Can a sociopath love?

what does sociopath mean ive heard the word but dont know what defintion is

By definition alone, true sociopaths are incapable of truly loving someone/something else, besides themselves. Even then, they don't really love themselves, they just see themselves as being better than everyone else.

Hi velvet shawn here, i looked up your question on the internet and this is what i read, and i quote. The fact is a sociopath can never truly love and arguably can never be loved end quote.

true well thats one answer for ya jw. Its seems a complicated issue...I was married to one but there were other issues which made the fact that he was a sociopath worse. And worst of all I had no idea what that was. I learned about it the hard way just wondering if they have any capacity to love and from what ive seen...no they are not. But I searched info on the net and some say yes very much so. But I dont believe it

thank you for that info Shawn...just wondering if anybody else has known a sociopath. Apparently there are many in society we just dont know it unless u deal with them personally

Hmmm, good question and very interesting thread. No, I dont believe sociopaths are capable of loving because they're too out of touch with reality. They dont think they can truly be loved, so they occupy themselves mentally and this becomes their world. When emotions are pushed aside and locked away and creeps in, everything gets confusing. Hate becomes love...crying is laughter etc. It can be a dangerous situation for a relationship. This how I see it anyhow.

@VELVETVEGA: Shawn again , i also would like to say thank you for posting that question , you really have me wondering about that now, i will look into that more . That was the best question of the day by far, you got me thinking ill tell ya.

Its like being with someone who has a dead soul...

My ex claimed to be a sociopath......he said he was able to love deeply but had no empathy and could laugh at pple when they were inflicted pain(eg...driving by and saw a car accident and someone was smashed up)......he claimed he was in love with me and used it as an excuse of why he beat me.....he said he never hit a woman before me and did it because he was so jealous of the thought of any other man being with me and feared so much hed lose me........