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uppityperson

(116,007 posts) Thu Mar 26, 2015, 09:37 PM Mar 2015

I do not understand mass murderers [View all]

I do not understand their motivations, their mental health, their actions. It doesn't matter what form the murders take or whether individually or at one time.

I just do not understand how someone would, how someone could, think that it be a good idea to kill a bunch of others.

Explain it to me like I am dumb because I just do not understand.

My heart is heavy.

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I do not understand mass murderers [View all] uppityperson Mar 2015 OP

I'm with you on this. raging moderate Mar 2015 #1

I assume they want to show the world how hurt they are. ZombieHorde Mar 2015 #2

I think you're right about the showing the world how hurt they are, KMOD Mar 2015 #6

but then you would think they would have sympathy for others that would hurt because of their JI7 Mar 2015 #13

Extreme emotional/psychological states can sometimes override a person's natural empathy. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #19

I dont understand why we let them run our governments. WDIM Mar 2015 #3

I found these for you with a quick google Electric Monk Mar 2015 #4

Rational thought is deterministic. Insanity is a stochastic process. Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #5

That is a good sign! Just think if you COULD rationalize and negotiate a mass murder!? Rex Mar 2015 #7

Wow! Marie Marie Mar 2015 #15

I fear that the problem is that people learn to internalize their emotions. Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #8

I don't even understand single-victim murderers cyberswede Mar 2015 #9

Well, of course you don't. JayhawkSD Mar 2015 #10

I don't really understand it either. For example I can at least understand the motive for robbing a Douglas Carpenter Mar 2015 #11

The only thing I see over and over LittleGirl Mar 2015 #12

I kind of understand it. Basically it's just being so full of hate because you feel like you've craigmatic Mar 2015 #14

No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people. Albert Camus Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #16

If you don't feel connected to the world or to the people in it, you're not going to feel guilty winter is coming Mar 2015 #17

Many mass murderers are said to be suffering from a severe break from reality at the time of murders deafskeptic Mar 2015 #18

Ted Bundy supposedly arranged knives around his aunt's bed when he was 3 years old. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #22

I heard that too. your speculation is a good as mine. n/t deafskeptic Mar 2015 #23

Pathological obsession, lack (or loss) of empathy, uncontrollable rage/hatred, a general break nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #20

Do you distinguish between mass murderers and soldiers killing en masse or countries ND-Dem Mar 2015 #21

Are you just sick, or are you trying deliberately to be provocative? raven mad Mar 2015 #25

... raven mad Mar 2015 #24

Trying to understand the actions of others is like trying to imagine a color that does not exist. TBA Mar 2015 #26

If it was rational, it wouldn't be mental illness. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2015 #27

I'd be really concerned if you did. nt RedCappedBandit Mar 2015 #28

If we understood what they were thinking that easily it would not be called mental illness. My jwirr Mar 2015 #29