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Unmasking the Minds Behind Crime

When someone repeatedly commits rape, violent crimes, or engages in human trafficking, they are usually not just “bad people” in the everyday sense  these patterns are often linked to serious underlying mental illnesses, personality disorders, or severe trauma backgrounds.

Here are the most likely mental illnesses connected to those behaviors:

 

1. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)

  • Often called “sociopathy” or “psychopathy.”

  • Marked by lack of empathy, disregard for laws, exploitation of others, and no remorse for harm done.

  • Strongly correlated with repeated criminal behavior, violence, and organized exploitation like trafficking.

2. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) – Severe Cases

  • In extreme forms, includes entitlement, lack of empathy, using others purely for personal gain.

  • Some individuals with NPD cross into abusive, exploitative behaviors, including sexual violence, when they feel entitled to others’ bodies.

3. Paraphilic Disorders (Sexual Deviance Disorders)

  • Includes diagnoses like Sexual Sadism Disorder (sexual arousal from inflicting pain/humiliation), Pedophilic Disorder, etc.

  • These fall under psychiatric illnesses related to deviant sexual interests that can lead to rape or exploitation.

4. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Severe & Untreated Cases

  • While not all people with BPD are violent, untreated extreme cases can include impulsive, self-destructive, or abusive sexual behavior.

  • More linked with chaotic relationships and impulsivity rather than organized crime.

5. Substance Use Disorders (Addiction)

  • Drugs and alcohol lower inhibitions and increase impulsivity. Many rapes and crimes occur under the influence.

  • Addiction often co-occurs with ASPD or trauma history, amplifying dangerous behavior.

6. Trauma Histories (Childhood Abuse / Neglect)

  • Many abusers were once victims. Unresolved trauma + power/control dynamics can turn into repeating cycles of abuse.

  • ⚠️ This does not excuse the behavior, but helps explain the root causes.

Important Truth

Not everyone with these conditions becomes abusive but those who repeatedly rape, exploit, or traffic others almost always show traits of Antisocial Personality Disorder, severe Narcissism, or Paraphilic Disorders.

These individuals lack empathy, see others as objects, and ignore laws or morality. That combination is the hallmark of psychopathy/ASPD.

Faith + Accountability

  • Spiritual lens: Sin + brokenness drives exploitation, and healing requires repentance, accountability, and God’s transformation.

  • Mental health lens: Treatment is very difficult  people with ASPD/psychopathy rarely seek help on their own.

  • Community lens: Protecting victims is always priority — accountability, justice, and prevention come before rehabilitation attempts.

 Mental Illnesses Common in Mass Shooters

1. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD / Psychopathy)

  • Lack of empathy, disregard for life, thrill in causing harm.

  • Often includes violent fantasies, history of crime, cruelty to animals, or aggression.

  • Many mass shooters show ASPD traits (cold, calculated, no remorse).

2. Paranoid Schizophrenia / Psychotic Disorders

  • Some shooters suffer from delusions (false beliefs) or hallucinations telling them to harm others.

  • They may believe others are plotting against them, leading to violent retaliation.

3. Major Depression (Severe, Untreated)

  • Deep despair can turn outward into aggression, especially when combined with feelings of rejection or persecution.

  • Some shooters are suicidal and use the shooting as a “final act.”

4. Borderline Personality Disorder (Severe Cases)

  • Intense fear of abandonment, unstable emotions, impulsive anger.

  • Not all with BPD are violent, but extreme untreated cases with trauma can explode in violence.

5. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)

  • Some shooters seek fame, recognition, or revenge because of extreme entitlement or ego collapse.

  • Their violence is often about wanting control or to be “remembered.”

6. PTSD / Severe Childhood Trauma

  • Many shooters have backgrounds of abuse, neglect, bullying, or violence.

  • Trauma can lead to dissociation, emotional numbness, and violent acting out.

🚨 Warning Signs Often Overlooked

Before shootings, many perpetrators showed behaviors that were dismissed:

  • Obsession with violence, weapons, or past shootings

  • Writing violent fantasies or threats

  • Isolation from family and peers

  • Severe bullying (as victim or perpetrator)

  • Sudden mood swings or paranoia

  • History of harming animals

  • Fascination with death

Truth in Plain Words

Not every person with mental illness becomes violent. Most people with depression, anxiety, or even schizophrenia are not dangerous.

 

Many people living with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) never become abusive, though they may struggle with relationships or empathy.

Many people with Bipolar Disorder live peaceful, productive lives when properly supported and treated.

  • Most individuals with mental health conditions are actually more likely to be victims of abuse than perpetrators

  • But untreated severe personality disorders, psychosis, and trauma combined with social isolation and access to weapons can create tragic outcomes.

  • This is why early recognition, intervention, and treatment matter so much.

 

 

Faith + Healing

Deliverance Nutrition’s mission reminds us that unhealed trauma and untreated mental illness can destroy lives not just of the individual, but of entire families and communities.

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” – John 10:10

True prevention requires:

  • Faith – Healing hearts through God’s power.

  • Nutrition – Restoring brains and bodies depleted by stress, abuse, and neglect.

  • Community – Recognizing warning signs and acting early.

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