Feeling-Nothing Mother: Patric Gagné's Honest Raw Truth

Patric Gagné doesn't need her kids to love her back. She's okay with that. Are we?Patric Gagné cuts her kids' peanut butter sandwiches into stars and whales. She makes Christmas magical even though she hates it. She shows up for bedtime stories, tantrums, and bullies.But here's the kicker, she does it without the emotional fuel most of us run on.She's a diagnosed sociopath. And she's one of the most fascinating, disarming, and deeply human mothers I've ever interviewed.This isn't a hot take on TikTok psychopathy or a glorified redemption arc. This is someone telling the truth about what it's like to parent without the typical emotional wiring, and still doing the damn thing.I first reached out to Patric because her memoir Sociopath hit me in the gut. Not because I saw a monster. But because I saw a parent navigating the same chaos I was, just using a different map.What followed was one of the most honest, unfiltered conversations I've ever had with anyone."I told my kids they don't have to love me."That line stopped me cold.I asked her if she meant it literally, like, had she actually said those words to her children?"Yes," she said without hesitation. "We've had...