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Confessions Of A Sociopath Book Report

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The book Confessions of a Sociopath is a detailed memoir by M.E. Thomas (a pseudonym she uses to protect her identity), detailing life living as a sociopath (also clinically known as antisocial personality disorder or ASPD). She’s a young Morman woman who donates at least 10% of her income to charity, teaches Sunday school, and is an accomplished attorney and law professor. The opening begins with her describing her life as a movie, drowning a baby possum within just the first three pages. As we read on, she takes time to explain what sociopaths are and what differentiates them from society at large while also researching their history and how they were discovered. Thomas shows us how she struggled to understand why she was so different from …show more content…

Not long after beginning his research on a small group of men, he realized that these symptoms also developed in women and children, causing him to broaden his study groups. Thomas. Despite having passed away in 1984 at the age of 81, his book The Mask of Sanity continues to be a guide for psychiatrists all over the world to diagnose both psychopaths and sociopaths alike. Post the publication of her book, Confessions of a Sociopath, M.E. Thomas’ life has substantially changed for the better and for the worse. Originally stated in the author’s note, Thomas tells the readers, “I have chosen to publish this book under a pseudonym, and I have changed the names/characteristics of my friends, family, and other people mentioned in the book to protect their privacy” (Thomas). Due to the negative connotations that are paired with sociopaths, Thomas decided to write under a pseudonym to not only protect herself, but also things in her life such as family, friends, and her career. Unfortunately, things didn’t end up as she originally expected. Not too long after the release of her book back in 2013, her real identity was discovered by a group of people and it spread like

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