Some say Sociopath, some say Destructive Narcissist. The first is someone like the Uni-bomber or a high priest at Jonestown. They believe that their understanding of right and wrong supersedes everyone else’s. They are not born a sociopath. They grow into it by outside influences and often some kind of mental weakness or mental illness.
Destructive Narcissist is someone who is profoundly selfish. And its the spectrum of those who may be psychopaths or just those who are almost psychopaths. Like the autism is spectrum has Asperger syndrome for those who have lessor forms of autism.
But I think this girl is a full blown psychopath. Why, she was willing to ruin her mothers life. She is willing to boldly lie to the police and doctors and schools. There is nobody that she won’t attack, hence the lawsuits.
You see she is not self aware yet. She will become self aware soon. She has been abusing family and friends who either don’t understand her or refuse to give up on her. Its been easy. But now she is running into the adult world. And her lies are catching up to her. That’s one reason she changed her name. She is just figuring out that reputation matters.
Don’t worry for her. She will take this all in. And she will change. Her lies will be more careful. She will start to see that reputation matters. So, she will be careful not to get caught. She will not change her ethics. She will stay profoundly selfish and conniving. But she will become far better at it.
You see a psychopath like a lone wolf believes there is her and everyone else is competition or food. She really does not care for anyone. That chip inside you that cares about other people is not in her.
My brother was diagnosed professionally as a sociopath at age 13 in 1969.
He died of a drug overdose at 50. He never changed his entire life. In and out of jails and prison for various offenses from drugs to assault, attempted rape.
He could be sweet as sugar when he wanted something, and as vindictive and destructive as a hurricane if he did not get it......