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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-01-06 01:52 PM
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82. Hearing your story helps so much.
Except for many conversations with one of her other victims, and having the sympathy and support of family and some other co-workers, I have felt so alone.
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  -Have you ever worked or lived with a sociopath? MyPetRock  Mar-31-06 06:10 PM   #0 
  - Sociopath no, narcissist yes  undeterred   Mar-31-06 06:13 PM   #1 
  - I am a special ed teacher  proud2Blib   Mar-31-06 06:14 PM   #2 
  - No, but I have a pResident who is one. n/t  rzemanfl   Mar-31-06 06:14 PM   #3 
  - Yes  blue cat   Mar-31-06 06:15 PM   #4 
  - Unfortunately, I raised one.  China_cat   Mar-31-06 06:17 PM   #5 
  - Say what?  iconoclastic cat   Mar-31-06 08:46 PM   #43 
     - No, my youngest is a sociopath  China_cat   Apr-01-06 06:58 AM   #66 
        - Wow that is terrible.  NNadir   Apr-01-06 08:09 PM   #95 
        - I feel for you. My younger sister is a sociopath too  Lorien   Apr-02-06 10:01 AM   #106 
  - yup  stellanoir   Mar-31-06 06:18 PM   #6 
  - Worked for one.  hippiechick   Mar-31-06 06:18 PM   #7 
  - I KNOW I have PTSD now.  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 06:40 PM   #17 
     - You will, but do get help ...  hippiechick   Mar-31-06 06:49 PM   #25 
        - Thanks!  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 06:52 PM   #27 
  - I actually lived with R-Wing sociopath.  Rainscents   Mar-31-06 06:18 PM   #8 
  - I suspect that I was married to one ....  etherealtruth   Mar-31-06 06:19 PM   #9 
  - Beware and watch the drama esp. the closer you get to leaving  MichiganVote   Mar-31-06 06:21 PM   #10 
  - yes. get a calendar and mark it backwards with today being day  roguevalley   Mar-31-06 06:22 PM   #11 
  - I have marked my calendar with countdown days.  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 07:02 PM   #30 
  - No, but my brother worked for the "prosac poster-boy"  Mind_your_head   Mar-31-06 06:22 PM   #12 
  - You worked with one?  DinoBoy   Mar-31-06 06:23 PM   #13 
  - Do you have any sick leave left  janeaustin   Mar-31-06 06:30 PM   #14 
  - I've worked for two of them!  Daphne08   Mar-31-06 06:34 PM   #15 
  - How did you cope?  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 06:40 PM   #18 
     - Visualize the wonderful days you'll have when you retire.  northofdenali   Mar-31-06 06:46 PM   #20 
     - Thank you!  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 06:49 PM   #24 
     - I was on antidepressants for several years.  Daphne08   Mar-31-06 06:48 PM   #21 
        - I would have to go on them if I were dealing with more than 2 months.  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 08:00 PM   #36 
  - Thank you all so much for the replies!  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 06:36 PM   #16 
  - You are not alone.....  Darth_Kitten   Mar-31-06 07:54 PM   #33 
     - That website is sooo helpful.  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 03:31 AM   #63 
  - Yes - Your situation sounds exactly like mine. I ended up leaving  ourbluenation   Mar-31-06 06:42 PM   #19 
  - most successful businesspeople could be described as one  TheBaldyMan   Mar-31-06 06:48 PM   #22 
  - Lol! That would definitely get her goat!  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 03:26 AM   #61 
     - It's worth a try and you might earn her grudging respect by the  TheBaldyMan   Apr-01-06 09:50 AM   #77 
  - yup, worked w/one - you'll make it!  katty   Mar-31-06 06:48 PM   #23 
  - I'm related to one..  Virginia Dare   Mar-31-06 06:51 PM   #26 
  - Oh, yes. Just take it a day at a time.  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-31-06 06:53 PM   #28 
  - Detachment  sandnsea   Mar-31-06 06:54 PM   #29 
  - Sometimes, I fear I am one:  Random_Australian   Mar-31-06 07:46 PM   #31 
  - Wow. I think it's wonderful you are aware and in control of that.  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 07:58 PM   #34 
  - Something inborn, definately, but the method  Random_Australian   Mar-31-06 08:37 PM   #41 
  - With my son  China_cat   Apr-01-06 07:10 AM   #67 
     - There has been a lot of research into sociopathy.  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 08:02 AM   #71 
  - You may not like to hear this, my friend, but you worship the  KCabotDullesMarxIII   Apr-01-06 03:59 PM   #84 
  - Actually a few believe it or not...  Darth_Kitten   Mar-31-06 07:49 PM   #32 
  - And in business situations they seem to be power mad,  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 07:59 PM   #35 
     - Very insecure individuals....  Darth_Kitten   Mar-31-06 08:03 PM   #38 
        - They are insecure. Their MO is to project on others so they feel better  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 08:10 PM   #39 
        - It's insecurity from bieng so unlike others.  Random_Australian   Mar-31-06 09:55 PM   #47 
        - Don't forget incompetent....  philosophie_en_rose   Mar-31-06 10:13 PM   #51 
  - Yep. Was involved personally with one for two years.  SeattleGirl   Mar-31-06 08:01 PM   #37 
