Originally Posted by Dude
I'd say this is a possible explanation, but that there are other possible explanations as well. When I first started reading, the word "sociopath" popped into my head.

Your thinking of sociopath, made me think of pseudopsychopaths.

Page 65 of Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults.

http://books.google.com/books?id=NQ...=giftedness%20pseudopsychopathic&f=false