I think the fact that you see that as a problem means that there must be some sort of emotion there. I think sometimes when people have hard lives, or difficult things have happened, you become sort of 'hard' to the world. It doesn't really phase you when someone says something that should make 'normal' people feel upset. To be perfectly honest, I am like that as well and I have actually had the same thoughts as you RE: being a sociopath. But I just think it's that you have used up so much emotional energy previously, whether you know it or not, that you just dont have any space to use up some for other people. Also sometimes if people find it hard to trust others, for whatever reason, then they might not get close to people because it's hard to get close to someone if you don't trust them. Other people can be seen as distrustful and sort of 'non-entities' - people don't matter. I don't think you're a sociopath (but obviously if you're that concerned about it, print off what you said and take it to your psych the next time), I think you just see the world as a dangerous and malevolent place, whether you know it consciously or not.
I also think the fact that you want to know what love is like is a pretty good indication that you do have feelings and emotions. Maybe if you were berated for showing emotion, you have just learn that emotion is a bad thing, and so you don't show any emotion and that has become so internalised that you don't even know if you have emotions anymore.
If you want to understand yourself better then why don't you try a different kind of therapy where you can learn about yourself? I feel that when I understand why I do what I do, it does give me much greater control over things.
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