I have been close friends with two people with ASPD. When I was friends with and eventually lived with one of them, a diagnosed sociopath, I picked up on many of that person's qualities, being that many people with BPD tend to be somewhat impressionable, and despite my good conscience, I became anti-social as well. Then the relationship became polarized: She tried to make me jealous, turned her friends against me, even though I had helped them many times, gaslighted me, shunned me, manipulated me in general, discarded me, and so forth. So, as a reaction, I dissociated frequently, and eventually experienced the unusual state of being a transient sociopath, confirmed by both personal personality changes, and my other friend with ASPD (the cooperative type) who said that my experience was accurate; that is, I was a sociopath for about a month. During this time, I scared the sociopath I lived with, being that sociopaths seem to be afraid of other sociopaths. I had always been the kind of person where you would ask for help and I would give it, being that I am a decade long Buddhist.

But she brought out the worst in me, somehow, and I have suppressed a dormant darkness since then. The consequences were devastating.

So, it would be great to hear other people's experiences.

Thanks,
Anukisun