Armchair Expert episode 711
Patric Gagne (on sociopathy)
Patric Gagne (Sociopath: A Memoir) is a psychologist and author. Patric joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being a diagnosed sociopath, how sociopathy exists on a spectrum, and having to lean on her mother's moral compass as a child. Patric and Dax talk about what it's like to have to mask your true feelings, how everyone needs a different playbook for their lives, and the relationship between sociopathy and anxiety. Patric explains why she became so interested in other people's lives, how she eventually found love, and finding empathy and strong feelings for pets.
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Patric Gagne (Sociopath: A Memoir) is a psychologist and author. Patric joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being a diagnosed sociopath, how sociopathy exists on a spectrum, and having to lean on her mother's moral compass as a child. Patric and Dax talk about what it's like to have to mask your true feelings, how everyone needs a different playbook for their lives, and the relationship between sociopathy and anxiety. Patric explains why she became so interested in other people's lives, how she eventually found love, and finding empathy and strong feelings for pets.
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- welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on Expert I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by miniature Mouse this
- gratitude I do wish that I was able to connect with people people tend to judge
- this stuff I'm not no that's what's most important you're just born you're just born you're just born all right love you