Soziopathin

Your friends would probably describe me as nice. But you know what? I can't stand your friends. I am a liar. I am a thief. I am highly manipulative. I don't care what others think of me. I am capable of almost anything.

Even as a small child, Patric Gagne knew she was different. She loved her family, felt happiness and anger, but emotions like remorse, shame, or compassion were foreign to her. As a teenager, she began to steal, watched strangers through kitchen windows, hurt a classmate—and felt nothing.

When Patric first encounters the term sociopathy, she feels caught. Although she can immediately identify with the diagnosis, she also knows that there is much more behind it than just the label of lack of empathy: Patric has a plan for her life, has formed close relationships, and mostly does her best to avoid harming others. Yet her dark side continually fights to surface, battling against her attempts to lead a stable, loving life with her partner. Is there a way for her to integrate happily into society?

This gripping memoir of a woman living on the edge of the law is a wonderful love story and a moving account of the struggle for a deeper understanding of people who, like her, are sociopaths.