  - there's a suspected one in our department ...  Lisa   Mar-31-06 08:14 PM   #40 
  - I can't imagine having 3+ years more of this shit.  MyPetRock   Mar-31-06 08:40 PM   #42 
     - some sociopaths seem to have an uncanny aptitude for the system  Lisa   Mar-31-06 08:52 PM   #44 
  - Are people being hyperbolic with the term "sociopath"?  iconoclastic cat   Mar-31-06 08:58 PM   #45 
  - The key is all those things  China_cat   Apr-01-06 07:16 AM   #68 
  - Hang in there  chookie   Mar-31-06 09:25 PM   #46 
  - What a great website!  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 03:01 AM   #56 
  - Hell, I've BEEN one. Try living with THAT.  Redstone   Mar-31-06 09:56 PM   #48 
  - Fuck yes  MrScorpio   Mar-31-06 09:58 PM   #49 
  - you know, maybe I have now that I think of it  leftofthedial   Mar-31-06 10:00 PM   #50 
  - I've worked/lived with individuals with myriad diagnoses,  BuffyTheFundieSlayer   Mar-31-06 11:08 PM   #52 
  - Yes.  haruka3_2000   Mar-31-06 11:51 PM   #53 
  - Mostly on DU  ZombyWoof   Apr-01-06 12:03 AM   #54 
  - Bingo!  MrsGrumpy   Apr-02-06 10:02 AM   #107 
  - I worked at a company where fully a third of the managers were  hedgehog   Apr-01-06 01:01 AM   #55 
  - This is some thread, hedgehog! You know, the deeper the  KCabotDullesMarxIII   Apr-01-06 04:15 PM   #85 
  - I think my ex-wife was sociopathic.  CanuckAmok   Apr-01-06 03:08 AM   #57 
  - Is this a Gov't job, or a private sector job?  file83   Apr-01-06 03:14 AM   #58 
  - It's a school.  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 03:20 AM   #59 
     - Does she treat the students the same way? There has to be someway  file83   Apr-01-06 04:19 AM   #64 
     - There has been an organized attempt.  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 05:02 AM   #65 
        - Another thought is to look for support from the PTA members.  kwassa   Apr-01-06 08:43 PM   #98 
     - Principals are like the kings of their domains  kwassa   Apr-01-06 08:41 PM   #97 
        - The thing is I really want to retire.  MyPetRock   Apr-02-06 07:11 AM   #102 
           - You can last through two months of anything.  kwassa   Apr-02-06 09:32 AM   #104 
              - Oh yes. It's not just me. I've talked to some of her other victims.  MyPetRock   Apr-02-06 09:39 AM   #105 
                 - Take comfort in not being alone in this  kwassa   Apr-02-06 11:01 AM   #109 
  - Married one, worked for more than one.  mykpart   Apr-01-06 03:23 AM   #60 
  - ...  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 03:27 AM   #62 
     - Treat yourself to a massage.  China_cat   Apr-01-06 07:19 AM   #69 
        - That's my daughter's suggestion also.  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 07:22 AM   #70 
  - Just keep plugging away.  mutley_r_us   Apr-01-06 08:07 AM   #72 
  - I really appreciate these stories of workplace survival.  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 09:02 AM   #73 
  - was married to one...  wildhorses   Apr-01-06 09:04 AM   #74 
  - My boss is one -- and yes, I do mean that literally  LostinVA   Apr-01-06 09:05 AM   #75 
  - OMG, you've got 10 years to go?  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 11:10 AM   #80 
     - I may start drinking at work...  LostinVA   Apr-01-06 06:54 PM   #91 
  - Yes. Get out. Leave.  suegeo   Apr-01-06 09:16 AM   #76 
  - I'm under contract until the end of the year.  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 11:09 AM   #79 
  - I had a sociopathic boss  TrogL   Apr-01-06 11:06 AM   #78 
  - Yes, and all I can say is, "Time wounds all heels, and heals all wounds"  mgdecombe   Apr-01-06 01:11 PM   #81 
  - Hearing your story helps so much.  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 01:52 PM   #82 
     - I worked for a sociopath/boss about 15 years ago  salin   Apr-01-06 04:21 PM   #86 
     - This is very similar to my experience  mgdecombe   Apr-01-06 08:58 PM   #100 
     - Remember that she feels more alone than you are.  mgdecombe   Apr-01-06 08:45 PM   #99 
  - Never worked or lived with one, thank God  spinbaby   Apr-01-06 03:15 PM   #83 
  - you just hang in there read my story below you'll feel better  Kathryn STone   Apr-01-06 04:33 PM   #87 
  - WooHoo...  salin   Apr-01-06 04:50 PM   #88 
  - Yeah, I worked for one. Then I quit as I knew it would never get  barb162   Apr-01-06 05:03 PM   #89 
  - I may have worked with a sociopath  twenty4blackbirds   Apr-01-06 05:47 PM   #90 
  - I think I lived with one. There's a challenge after you leave.  Sparkly   Apr-01-06 06:58 PM   #92 
  - How free I'll be....  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 07:21 PM   #93 
     - Just make sure you get that person out of your HEAD, too, MPR.  Sparkly   Apr-01-06 08:01 PM   #94 
        - It will take awhile. Right now I'm pretty obsessed, as everybody can tell  MyPetRock   Apr-01-06 08:13 PM   #96 
  - It's amazing how many......  Jade Fox   Apr-01-06 09:53 PM   #101 
  - I do like that visualization exercise.  MyPetRock   Apr-02-06 07:52 AM   #103 
  - A former sibling.  bikebloke   Apr-02-06 10:14 AM   #108 
 

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