IN MOVIES AND on TV, sociopaths are commonly depicted as mega-villains who act outrageously cruel and are manipulative. In real life, however, sociopaths may be a little harder to identify.

My bestie thinks he might actually be a sociopath, but I know my boyfriend isn't a Ted Bundy or Joe from You... at least I ...

Symptoms of a sociopath include apathy ... One of the signature signs of ASPD is a lack of empathy. People with ASPD cannot acknowledge or identify with another person's feelings.