Diagnosed sociopath reveals whether she killed cats as a child after explaining the overlooked trait that gives them away
Kanika Batra was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder at 21
A woman who has ASPD has lifted the lid on her condition, revealing whether or not she ever killed cats as a child.
Kanika Batra was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) at the age of 21, and has spent the past couple of years educating people online about the disorder.
She says her diagnosis is 'characterized by a lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse' as well as displaying some 'specific antisocial behaviors'.
However, there have been many stereotypes of people with ASPD in the media, and also in the criteria for understanding if someone meets the list of having the disorder.
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Namely, it’s whether they killed or harmed animals as a child.
We’ve all heard how serial killers first harmed animals before going on to kill people, right? According to Kanika, she’s done some violent things in the past.
However, when it comes to cats, she has strong feelings about felines.
In a YouTube interview with LADbible Stories, Kanika was asked if she had ever wanted to kill a cat when she was a child, to which she shared: “No, I don't think I've ever wanted to kill cats.
"I adore cats. I have four Persian cats. So no, I've never wanted to kill cats, and I'm gonna be specific there, not cats."
She went on to admit: “There are things I've done in my childhood, but never to cats. I was a very violent child. I didn't carry that out past approximately 12.”
Some of those instances, she said, occurred in India, which enabled her to fly under the radar.
She said: “And let's just say in India, when I visited, we visit every December... It's a lot easier to get around the law. It's a lot easier to get around, even violence towards other people, towards animals. But it's never been cats. It never will be cats. I love cats so much.”
Elsewhere in the interview, she went on to reveal the one thing that is obvious about people with ASPD that allows her to notice someone with the condition right away.
"A lot of people claim to be sociopaths, and they think, 'I've done bad things before. Am I a sociopath?'
"And the answer is no. Most of you still have empathy, guilt, and remorse. And what people like to call conscience. We don't have that."
Kanika revealed the tell-tale sign is physical, not emotional.
She went on to say the way she can spot 'a fellow sociopath is in the eyes'.
"The eyes are pretty soulless," she continued. "If you see me get angry, you'll see my eyes become soulless."
Kanika revealed she had to 'teach' herself to 'blink more' because she was 'freaking people out'.
"And so that's something that you will notice, the ability to hold eye contact for as long as possible, usually because we don't have the same stress response as other people," she added.
Topics: Mental Health, YouTube, Animals
Britt Jones