From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
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Subject: Only Psychopaths Wish People Dead - Homeland Security: See Something, Say Something
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:03:39 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
I'm pretty sure this is why RUDY CANOZA nym-shifts so much.
On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:29:38 -0700, Rudy Canoza says...
> He's dead. That's excellent news.
Join in and let's get Rudy the help he needs.
https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something
https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something/get-involved
https://www.dhs.gov/see-something-say-something/seesay-day
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Have You Ever Wished Someone Was Dead?
The complicated psychology of homicidal thoughts.
A Frisco teenager told a counselor last year he was having homicidal thoughts
about his father-three months before both his parents were fatally shot in
their home.
A psychiatrist who treated accused Aurora mass murderer James Holmes testified
in court recently that he was having thoughts of killing people three to four
times a day.
On March 29, 1966, infamous sniper Charles Whitman told a psychiatrist he was
thinking about "going up to the tower with a rifle and shooting people." Two
months later, he shot 49 people, killing 14 strangers, his wife, and his
mother.
Time and again, we read stories about troubled individuals who were waving a
red flag of warning again and again before they killed. Friends noticed,
families worried, and coworkers avoided someone who seemed to be a ticking time
bomb. In some cases, they tried to do something about it: In a New York Times
review of 100 rampage killings, 34 concerned families or friends desperately
had tried to get the person help before the murders but were unable to get
professionals to take action.
How could mental-health professionals miss-or minimize-clear markers that
signaled impending mayhem?
The Complicated Nature of Homicidal Thoughts
One reason is that homicidal fantasies are not uncommon: In 2000, Peter Crabb
and associates surveyed 300 undergraduate students and found that 60 percent of
the males and 32 percent of the women could describe a recent fantasy about
killing someone, most often in response to a relationship breakup or an
interpersonal dispute. A 2005 study yielded even more remarkable results,
finding that more than 76% of young women and 91% of young men (survey of 977
young adults) reported having at least "one vivid, memorable homicidal
thought." While some journalists have hypothesized that the way this data was
collected my have possibly inflated the results, few of us would be shocked to
learn that a friend or colleague had entertained a fleeting homicidal urge in
the grips of anger or outrage.
Second, most people with homicidal fantasies never act on them. Homicidal
thoughts can be triggered by a number of circumstances, events and feelings-
sexual jealousy, betrayal, rejection by a loved one, a work dispute, public
humiliation, or revenge. On rare occaisions, a mentally ill person develops
delusions or command hallucinations that lead the individual to believe that
murder is the only way to solve his or her problems. There is also a form of
obsessive-compulsive disorder known as Harm OCD, during which a person has
constant, severely distressing thoughts telling him or her to harm a person.
Given these multiple triggers and diverse events, the challenge for the mental-
health professional is to sort through which homicidal thoughts are most likely
to lead to homicide.
When to Worry
I think it's normal to wish someone who has hurt you would die or disappear.
Although not necessarily productive, I don't think it always worrisome to
fantasize about ways to help that person along in his journey out of our lives.
Unfortunately, many a person has failed to get the help they need out of the
misguided fear that expressing a vague homicidal thought to a therapist will
earn him or her an immediate ticket to the nearest inpatient unit.
However, homicidal thoughts can lead to intentions, which can lead to plans and
motivate behavior, especially when:
substance abuse is involved
a person has a history of violent threats or behavior
a person is experiencing psychotic symptoms
a person has an intended target
a person has a specific, detailed plan
a person has access to guns or other weapons
a person gets pleasure from the homicidal thoughts
the homicidal thoughts are increasing or very frequent
a person has access to the intended victim
a person has voiced concern that s/he is worried they will act on these
fantasies
a person feels hopeless or trapped
In general, the more detailed and achievable the homicidal fantasies, the
greater the threat. A person who has an intended target and a fully formulated
homicidal plan needs to be professionally assessed immediately - to protect any
intended victim and to prevent the potential perpetrator from forever altering
his life.
The Bottom Line
Homicidal thoughts don't often mean that a person will kill. They do mean
something, though-for some, a cry for help; for others, a way to feel more in
control; and for still others, a warning that something bad may happen. Getting
help for persistent homicidal thoughts is something anyone should do. Finding
out what is underneath the urge to kill may not just save an intended target's
life; it may ultimately save the psyche of the sufferer.