- Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:35 am
#139599
ICD-10 Diagnosis
It is characterized by at least 3 of the following:
1. Callous unconcern for the feelings of others;
2. Gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social norms, rules, and obligations;
3. Incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, though having no difficulty in establishing them;
4. Very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression, including violence;
5. Incapacity to experience guilt or to profit from experience, particularly punishment;
6. Markedly prone to blame others or to offer plausible rationalizations for the behavior that has brought the person into conflict with society.
DSM-IV-TR Diagnosis
A) There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three or more of the following:
1. failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest;
2. deception, as indicated by repeatedly lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure;
3. impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead;
4. irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults;
5. reckless disregard for safety of self or others;
6. consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations;
7. lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another;
B) The individual is at least age 18 years.
C) There is evidence of conduct disorder with onset before age 15 years.
D) The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during the course of schizophrenia or a manic episode.
The second diagnosis is common in 3% of males and 1% of females. It's the exact reason why people grief - they have antisocial personality disorder. And they might purposely turn to the internet to wreak havoc because there are no consequences and they can be hard to stop. If you are entertained by the anger of other people, you have a screw loose. People get mad in a video game in the same way and close intensity as when (say) they return to their car to find their tires slashed. Rule breaking in a video game is highly analogous to breaking of legal and ethical laws IRL. The fact that this is virtual, does not exempt anyone from scrutiny of the real world even in the slightest.
For any griefers reading, this probably doesn't help much because you're incapable to except it. For the rest of us, it's a reasonable explanation why it happens. ASPD is usually a stage in a persons life. After 5 or 10 or 20 years, they usually get over it. Just hope it doesn't turn someone into an egocentric maniac plotting to commit genocide and brutally take over a whole continent.
