Sociopathy

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I've been reading about sociopathy and it seems like an opposite disorder of asperger's. But it doesn't seem to be as well studied at all, I mean in normal, everyday people, not criminals. There's tons of info on asperger's out there but not on sociopaths, only anecdotal accounts by laypeople or books about criminals. There's not much info on physical differences, brainwaves and the sort. Anyways, it does seem like opposite. Aspies are easily overstimulated, sociopaths are bored all the time. Aspies have a lot of sympathy, sociopaths none. Aspies have no theory of mind, sociopaths can tell what people are feeling better than normal people. Aspies tend to love rules, sociopaths not. Aspies tend to be anxious, sociopaths are fearless. Etc.
I met someone actually that I'm pretty sure is sociopathic. It's hard to explain, but they were very charming, lived off of other people, academically a failure even though of normal intelligence, constant partying. The eye contact was very intense and attentive. I remember thinking I've never had anyone look into my eyes that intensely before.
What do you guys think? Have you ever met anyone like this?

Somebody posted this link months ago and I checked it out from curiosity.
Depressing is the kindest thing I could say about it.

http://www.sociopathworld.com/2009/03/s ... opath.html

there is actually quite a bit of research on sociopathy, you might try looking under antisocial personality disorder as well. try doing a search in google scholar. the majority of "sociopaths" are not criminals as legally defined, but are all by definition, guilty of what i would summarize as, living and meeting their own needs, with disregard for the rights of others.

I am a sociopath.

Would've been nice if someone like Hans Asperger's had done research in child sociopaths in the 20's in Austria or Russia. Adolf and Joeseph might've gone to a special class and been bullied then never trusted with civil service jobs in case they had a "fit" or something.

Instead that happens to those of us that don't get a hard on for world domination.

I recently reconnected with someone I knew in high school that fits that description very well. He is probably the most charming person I've ever met, and I bet other people that know him would say the same thing. He is overly congenial with strangers, but he has no sympathy for others. He needs constant overstimulation all of the time (loud aggressive music, fast driving, quick-paced energetic phone calls), but can't talk about anything intellectually stimulating. It's also odd that he is almost thirty and he talks frequently about conquering the world (his words) in a rock band, while he is making his living teaching guitar lessons. His decisions seem poorly thought out, perhaps erratic, and made with his immediate best interests in mind. He seems to have an odd tendency to encourage sixteen and seventeen year old girls to flirt with him. He is incredibly socially apt with eye contact, cues, etc. and has referred to socializing as always desireable.

Am I wrong to think that he might be a sociopath? I've thought many times that he is my complete opposite in almost everything. I'm going to stay away from him; he's scary.

It's unfortunate to say, but my best friend shows significant signs of being a "non-criminal" sociopath.

He'll talk about his problems, but if someone talks about theirs, he'll say something quick and change the subject. He'll ask people to do things that he enjoys, but won't do anything that other people enjoy more than he does. He eventually relents, but only after you've said "no" two or three times.

He's very erratic (sometimes manic), and makes impulsive decisions. He was an average student, but does fairly well in the workplace. He's admitted to stealing from someone's wallet, and misleading clients for his small business. He went through a phase when he was 16-18 when he would compulsively lie to strangers. He's scammed his way into a free trip before.

He's still a fun guy, but some of these things lead me to believe that I should watch my belongings around him.

Don't think the last would qualify as a sociopath but I'd agree to be a bit careful with them.

Since when do aspie's love rules? Please be careful about posting inaccurate information here.