Beat the Hell said:
Sociopaths don't premeditate sociopathic behaviors?
True....well mostly. they can but often don't and they tend to make more mistakes and are more impulsive. This was planned and (too) detailed.
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Psychopaths and sociopaths share a number of characteristics, including a lack of remorse or empathy for others, a lack of guilt or ability to take responsibility for their actions, a disregard for laws or social conventions, and an inclination to violence. A core feature of both is a deceitful and manipulative nature. But how can we tell them apart?
Sociopaths are normally less emotionally stable and highly impulsive their behaviour tends to be more erratic than psychopaths. When committing crimes either violent or non-violent sociopaths will act more on compulsion. And they will lack patience, giving in much more easily to impulsiveness and lacking detailed planning.
Psychopaths, on the other hand, will plan their crimes down to the smallest detail, taking calculated risks to avoid detection. The smart ones will leave few clues that may lead to being caught. Psychopaths don't get carried away in the moment and make fewer mistakes as a result.
Both act on a continuum of behaviours, and many psychologists still debate whether the two should be differentiated at all. But for those who do differentiate between the two, one thing is largely agreed upon: psychiatrists use the term psychopathy to illustrate that the cause of the anti-social personality disorder is hereditary. Sociopathy describes behaviours that are the result of a brain injury, or abuse and/or neglect in childhood.
Psychopaths are born and sociopaths are made. In essence, their difference reflects the nature versus nurture debate.
So I would agree he is more likely a psychopath and was born that way - as I said before most of his actions aren't (for the most part) the result of being gay or an actor.
He is a narcissist and psychopath - a consummate liar, extremely self centered and meticulous (look at ALL the detail in his plan - it was both the brilliance of it and the downfall because it was so overboard but his own pride and vanity made him believe it was foolproof).