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Originally Posted by Jebediah
Very interesting Cycle! Did you have any clue the word sociopath applied before reading this?
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I'm not sure that sociopath applies in this case - surely a sociopath would bully and threaten - this is more subtle and the other person has the choice to accept or reject. I would expect a sociopath to be controlling with a threat of violence or some other harmful consequence. It's more a case of feeding the ego by the amount of attention and attraction that can be created and generated, and as much the ability to maintain the interest from those that are not chosen but can be kept dangling on a string... it all feeds the need to be the centre of attraction and to sustain that status. Maybe this isn't the correct definition of a narcissist, but it seemed to fit the description Marichiko was giving....