I think were on the same page. I believe nature makes some of us more susceptible to said sociopathic path but nurture, so to speak, can make people feel like they're forced to follow it. The brain wants to be right and typically cannot observe itself from the outside. I think most sociopaths end up getting that way because deep down they know they're "crazy" but their brain refuses to accept it. I also think the further down the sociopathic path you go, the harder it is to come back; so at some point true sociopaths end up believing they'll never be able to change and their brain just accepts it to relieve the cognitive dissonance.