Am I a sociopath?

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I feel like I am not as interested in other people as I should be. Most people seem very mundane and have nothing to say. When I seek out connection, I am usually the one doing most of the talking and work to keep the conversation flowing. Often I find that I have nothing in common with the other person except for the most trivial things, so the conversation starts to feel awfully forced quickly. Even when I vibe well with someone, usually it feels like we have talked about everything there is to talk about within 1-3 days. For this reason I have never really maintained any relationships or found my people in life. I do socialize still somewhat, but there's not really anyone that I particularily like in my social circle. If someone told me my entire family and everyone I know had died I think I wouldn't be particularily shocked. In fact, I would be kinda relieved because they wouldn't bother me anymore. I feel like a stranger to my family, like I have nothing in common with them, nothing to tell them, and it just annoys me when my mom calls, although by now she kinda got the hint that I want nothing to do with them. There was this guy at my group who died and people were making all the social media posts about how they much they were gonna miss him and I was just... kind of not caring? I didn't know him that well but I never really thought he was a likable person. I wonder if this makes me a sociopath or narcissist or something.

Posted Oct 3, 2025, 10:08 AM UTC

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