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Published 08:11 12 Aug 2026 GMT
An Australian influencer who is known for opening up about having anti-social personality disorder has revealed a rule she has in the bedroom.
Kanika Batra, 30, was diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder (ASPD), and she has decided to use her platform to spread awareness of the condition.
People with the condition are often described as sociopaths, with the Brisbane-native admitting that she was diagnosed with the condition at 21.
Some of the most common traits include an absence of guilt, manipulation, and a disregard for others.
Speaking to news.com.au in 2024, Batra explained: “I was getting a lot of migraines and I tried to end my life because none of the doctors were taking me seriously when I told them how bad the pain was.”
She revealed that she ended up in hospital and slept for 15 hours - upon waking up, she was given the choice of "going to the psych ward or seeing a psychiatrist as an outpatient."
After choosing the latter and seeing a psychiatrist for 18 months, the expert found that she had ASPD and major depressive disorder.
He also found that she had conduct disorder as a child, with behaviors such as criminal acts and discarding people fitting into the bracket.
She said it was eye-opening, and that the mental health professional helped with her risk-taking behavior, which included going bankrupt after going on a trip she couldn't afford, or flying overseas to see someone she'd never met before.
She admitted that it was hard to see how any other conclusion could be drawn after reading up on ASPD, and shared her experience online.
Batra explained: “Not only is the disorder itself rare. It’s even rarer when it’s a woman,
“If a woman displays any characteristics, they are automatically assumed to have borderline personality disorder.”
Batra, who is now very vocal on her condition, revealed that she often gets asked about whether she feels emotions and love, and that she is asked for dating advice from her perspective.
She started to explain some of these questions: “How to not get attached so quickly, how to not get their empathy exploited and how to avoid abuse tactics like gaslighting and negging [giving someone backhanded compliments to manipulate them], which has been happening in the modern dating world.”
The former beauty pageant contestant said that women often get attached to men quickly, which can lead to them getting hurt, so she encourages women to "date like a sociopath."
This can involve avoiding forming emotional bonds until men show a sense of respect.
She admitted: “Fellow sociopaths, males, tend to go for particular women who are vulnerable and display certain traumas that are linked to things they can exploit.”
Describing her own dating life as "serial monogamy," she revealed: “But, when I am dating, I usually date three to four people at the same time.”
But Batra, who is bisexual, says she won't sleep with them, outlining risks such as emotional bonding, pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
“I personally don’t engage with that until I’m in a committed relationship and I feel comfortable enough to be in that position,” the Aussie influencer admitted.
Batra said that she doesn't have mood swings and that her emotions are over within the hour.
She feels joy and excitement, but negative emotions like anger tend to be stronger, as she added that there “isn’t much under the surface,” though it allows her to fit into different settings.
The influencer admitted that there are negatives, as many, including doctors, don't believe her due to her diagnosis.
Psychiatrists can refuse to treat people with ASPD due to lying tendencies, and she's had people in the past not believe her when she's opened up on awful things that have happened to her.
Batra says some have accused her of lying to get sympathy as a sociopath.
