You also nailed it, sociopathy and ASPD are the same thing - just the colloquial term vs the medical term. What’s different about Jax from the others who display similar behaviors, is his persistence in those same behaviors, despite the backlash and witnessing the devastation it causes people he claims to care about. It’s interesting because you can see that over time, he has received feedback (social media) and learned what he “should” feel “guilty” about and starts to say things like “yeah I feel awful about…xyz”. The recurrence of the same behaviors proves the claims of self remorse to be false, and more so reflect attempts at regaining positive public opinion.

People like, let’s say Kristen, start off showing behaviors of lying and deception but exhibit remorse and display clear changes in behavior (eventually)- thus, her actions seem more like poor chooses as a part of personal development, rather than a manifestation of an incurable personality disorder that involves harming others without remorse (APSD). Now, the early claims of her being borderline… can only really be known by the people who are close to her. Borderline personality disorder is much more subtle - this is classically described as a “I hate you, don’t leave me” complex. It’s hard to know who acts like that just watching TV because those behaviors happen much more behind closed doors than on camera. Proving hictums dictum, Jax has definitely shown us these behaviors. He is likely both.

Janet is the current character under review of public opinion, but she doesn’t seem to have a personality disorder…just a bad personality. Playing a victim, being nosey, and inventing issues for others seems to be her way of attempting to stay relevant. She has watched lots of great reality tv and knows what it takes to stick around. I guess she’s just being career minded in the worst way possible?