Sociopath: A Memoir Vol. 1

by Patric Gagne

Paperback

Published October 30, 2024

About the author

Patric Gagne is a writer, former therapist, and advocate for people suffering from sociopathic, psychopathic, and anti-social personality disorders. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Sociopath: A Memoir, which shares her struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on this often-maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.

Patric earned her BA at UCLA and then enrolled at the Westwood, CA, campus of the California Graduate Institute (CGI), a graduate school specializing in psychology, marital and family therapy, and psychoanalysis. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from CGI and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Her dissertation — “Followers of Fagin: Secondary Sociopathy and Its Relationship to Anxiety” — explored the relationship between sociopathy and anxiety and became the foundation for her memoir.

Today, she is working to expand the definition of psychopathy to include its status as a spectrum disorder and is a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.

Patric lives with her husband, David, and their two children.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book fascinating. I’ve always thought very differently about sociopaths, and I didn’t realize just how many there are or that so many of them are living what appear to be completely normal lives. It was really interesting to hear her side of things, how she experiences emotions, and the way she views the world. Hearing her thoughts, feelings, and personal story gave me a perspective I’d never really considered before. It was an eye-opening and thought-provoking read.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

i’m not sure if this is really truly an amazing book or it’s just unbelievable that this girl is so honest about all the horrible crap she did. It is an educational book in that you get to learn how a sociopath really doesn’t care about anybody or anything and yet occasionally she does or seems to. I think it could help understand when people frustrate you that not everyone thinks in a straight line. But this was an excellent book if you want to study the human psyche and you want to be absolutely floored by someone who is so unabashedly honest about things I wouldn’t tell anyone

[Ann Peachman Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve never read a book like this before, and found it fascinating. Particular knew from Kindergarten that she was different. She didn’t think and feel like other people, and her efforts to control her impulses mostly didn’t work. After she was diagnosed as a sociopath, she looked for help. She needed to find ways to cope in a world that didn’t understand her and which she didn’t understand. Finding precious little written material, she eventually wrote this book.

[Buff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating read. Humorous and educational!👍