Before age 15 and continuing, a history of antisocial behavior:
Here is the real problem with labeling Arias as a sociopath. This condition starts in the young teen years, if not before. It is a persistent and consistent behavior over the first three to four decades of the individual- some say for a lifetime. No one has come forward with any prior behavioral issues, legal issues, problems with work, family or friends. She was reportedly a very "good girl" in high school and very normal. At this time there are no known problems with previous boyfriends.<snip>
Some experts claim she's a sociopath and it would be easy to bend the rules and say she is close enough to the diagnosis. She lied, disregarded everyone but herself, manipulated, conned, deceived, took a life and refuses to express remorse. But all this occurred after she met Alexander. There was nothing before that.<snip>
The final answer is that there is no mold or diagnosis that defines Ariass behavior. She was obsessively in love and was willing to do whatever it took to keep and control her man. Chillingly, this is a much worse situation, because there would be no way to predict this or ever see it coming. Not for Travis, not for the pundits, not for me and not even for Jodi, herself. A cautionary tale indeed, if you find yourself in an obsessive relationship.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reading-between-the-headlines/201303/is-jodi-arias-sociopath
Interesting little piece, thanks to who posted and linked this earlier today..
Interesting indeed as well as I agree with a good many of the details stated and points made by this psychologist.. But IMO I do personally believe that he missed the mark a bit WRT the snipped portions above.
Firstly, IMO he is inaccurate in his stating that PRIOR to Jodi meeting Travis Alexander we have zero information except that of Jodi being completely "normal" in every aspect of her life, including in all her previous relationships with boyfriends.. IMO this is totally missing the mark due to the fact that IMO Juan has done an excellent job of illustrating and bringing out that there was in fact a pattern that lies in Jodi's previous relationships.. a pattern that includes obsessiveness, need for control, double standards, and lack of appropriate boundaries, ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHTED in the inappropriate boundaries crossed AFTER the relationships had ended in her obsessive behaviors including stalking, confrontations, and even making contact with the females that her exes would have moved on from her with..
IMO these factors are not only important in this trial and IMO are the exact reason why Juan went about bringing out all of these inappropriate actions and behaviors THAT WERE ALL PRIOR TO Jodi Arias ever even meeting Travis Alexander.. but IMO they are also important in the way in which the psychologist is speaking WRT to characteristics of socipathy or anti social personality disorder..
Therefor IMO the psychologist actually misses the mark WRT his stating that due to there being zero prior inappropriate behavior and actions before meeting Travis Alexander and that in his opinion that only leaves the abnormal behaviors on her part that seem to only be present since meeting and becoming involved with Travis... this IMO is just flat out inaccurate strictly due to IMO it being a clear pattern of prior history of Jodi's abnormal behavior in multiple relationships ALL PRIOR TO TRAVIS..
IMO WITH HAVING THE HISTORY that the psychologist inaccurately states is absent IMO clearly shows that Jodi Arias absolutely not only just closely resembles traits of sociopathy, anti social personality disorder...but IMO clearly fits this catagory in all the areas of necessary criteria ..jmo, tho.
Lastly, one other main area of disagreeing is in his stating,
..there would be no way to predict this or ever see it coming. Not for Travis, not for the pundits, not for me and not even for Jodi, herself.
IMO this is not accurate, either due to IMO Travis Alexander, himself expressed to more than one person in the time leading up to when he was murdered, that behaviors and events had escalated to the point that he had voiced concern about what possibly Jodi was capable of doing... and not only just doing in general, but what Jodi Arias was capable of doing to him as in physical harm...even death.. Travis had voiced this to friends in weeks leading up to his murder.. and IMO not only was Travis aware and voicing concern of what harm could come to him at the hands of Jodi, but months, and even more than a year prior in some instances those closest to Travis' concern grew for what this unbalanced woman could do to their friend...with some of those friends even voicing this concern to Travis well over a year prior to his death..
These facts IMO are stark in contrast from what the psychologist seeems to suggest, IMO with his statements that NO ONE..NOT TRAVIS, AND NOT EVEN JODI, HERSELF COULD HAVE KNOWN OR PREDICTED THIS COMING PRIOR TO THE MURDER.. IMO the fact that so many people were in fact fearing and predicting not only harm, but even Travis Alexander, himself prior to the murder predicted that Jodi Arias would in fact murder him.. So, it is for these type of examples and reasons I do believe that while this psychologist was spot on in many of the areas WRT Jodi Arias.. but IMO his main points made regarding the absence of prior history being the critical criteria for sociopathy/ASPD that Jodi did NOT meet, therefor making her NOT an appropriate candidate for sociopathy/ASPD ARE ABSOLUTELY INACCURATE AND TOTALLY MISSING THE MARK.. along with his stating that NO ONE..including the victim or the perpatrator, herself could have known, seen, or predicted that she would murder Travis IS ANOTHER ISSUE THIS PSYCHOLOGIST TOTALLY MISSED THE MARK ON AS WELL..
but of course ALL OF THE ABOVE is nothing more than just my little, ol' opinion, tho..and admittedly am not a psychologist myself.. nonetheless I do believe that we have been provided more than sufficient information, including history that IMO would absolutely make Jodi Arias a viable candidate for sociopathy/ASPD..JMO