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Episode Synopsis
What does the term ‘sociopath’ mean to you? Serial killer? Social outcast? Or wait - is that a psychopath?
Patric first told her story in a column for the cult Modern Love series, titled ‘He Married a Sociopath: Me’. After the piece received an enormous response, Patric wrote a probing memoir about a life spent searching for answers: Why didn’t she feel guilt or shame like other people? Why did she have this overwhelming feeling of apathy? And how could she escape the strange pressure she felt, without resorting to violence?
In this episode, Patric, a qualified psychotherapist, debunks the myths around sociopathy, sharing some of the cons, but also the pros. Above all, she wants us to see that sociopathy is a part of neurodiversity - and not a mere personality type.
[NB: ‘sociopath’ is not a recognised psychiatric term in the UK - it comes under ‘antisocial personality disorder’. But Patric thinks the two are different and so I defer to her experience/ language.]
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
The Perks of Being a Sociopath by Patric Gagne for TIME magazine
He Married A Sociopath: Me by Patric Gagne for The New York Times’ Modern Love column
Get in touch at [email protected]
Presented by Pandora Sykes
Sound by Kelsey Bennett
Co-production by Pandora Sykes and Kelsey Bennett
Patric first told her story in a column for the cult Modern Love series, titled ‘He Married a Sociopath: Me’. After the piece received an enormous response, Patric wrote a probing memoir about a life spent searching for answers: Why didn’t she feel guilt or shame like other people? Why did she have this overwhelming feeling of apathy? And how could she escape the strange pressure she felt, without resorting to violence?
In this episode, Patric, a qualified psychotherapist, debunks the myths around sociopathy, sharing some of the cons, but also the pros. Above all, she wants us to see that sociopathy is a part of neurodiversity - and not a mere personality type.
[NB: ‘sociopath’ is not a recognised psychiatric term in the UK - it comes under ‘antisocial personality disorder’. But Patric thinks the two are different and so I defer to her experience/ language.]
Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
The Perks of Being a Sociopath by Patric Gagne for TIME magazine
He Married A Sociopath: Me by Patric Gagne for The New York Times’ Modern Love column
Get in touch at [email protected]
Presented by Pandora Sykes
Sound by Kelsey Bennett
Co-production by Pandora Sykes and Kelsey Bennett
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