Yes, and it also could explain Trump's "verbal violence." =================================== Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, NM SPJ Region 9 Director t...@jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 ===================================
On Aug 1, 2016 2:53 AM, "Jochen Fromm" <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > Recently there has been an increasing number of rampage killings and > suicide attacks in Europe and America. One theory says that rampage > killings are related to pathological narcissism. The perpetrators are often > offended narcissistic outsiders who want to restore their crippled sense of > self-worth by an act of ultimate violence. Usually they announce their > terror acts on social media sites. I kill, therefore I am. > > https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/culture-shrink/201510/american-narcissism-and-mass-shooters > > According to this Psychology Today article, many of the recent rampage > killings were a malignant form of narcissism, where the perpetrators had to > satisfy their "need for revenge…for undoing a hurt by whatever means… by > giving their pain to others and in doing so build up the remnants of their > self-worth through violence". > > What do you think about this theory? Does it make sense? > > -J. > > Sent from my Tricorder > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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