I live with the head of psychology at a prison, and actually sociopaths and psychopaths are a lot more common than people think. Just because they end in "path" does not mean they're only in movies. People think that there'll only be maybe one in a zillion socio/psychopaths out there, but really it's a good proportion of the population. Noirin definitely exhibits pretty much every psychopathic trait - this doesn't mean she's a murderer or a rapist etc. It means that she's incredibly charming with very little sense of remorse or empathy, and she'll move from group to group or person to person very quickly when things go wrong. She has a real issue with not being liked, and she really clings to the people that show her the most attention or affection - even if she doesn't really feel any connection with them. It makes her feel the way she wants to feel, so she uses people to her advantage.
It isn't a medical diagnosis, and it's not just because a psychologist said it on BBLB - it's actually pretty common. The world is so messed up at the moment, that people think personality traits like hers are ok because they're so 'normal' now, but clearly from the amount of hatred directed towards her, they actually cause a lot of problems.
So yes, I think it's fair to say Noirin is pretty sociopathic.
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