Antisocial personality disorder is a disorder with a misleading name. Its name may lead one to believe that people with the disorder stay away from social interaction. That is anything but true. People with this disorder are very sociable. The thing that makes them antisocial is they way they do not adapt to normal social standards or behavior. People with antisocial personality disorder may come across as very friendly people, the intentions behind the friendly facade is what makes this disorder a problem. They very often violate the rights of others. They are purposely charmingly manipulative in order to gain the trust and affection of others; they then use the trust and affection for deceitful purposes. They are skilled at faking sincerity. They experience true love and affection close to never. They rarely even feel guilty about these wrongdoings. They lack the conscience that a socially normal person would have. They have no compassion towards others and are only out to please themselves in anyway they can, no matter who they have to hurt to get there. People with antisocial personality disorder are very shameless and in search of instant gratification. They are very irresponsible and very impulsive. They can tolerate very minimal frustration and many times this leads to being dangerous.
Antisocial personality disorder occurs mostly among males. It is a very common disorder. About 3 percent of Americans will suffer from it. It begins occurring in the childhood years. It is a very common disorder among criminals, rapists, child abusers, drug dealers, politicians, and other such people where no conscience is needed. About 40 percent of criminals tested, meet the criteria for antisocial personality disorder. Although, many criminals have the disorder, many everyday people do as well. They just keep it within the boundaries of the law. 2 They live for the moment and get bored very quickly. They have