The sociopath is a combination of other mental illnesses that are incurred in childhood as a result of heredity, trauma and the lack of emotional development. The lack of moral or emotional development which gives a sociopath a lack of understanding for other people's feelings which enables them to be deceitful without feeling bad about whatever they do. The under developed emotional system as explained in the video 'The World of Personality Disorders volume 5' says the sociopath is 'emotionally retarded”. A sociopath gets great gratification in the act of hurting someone for absolutely no reason. The behavior of a sociopath is so close to normal it is extremely hard to diagnose. The lack of moral development lets the person feel no guilt or pain for what they did and quite possibly feel great about their actions. The antisocial tends to have short lasting relationships if they are capable of having a relationship. The psychopath is incapable of having long lasting, close, warm and responsible relationships with people. The adult will habitually lie and cannot hold a job for long. The sociopath can seem charming in superficial social interactions but repeatedly hurt, anger, exploit, cheat, rob, harass or injure them. The sociopath is very intelligent and knows how to manipulate people into thinking they are normal and that is when they work their magic. Beneath the mask of sanity a sociopath is full of tension, hostility, irritability, rage, emptiness and sadness at the core of the sociopathic personality. When they hurt a person a sociopath might think he had it coming or I'm watching out for number 1. Those sociopaths with children neglect them and do not keep them safe. As a spouse the sociopath can be glib, superficial, manipulative, dishonest, abusive and unfaithful. Standard response for a true sociopath from sweetpea. this is a warning to others on this site about this person. I have been doing a case study for a college assignment for the past year, frequenting different websites, and chosing subjects to use as an example for my essays. this sweetpea has demonstrated all of the traits of a sociopath, with the exception of an above average intelligence. She has changed her stories and responses on numerous occasions for her own benefit, attacked other posters she presumes are a threat to her true identity, and isolated the person who calls themselves turbo on here. ex; one week she claims to be happily married, and the next week, she is putting childish symbols of love on this site for her newfound love turbo. she pretends to offer sympathy to other posters, but it is merely meant to make herself look good to others she may be trying to ensnare with her 'charm'. There are posters on this site that have been able to see through this sweetpea character, and I must say, I am impressed with you, and you will be mentioned in my essays also.