"Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. She suspected it was because she didn't feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. Mostly, she felt nothing. And she didn't like the way that "nothing" felt. She tried to pretend she was like everyone else, but the constant pressure to conform to a society that spurned anyone like her was unbearable. So Patric stole. She lied. She was occasionally violent. She became an expert lockpick and home invader. All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with...something. In a college psychology course, Patric finally realized what set her apart: She was a sociopath. But even though the disorder was identified a century earlier, sociopathy had been neglected by mental health professionals for decades. She was told there was no treatment, no hope for a normal life. She found herself haunted by pop culture sociopaths: madmen, villains, and monsters. Her future looked grim. But when Patric reconnects with an old flame, she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis. If she's capable of love, it must mean that she isn't a monster. With the help of her sweetheart (and some curious characters she meets along the way) she sets out to become a therapist herself and prove that the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren't all monsters either. Sociopath is the wry, brave, inspiring story of Patric's journey to change her fate and build a life full of love and hope."-- Dust jacket front flap.