Psychopathy/Sociopathy In The Creepypasta Fandom

Psychopathy/Sociopathy in the Creepypasta fandom

This is half educational, half ramble. But I think its important

Theres a common issue in the fandom where people tend to throw around the labels psychopath/sociopath, which I understand comes from a place of ignorance above all else so I wanted to make a bit of an educational post.

The terms psychopath/sociopath are heavily related to antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and for simplicity Ill be referring to those terms as ASPD for most of this post.

ASPD is a very heavily misunderstood and stigmatized disorder. When you hear the word "psychopath" you probably think of some cold, callous, horrible evil criminal, but in reality ASPD is a real disorder that effects many peoples lives. Its often caused by early childhood trauma or unstable parenting, and most people with ASPD wont even recieve proper help because of the rampant belief that people with these traits are beyond treatment.

Psychopathy isn't a medical term (it's typically only used in research environments) and should never be used as something to label people as. By using this label to describe villains and killers in media, you're only pushing the narrative that people with psychopathic traits are bad by nature, which isn't true at all. They deserve help and support and to be seen as something more than that.

I made a post awhile back about how to properly write bipolar, so if anyones interested I can make a version of that for ASPD since I see it floating around in the fandom a lot

I want to write a book called “your character dies in the woods” that details all the pitfalls and dangers of being out on the road & in the wild for people without outdoors/wilderness experience bc I cannot keep reading narratives brush over life threatening conditions like nothing is happening.

I just read a book by one of my favorite authors whose plots are essentially airtight, but the MC was walking on a country road on a cold winter night and she was knocked down and fell into a drainage ditch covered in ice, broke through and got covered in icy mud and water.

Then she had a “miserable” 3 more miles to walk to the inn.

Babes she would not MAKE it to that inn.

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It's a lot healthier to go for a daily walk than to sign up for a gym membership you won't be using because you hate that kind of exercise. It's a lot healthier to eat a frozen meal than to skip a meal because you were too tired to cook something healthy. It's a lot healthier to take a quick shower than to procrastinate an elaborate routine for days. Don't aim so high that you won't be hitting anything!

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