opens on a disturbing scene. Confessions of a sociopath a book i dont want to buy or. Note if the content not found, you must refresh this page manually. Confessions of a sociopath part confessional memoir, part primer for the curioustakes readers on a journey into the mind of a sociopath, revealing what makes them tick while debunking myths about sociopathy and offering a road map for dealing with the sociopaths in your life. But she does like people she likes to touch them, mould them and ruin them.
The biting memoir of a successful sociopath, from the pseudonymous thomas. She is a charismatic charmer, an ambitious selfpromoter, and a cunning and calculating liar. The memoir of a highfunctioning, lawabiding well, mostly sociopath and a roadmapright from the sourcefor dealing with the sociopath in your life. Michael cross, author of the freedom from conscience book series and host of unlock the door interviews m. Prospero, the books and arts column in the economist, notes how the writing in the book clearly displays the. One of the best books about sociopathy is confessions of a. A life spent hiding in plain sight from the worlds largest community of readers. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through. Thomas and name of this book is confessions of a sociopath pdf.
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