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.
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