Ted Bundy's Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Antisocial Personality Disorder is a mental condition in which a person consistently shows no regard for right or wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others. It can also be called sociopathy. Ted Bundy had this disorder and was eventually electrocuted because of his actions stemming from his disorder. Ted Bundy's condition and later criminality originated from the events in his childhood. From a very young age he was told his mother was his sister and his grandparents were his parents. From learning about the lies his family told him and finding out he was born out of wed lock, which was shamed upon, he began to show symptoms of Antisocial Personality Disorder. There was also a history of depression and panic attacks in his family …show more content…
The normal person would know that the crime is wrong and feel some guilt, even if it was a small amount. In Ted Bundy's case it's the complete opposite, he feels no remorse and doesn't see that what he was doing was wrong. Ted Bundy was a sexual sadist and a necrophiliac. Sexual Sadism Disorder is the condition of experiencing sexual arousal in response to the extreme pain, suffering or humiliation of others. Several other terms have been used to describe the condition, and the condition may overlap with other conditions that involve inflicting pain. Necrophilia is a sexual attraction or sexual act involving corpses. Ted also became fascinated with knives at a young age. He once laid knives out around a family member with the blades pointing towards them while they were sleeping. You also wouldn't catch your average criminal doing what Ted did. He raped, tortured, decapitated, and dismembered his victims. He would usually attack them then force them into his car. If the survived the initial attack, he would rape them then kill them. He would leave the bodies in the wood and later revisit the decaying bodies and put makeup on them and sexually assault
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