Have you ever dated a sociopath or someone who was mentally unstable otherwise?

Canada
July 11, 2009 12:14am CST
Have you ever been in a relationship with someone emotionally and/or physically abusive, caught up in the stupid mind games and tactics, lies and broken promises? Emotional roller coaster, control, and dominance? Emotional abuse is the worst, it eats away at the soul and wears you down as a person. I learned that a sociopath will love you for what you do for them rather than for who you are or what you are. To a sociopath, you are a character, who, when you no longer serve a purpose in their lives they will cast you away and disregard you coldly.
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• India
12 Jul 09
I have not been into relationship with any such person, but if by chance I get to have a relation with any such person, I'll be excited and will try my level best to make the person alright, it's like a very adventurous thing for me and I love doing these. It's something by which I can test myself, that to which extent I can perform. If I see that the person is not willing to change then I'll break up.
• Canada
12 Jul 09
That is a very key point. The person must want to change. Without that you might as well not even try, it's not worth your time. Another thing is they may claim they want to change and even go through the motions, only to deceive the plan and blow it up. The recovery is not going to happen over night, therefore they have to want it and work hard at it. A lot of people do not want to help themselves and try to convince themselves they don't need help.
@doormouse (4599)
15 Jul 09
i married one..he was the perfect man until i got pregnant,then he realised that my attention had to be split between him and the baby,that was when he turned nasty,he was used to having all the attention(he was a mummies boy)and now he wouldn't get it,he became physicaly,mentally and sexually abusive,that's when i divorced him,he has serious mental issues that he still refuses to address