Love your nic and I am so glad you have joined us. You make me feel happy just by seeing your moniker.
I believe it is a little bit of both. Even psychologists don't agree whether they are born evil or their environment has made them that way.
I do believe that some can be born bad seeds. The reason I believe that is there can be multiple siblings in one family who are raised under the same ground rules by the same parents, yet one will turnout to be hell on earth.
So I do think they may have been born with a predisposition toward violence and their environment only empowered what was already there. So I think it is probably nature and nurture but not in all cases.
We are now seeing shows of small children, even as young as two or three, who aren't just upset but they are raging mad to a point that is way beyond a normal hissy fit children have occasionally. These are children who have tantrums constantly. I do believe narcissistic children can turn into being sociopaths. Those who are narcissistic seem to possess no compassion or empathy for anyone other than themselves. If it is allowed to continue then the result can be a sociopath who has no conscience or remorse for anything they do. I read about so many young children having a defiant conduct disorder. Imo, that is nothing more than a pretty word to describe a fledgling psychopath on his/her way to being labeled one when they reach the age of 18.
I was just thinking today how the world has changed. When I was growing up and when our children were growing up everyone just seem to be normal and going about their lives. Both parents worked, they raised their families, kept their homes clean, cooked home cooked meals every night, and saw to it that all homework was done before the end of the night and did everything else expected of them when the need arose.
Very seldom did we see anyone who was mentally ill. But now I read that one in five people between the age of 18 and 25 have some type of personality disorder. 1 in 5! That is mind boggling to me.
Now it seems to be more of the norm for someone to be on some kind of medication for mental illness rather than a rarity. It mystifies me why that has happened and I wish I knew why it has become so prevalent in today's society.
The only mentally ill person I have ever known in my life, and I am old, lol, was my grandmother's sister and that was when I was growing up as a young child. Other than my aunt we have had none in our family who are mentally ill and none of our grandchildren have ever had to take any kind of medication for some type of disorder. My father had dementia when he became older when he was 70 but until then his mind was sharp as a tack. I don't think I have ever been around an autistic child or one who has Asberger syndrome. I am sure I am misspelling it so please forgive me. My heart goes out to anyone who suffers from mental illness as long as they do not harm others or become criminals.
So what is happening and why does there seem to be such an influx of mental illness today that so many seem to struggle with? I sure wish I knew the answer.
Does that mean we will see more and more sociopaths in the future than we have seen before? Although most sociopaths don't murder anyone but they sure make life hell for those around them because they don't care about anyone but themselves. That is why often times sociopaths are CEOs of large companies. They will step on anyone to get to the top. Does narcissism lead to being a sociopath or psychopath? I think possibly it could.
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