Victims of Psychopaths Community Group
Is he or she a sociopath or psychopath? Think we're only talking about serial killers here? Psychopaths, sociopaths and even narcissists come in every walk of life, every career level, and every socio-economic category.
do psychopaths dress strange compared to regular non cluster b people. i notice most of the people who i know who have personality disorders dress sort of different than the usual expected wardrobe.
my older sister who happened to be type a personality disorder (paranoid personality disorder) she seems to dress strange she has been sort of mentally stuck at 13-16 yrs old for years and she is 36 now. she has been dressing like a young teenager since she was a teenager she shops in the juniors department. neon pink baby t shirt with smiley face on it,sparkley butterfuly barettes,frendship bracelets, neon green bangles,bright yellow checkered purse. glittery bright blue sandals etc. things you expect maybe a 16 yr old to wear is her entire wardrobe. tacky clothes every day. she goes overboard with makeup too alot of times like almost to get attention.
my father has cluster b psychopath personality s/p and what i noticed is for over the last 30 years he has been wearing the same outfit every day. since the 1980s. he attempts to copy how a police officer dresses, a very similar outfit to a police uniform every day. he blamed it on being color blind for buying 20 of the same white shirt,5 navy blue vests, 20 of the same navy blue pants. if he has any coat it is navy blue and resembles the coats the nypd police wear over here minus any badge, and a navy blue golf cap wich sort of resembles the police hat..
he mentioned many times aspiring to be a police officer in the past but never got to be a police officer.
i think maybe it has something to do with being s/p that one would need to dress like a certain person such as police etc. its strange for a person to wear a uniform every day same outfit for decades for no reason, not for work. 7 days a week
maybe to be a certain character like a reminder maybe or props for their acting.
maybe it is bad or strange fashion style or is it related to psychopaths do other psychopaths have a type of uniform they chose or strange clothing choice? maybe odd looking bow tie or strange hat worn every day
i notice a few other relatives who have the personality disorders do dress strange,out of style outdated or things that draw attention to them like funny looking outfits.
not everyone has the best fashion style so i shouldnt jump to conclusions but i notice compared to myself and neurotipical people i know. they prefer to wear different outfits each day , assortment of colors- green shirt wednesday, blue shirt thursday etc sneakers or flat shoes or moccasins etc. many different things in the wardrobe and not everything the same like uniforms.
different styles of clothes too not just 30 polo shirts in different colors.
do other psychopaths dress strange? uniforms when not at work etc
do other personality disorders dress strange?
my older sister who happened to be type a personality disorder (paranoid personality disorder) she seems to dress strange she has been sort of mentally stuck at 13-16 yrs old for years and she is 36 now. she has been dressing like a young teenager since she was a teenager she shops in the juniors department. neon pink baby t shirt with smiley face on it,sparkley butterfuly barettes,frendship bracelets, neon green bangles,bright yellow checkered purse. glittery bright blue sandals etc. things you expect maybe a 16 yr old to wear is her entire wardrobe. tacky clothes every day. she goes overboard with makeup too alot of times like almost to get attention.
my father has cluster b psychopath personality s/p and what i noticed is for over the last 30 years he has been wearing the same outfit every day. since the 1980s. he attempts to copy how a police officer dresses, a very similar outfit to a police uniform every day. he blamed it on being color blind for buying 20 of the same white shirt,5 navy blue vests, 20 of the same navy blue pants. if he has any coat it is navy blue and resembles the coats the nypd police wear over here minus any badge, and a navy blue golf cap wich sort of resembles the police hat..
he mentioned many times aspiring to be a police officer in the past but never got to be a police officer.
i think maybe it has something to do with being s/p that one would need to dress like a certain person such as police etc. its strange for a person to wear a uniform every day same outfit for decades for no reason, not for work. 7 days a week
maybe to be a certain character like a reminder maybe or props for their acting.
maybe it is bad or strange fashion style or is it related to psychopaths do other psychopaths have a type of uniform they chose or strange clothing choice? maybe odd looking bow tie or strange hat worn every day
i notice a few other relatives who have the personality disorders do dress strange,out of style outdated or things that draw attention to them like funny looking outfits.
not everyone has the best fashion style so i shouldnt jump to conclusions but i notice compared to myself and neurotipical people i know. they prefer to wear different outfits each day , assortment of colors- green shirt wednesday, blue shirt thursday etc sneakers or flat shoes or moccasins etc. many different things in the wardrobe and not everything the same like uniforms.
different styles of clothes too not just 30 polo shirts in different colors.
do other psychopaths dress strange? uniforms when not at work etc
do other personality disorders dress strange?
Sociopaths blend in, they look just like us, its very difficult separate one from another as they look totally normal. If someone dress odd its more likely due to other mentally illnesses maybe.
The abuser before him dressed in expensive cowboy wear. He had the cowboy boots and a Stetson cowboy hat that he wore often. He loved BBQ, drinking and smoking. Big trucks, traveled far, and rode horses. He was even competed in rodeos up in Montana. The first time he shuved me across the room was the last time I saw him. I threatened to call the police and he left. He bugged me a few times and begged to get back but I ignored him.
The abuser before that one, dressed nice on outtings. He loved showing off his arm muscles so all of his rock band shirts would be ripped from the sleeves. He claimed the sleeves fit too tight around his arms.
I'm not sure, but you might be on to something there.
Due to preoccupation with self, it seems that often psychopaths and NPDs are very neat and natty dressers, with special haircuts and very put together, often with some strong style, and one that shows off their body.
There often is a thread of power dressing, whatever that means to them. They are often attracted to pseudo military or law enforcement (and dress like or drive cars like military, police, etc). Or maybe they dress like a super wealthy person with power suits or country club attire. The cowboy motif may be a variation of this, as cowboys have a rugged, masculine, capable image.
Many blend in, but many want to make a statement. I have noticed that my uP/NPD/BPD, who it was suggested was AS, often wanted to snub his nose at social occasions, dressing provokatively or in violation of dress code or social norms. He wanted to stand out, as somehow better, more stylish, not boring, etc. Like he might wear a Hawaiian shirt instead of a suit to a conservative gathering.
It was suggested they were AS? By whom? Them? Their doctor? Those people can easily pose as AS, since so many of their symptoms can appear to emulate it. I'm starting to think its a secret weapon of theirs that no one knows about ("I'm' just autistic, not an asshole"), or perhaps that many know about, and just don't know how to effectively report.
To clarify, I meant AS as antisocial. I guess I should be careful with abbreviations. I should have used ASPD but in this case the assessment stopped short of a PD diagnosis, so it was antisocial traits. This is relevant to anyone needing to get a diagnosis when it is not the patient that wants it. It is hard to get a good psychopathic or NPD diagnosis with the basic tests. Antisocial includes psychopath, and it is also often used instead of NPD as kind of a code for NPD when those hearing it may not understand how bad NPD is. That's why I don't like to use the term sociopath -- too vague.
I did not mean autism. There was a book comparing autism/Asperberger's with psychopathy and brain scans show they are different, although there are some similarities. The differences are profound.