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Transcript: Interview M.E. Thomas Author, Confessions of a Sociopath.

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Rob Kall: Okay. Do you have sociopath friends?

M.E. Thomas: Do I have sociopath friends?

Rob Kall: Yes.

M.E. Thomas: I have people that I have met from the blog, I have met a couple people in real life. For the most part, you know, I, it's interesting to talk to them. They have an interesting perspective. But there's always, I think a little bit of a lack of trust. You know, you, you don't really know what their angle is. And it's just harder to deal with them a little bit because even though they're, they're like you, you're not used to dealing with sociopaths. They're a little bit unpredictable.

It's, you know I often use this, I think to a large extent the danger of sociopaths is not anything inherent in the way that they behave. They behave in particular ways that are different, and that makes them unpredictable. So, you know, you take your average successful sociopath, right? You wouldn't necessarily think that somebody was seducing you, just to seduce you maybe. Or you wouldn't necessarily think that somebody was, you know, not having your best interest at heart at work. You would think, but, but you really should be aware of these facts, so it's sort of interesting too. But it's its like driving, when you're driving the, there's nothing wrong about having a stop light versus a stop sign versus anything, we just want to make sure that everybody when they see the stoplight or stop sign or yield sign, they behave in a predictable way. Cause as long as they behave predictably, then everybody else can accommodate them, right?

But sociopaths, they, they sort of behave in predictable ways, but not ways that most people are used to. Even I, when I interact with sociopaths, I have my own self experiences. But I don't have enough sociopathic friends, and I don't have enough experience to be able to predict their behavior. Whereas my friends, who are friends with a sociopath, would say that I am predictable. They have learned me well enough to understand exactly how I'm going to react, and when I start talking how long it's going to last, and how how I'm going to feel about a particular situation, what my opinion's going to be.

And so, I, I don't see there being a problem with sociopathic friends. But I just think that I'm not used to them.

Rob Kall: So, you have friends. And that was going to be my next question. And do they know you're a sociopath?

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