Prof Sam Vaknin
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Mass Shooters: Mentally Ill or Show-off?
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July 16, 2022
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The typical mass shooter is white, male, and young
The shooting spree is a spectacle, showmanship, movie intended to make sense of life and render them meaningful by imbuing it with purpose and a mission
Grandiosity is compensatory and connected to a general rise in narcissism and relative positioning (social media)
It is about immortality, not suicidality, about a legacy
It is a form of exerting control, empowerment, and anxiolysis
Shooters have no social skills: feel rejected, bullied, persecuted, humiliated, and a failure – real or perceived/imagined
The acting out follows a collapse and transition to a factor 2 psychopathic self-state
The role of echo chambers and confirmation bias
Aggression and the path to violence
Negative affectivity (hatred, envy)
Intimate grievances and strangers
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