I grew up with a negative view towards sociopaths, not because of anything a sociopath did, but because my family would outright call me a sociopath without even bothering to take me to a therapist or something to see if that's true. I know I am emotionally stunted, but I know I am not a sociopath. My family would call me a sociopath because well, as I said, I am emotionally stunted and this was due to said family themselves saying that "Men don't show their emotions" and whatnot. So, instead of showing my emotions, sharing my struggles and whatnot, I kept everything bottled up which made me feel rather numb to everything and I still bottle up everything but my mate has been trying his best to help me get rid of that bad habit.

That being said, my family would outright bully me and treat me like shit over this massive, serious assumption, always thinking I have malicious intent or alterior motives to everything like the time I accidentally broke my brother-in-law's present on Christmas when I was trying to help carry his stuff to the his car and immediately paid it back with my own money, my brother immediately accused me of being manipulative and doing it out of greed, yelling at me for it which caused me to break down and run to my room, locking it so people would leave me alone.

Due to how my family would call me a sociopath and how they treated me for it, I have to second guess everything I do and say because I worry I am accidentally being manipulative or something, hell, it's probably one of the main reasons why I am not sure if I want to open up for commissions.