HAPPY 52nd BIRTHDAY JEFF!
Hope you’re at peace wherever you are. ♥
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I’m bad at keeping up with this blog. Sorry guys.
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Jeffrey Dahmer, convicted of serially killing and cannibalism, exhibited signs of AD (Asperger’s Disorder) from his earliest years. As a child, he exhibited poor eye contact, displayed facial expressions “devoid of emotional glow,” had a rigid body posture and gait, and was isolated, socially inept, and “emotionally disconnected.” He also strongly disliked change and was highly ritualistic and obsessive (with his obsessions including the collection of bones and dead animal bodies). All of these traits are signs of Asperger’s.
Silver et al. argue that Dahmer’s creation, collection, and utilization of cadavers can be viewed as “a sexualized form of the repetitive behavioral patterns typically encountered in AD.” Dahmer’s treatment of his victims, they say, is consistent with the fact that individuals with AD have trouble both in “theory of mind” (the understanding that other people have thoughts and feelings) and in distinguishing between people and objects.
