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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-10166800318X

ISBN-139781668003183

eBay Product ID (ePID)18061243864

Product Key Features

Book TitleSociopath : a Memoir

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychotherapy / General, Personal Memoirs, Mental Health, Psychopathology / Personality Disorders

Publication Year2024

GenreBiography & Autobiography, Psychology

AuthorPatric Gagne

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2024-441444

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Holy moly, readers will be interested in this!" --David Marchese, New York Times Magazine "Completely fascinating" --Cosmopolitan Magazine

Dewey Decimal616.85/82 B

SynopsisThe acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir of the author's struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder. "A cross between a podcast by relationship therapist Esther Perel and a salacious tell-all." --San Francisco Chronicle Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn't understand. She suspected it was because she didn't feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn't like the way that "nothing" felt. She did her best to pretend she was like everyone else, but the constant pressure to conform to a society she knew rejected anyone like her was unbearable. So Patric stole. She lied. She was occasionally violent. She became an expert lock-picker and home-invader. All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with...something. In college, Patric finally confirmed what she'd long suspected. She was a sociopath. But even though it was the very first personality disorder identified--well over 200 years ago--sociopathy had been neglected by mental health professionals for decades. She was told there was no treatment, no hope for a normal life. She found herself haunted by sociopaths in pop culture, madmen and evil villains who are considered monsters. Her future looked grim. But when Patric reconnects with an old flame, she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis. If she's capable of love, it must mean that she isn't a monster. With the help of her sweetheart (and some curious characters she meets along the way) she embarks on a mission to prove that the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren't all monsters either. This is the inspiring story of her journey to change her fate and how she managed to build a life full of love and hope.

LC Classification NumberRC438.6.G34A3 2024