Do you think people can stop being an a**hole?

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11 Sep 2012, 10:48 am

Since people with personality disorders just can't stop having one by changing their flaws that come with it or people with autism just can't change their flaws either that also come with it, or people with Bipolar just can't change their moods by trying to control it without medicine, do you think people who are a**holes can just stop being an a**hole if they tried to change that part about them? Or is it also part of their personality and it's also like having a disorder because it's the way they are and it be hard for them to change it and they also be pretending to be nice if they restrained that personality.


This is just something I had been thinking about lately. If we can't stop our autistic traits, maybe an a**hole can't stop being an a**hole because it's also part of them and they may also burn out too by trying to not be a jerk because they had to restrain themselves. Hey can people stop being NT by stopping the traits they have by restraining them also?

If this is all so true, then i feel sorry for them. I can't imagine being that sort of person and always having to restrain myself to be a good person and only to be considered a fake by people. That be so hurtful and sad.


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11 Sep 2012, 11:40 am

I think most kids learn that if they act like an a**hole then other kids and adults will treat them the same; unfortunately some manage to reach adulthood without learning this lesson and remain an a**hole for life.


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11 Sep 2012, 3:26 pm

If only there was a way to round all the a**holes around the world to drug and re educate hehe problem solved.


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11 Sep 2012, 4:15 pm

It depends. What about sociopathy? I've seen plenty of that.


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11 Sep 2012, 4:53 pm

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11 Sep 2012, 5:09 pm

TallyMan wrote:
I think most kids learn that if they act like an a**hole then other kids and adults will treat them the same; unfortunately some manage to reach adulthood without learning this lesson and remain an a**hole for life.


Only some? It seems to me that Neurotypical children don't care how adults treat them; they simply become progressively more... asshole-ish as they grow up until they become utterly vile adults.


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