Narcissist or sociopath?? Or BOTH

Question

So I’ll try to keep this short and uncomplicated as possible. No it’s not my partner who may be a narcissist or sociopath, it’s me. 
I lack basic empathy for my friends and family 90% of the time and use people for my own personal gain. Not in obvious ways, but I spend time with everyone I spend time with because I enjoy their company, but don’t care to contribute anything to any of my relationships. I only talk to my friends when I need something such as girl time or to vent. I spend time with my family when I want to, not when they ask me to. 
I’m selfish, I take EVERYONE in my life for granted, my entire life revolves around me, my needs, and my happiness. Nothing that goes wrong in my life is never my fault, I always blame someone else. 
When I argue with my fiancé, I don’t care about hurting his feelings. I only care about preserving my feelings in the relationship, so that’s why I act tolerable and nice so we don’t fight as much. 
Please don’t make this a funny post or joke because this is something I’m well aware of and finally admitting. And I don’t know how to help myself. I genuinely feel like a horrible person on the inside and 90% of me doesn’t even care. This is just the good 10% of me admitting it.

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I would say that no, you are not either one of those things. The reason why I say that is because people who are narcissist and sociopaths, do not come to that conclusion, ever. They are not self-aware enough, and certainly would never be admitting it on social media of any type. With that said, I think you have a lot of work to do on yourself to figure out why you’re so self involved, but I believe that you can change your behavior if you really work on it. Start seeing a good therapist who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy. You’re not a bad person, you just haven’t learned how to be the best you possible.

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I mean, it sounds like you should get evaluated by a professional.
You’re just going to get a lot of “noise” on the internet. It’s not actually going to be helpful information!
Everyone on here is likely to have an opinion, but the only people you should trust to give you that information is trained professionals.
Not that this matters, but my older brother was unofficially diagnosed as a sociopath. He was under 18 at the time, so they couldn’t do an official diagnosis and he hasn’t gone back for testing since. I have some experience being around it, but I still think you should see a psychiatrist before trusting anyone’s opinion on here.

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Narcissist would think it was for the best they treat people this way. “They are lucky I grace them with my presence.” Sociopaths would care and would find hurting people to be fun, like a game. You’re just selfish. Go to a therapist and get strategies to be more empathetic and you should be fine. You’ll have to commit to it and continuously remind yourself the way you treated people is wrong. It will be hard but you should do it because from what you said you’re not a good person but you’d like to be, that’s a good step towards self actualization. Good luck.

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I would seek professional help on this. Because you recognize this, there might be another issue. I don’t think a true narcissist would ever be this self aware

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Were not psychologists hun. Go get diagnosed by a professional.

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if you wanna fix this, i suggest seeing a therapist before your relationships and happiness is irreparably damaged. a therapist can help you immensely. good luck.

Narcissist or sociopath?? Or BOTH

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