Can forcing a kid to torture animals cause sociopathy?

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Er, what I mean to say is that while I'm far from an expert, I have heard that the strategic blunting of relevant liabilities like empathetic emotion is a common psychological adaptation to experiencing things homo sapiens were never meant to experience.
I think those parts of the psyche can be unlocked with time and practice. They should still be in there somewhere.

As someone who was forced to commit acts of bestiality by his aunt when he was a middle school boy, I will say that it did not turn me into a sociopath.

It created a world of doubt about whether or not I was one, but a true sociopath would not have those doubts.

It took years for me to recognize that none of what happened at those incidents was my fault. I'll be OK if I keep working on myself. I don't have to live in the role of that victim any longer.

Abuse does a real number on any child, especially when the child blames himself for the abuse. None of it was your fault, Tyri0n. Remember that.

Also remember that a true sociopath would not be worried about being sociopathic. I think you're on the right track.