In The Minds Of Psychopaths
“I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control” ~Criss Jami. Anyone can reach their breaking point where so much is going on in their lives that they cannot take it anymore which causes them to go crazy. When it comes to the issue of psychopaths, people debate if it is the nature or nurture of a person’s life that pushes them to the point of becoming a psychopath. In the cases of Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Pedro Lopez, the outside influences in their lives are the most impactful.
Ted Bundy lived a troubled childhood and because of events in his life, he became a psychopath. First, Bundy was told lies his whole childhood about who his actual family was. His family wanted, …show more content…
Dahmer’s decisions to kill people were influenced by both, how he was raised and his natural born behavior. In Dahmer’s childhood, he showed peculiar behavior, “he began showing little to no interest in hobbies or social interaction around the ages of 10 to 15. Dead animals became an interest of his and he also started drinking heavily during his high school years”(“Jeffrey Dahmer”). In Dahmer's’ teenage years, he was very distant, nonsocial, and had very low self esteem. He showed a fascination for dead animals and was curious about how the animals looked on the inside. He would cut the roadkill open to look at all the blood and then he would save their bones after he was done. In addition, he started to drink heavily during his high school years in order to deal with other problems that were going on in his life. People tend to drink often to as a result to cope with problems they feel are too hard to escape. Dahmer struggled with many social problems, which was enhanced when “a career opportunity for his father, resulted in the family moving to Ohio, and the boy's insecurities deepened. By his early teens, he was disengaged, tense and largely friendless”(biography). Dahmer was already lacking confidence and only had a few friends; unfortunately, his dad was offered a new job, which caused Dahmer to lose even more confidence and resulted in him having no friends. Dahmer was friendless and isolated himself from everyone after moving. He felt completely invisible and rejected by everyone, and his sorrow turned into anger progressively. Also, his parents were having problems of their own, “ [they] divorced when Jeffrey was almost 18. He remained living with his father who traveled a lot and was busy nurturing a relationship with his new wife”(“Jeffrey Dahmer”). Jeffrey’s parents argued often and they had an ongoing struggle to withstand their
“I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control” ~Criss Jami. Anyone can reach their breaking point where so much is going on in their lives that they cannot take it anymore which causes them to go crazy. When it comes to the issue of psychopaths, people debate if it is the nature or nurture of a person’s life that pushes them to the point of becoming a psychopath. In the cases of Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Pedro Lopez, the outside influences in their lives are the most impactful.
Ted Bundy lived a troubled childhood and because of events in his life, he became a psychopath. First, Bundy was told lies his whole childhood about who his actual family was. His family wanted, …show more content…
Dahmer’s decisions to kill people were influenced by both, how he was raised and his natural born behavior. In Dahmer’s childhood, he showed peculiar behavior, “he began showing little to no interest in hobbies or social interaction around the ages of 10 to 15. Dead animals became an interest of his and he also started drinking heavily during his high school years”(“Jeffrey Dahmer”). In Dahmer's’ teenage years, he was very distant, nonsocial, and had very low self esteem. He showed a fascination for dead animals and was curious about how the animals looked on the inside. He would cut the roadkill open to look at all the blood and then he would save their bones after he was done. In addition, he started to drink heavily during his high school years in order to deal with other problems that were going on in his life. People tend to drink often to as a result to cope with problems they feel are too hard to escape. Dahmer struggled with many social problems, which was enhanced when “a career opportunity for his father, resulted in the family moving to Ohio, and the boy's insecurities deepened. By his early teens, he was disengaged, tense and largely friendless”(biography). Dahmer was already lacking confidence and only had a few friends; unfortunately, his dad was offered a new job, which caused Dahmer to lose even more confidence and resulted in him having no friends. Dahmer was friendless and isolated himself from everyone after moving. He felt completely invisible and rejected by everyone, and his sorrow turned into anger progressively. Also, his parents were having problems of their own, “ [they] divorced when Jeffrey was almost 18. He remained living with his father who traveled a lot and was busy nurturing a relationship with his new wife”(“Jeffrey Dahmer”). Jeffrey’s parents argued often and they had an ongoing struggle to withstand their