Sociopaths and self destructive characters

[Kes]

I know that this discussion is interesting, but it is no longer about designing game mechanics and has become a detailed discussion about psychological theories.

As the OP is now banned from the site, it seems to me that this thread no longer has a purpose to serve.  Before closing it, however, I'll give it a couple of hours in case anyone wants to make a final contribution.

 

[Musashi]

I think this " I want to make a sociopathic character, but what is sociopathy?" makes no sense, this is technical stuff. Naming things, specially in psicology, are up to debate and those concepts usually change over time. Just make the character the way you want and let other people try to name what he is, and they will =) There is no need to find the name of his 'personality' before writing it.

 

[Jay_NOLA]

To what degree do you want to make the sociopaths behaviors noticeable is the first question that I would consider.

Sociopaths are much more common than what most people think.

I recommend you pick up the book:

The Sociopath Next Door, by Martha Stout, Ph.D.

As it goes into good detail on sociopaths and the people who follow them.

 

[Kes]

Okay, as I said a couple of posts above, this thread is going to be closed as the OP is banned, so cannot benefit from people's ideas, and this has ceased to be a discussion of designing game mechanics and become a generalised discussion of psychology.