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As ME Thomas says of her fellow sociopaths we are your neighbors co-workers and quite possibly the people closest to you lovers family friends Our risk-seeking behavior and general fearlessness are thrilling our glibness and charm alluring Our often quick wit and outside-the-box thinking make us appear intelligentmdasheven brilliant We climb the corporate ladder faster than the rest and appear to have limitless self-confidence Who are we We are highly successful non-criminal sociopaths and we comprise of the American population thatrsquos in people Confessions of a Sociopath takes readers on a journey into the mind of a sociopath revealing what makes the tick and what that means for the rest of humanity Written from the point of view of a diagnosed sociopath it unveils these men and women who are ldquohiding in plain sightrdquo for the very first timeConfessions of a Sociopath is part confessional memoir part primer for the wary Drawn from Thomasrsquo own experiences her popular blog Sociopathworldcom and current and historical scientific literature it reveals just how different ndash and yet often very similar - sociopaths are from the rest of the world The book confirms suspicions and debunks myths about sociopathy and is both the memoir of a high-functioning law-abiding well mostly sociopath and a roadmap ndash right from the source - for dealing with the sociopath in your life be it a boss sibling parent spouse child neighbor colleague or friendAs Thomas argues while sociopaths arent like everyone else and itrsquos true some of them are incredibly dangerous they are not inherently evil In fact theyrsquore potentially more productive and useful to society than neurotypicals or ldquoempathsrdquo as they fondly like to call ldquonormalrdquo people Confessions of a Sociopath demystifyies sociopathic behavior and provide readers with greater insight on how to respond or react to protect themselves live among sociopaths without becoming victims and even beat sociopaths at their own game through a bit of empathetic cunning and manipulation.
