#Billy and Stu aren’t psychopaths and they don’t have ASPD

[sharpth1ng]

it’s actually not psychopathy either though it’s true they stopped saying the type that doesn’t have childhood trauma exists cause they all have trauma, it’s aspd and sometimes mixed with npd/bpd symptoms/traits. i know your writing here kinda depends on it but tbh ppl should just call stu a dickhead with low empathy and sadomasochistic tendencies(even though i love him too 💔) cause he shows no lack of emotion which also is needed to have aspd. since aspd already gets heavily stereotyped with serial killers/etc when really they’re as dangerous as you and me. generally saying a medical disability = murder is no bueno, as someone who’s been affected negatively by someone with a personality disorder i really hate people conflating their disorder with the things they did because it in a way says it was all the disorder that did it, not them. and it encourages people with these disorders to not get better and that all they’ll ever be is an abuser or a murderer. not mad/upset and i don’t think you single-handedly have caused all of the problems ppl with personality disorders face or am even blaming you, just something to think about, take from this what you will lol.

So I actually work in academic (Not clinical) psychology, psychopathy is still used (at least in my country) but it is primarily used in the prison system.

Psychopathy in my country is a completely distinct category from aspd/npd and other personality disorders, and involves completely different criteria, although you can be labeled with both. I actually specifically have made posts arguing that neither Billy nor Stu have personality disorders, where I went through all the criteria to justify my argument.

I am not at all trying to portray either of them as psychopaths or as having personality disorders as I think their behaviour is better explained with autism (Billy) and ADHD (Stu) in combination with sadomasochistic tendencies. So honeslty I’m a little confused as to where this is coming from, my writing really does not depend on them having aspd or being psychopaths at all and that’s intentional.

I absolutely agree, having a personality disorder is not the same as being a murderer or an abuser, and I’ve tried to go out of my way to be specific about the fact that I don’t think these two have personality disorders. I write them as neurodivergent people who also have trauma and are sadomasochistic. So again I’m a little confused as I’ve specifically said they aren’t these things and am drawing more from my own experience as an autistic person than anything else