My Friend Dahmer

I always thought that serial killers were people who were extremely disturbed, people who drew pictures of killing someone, or even talking about how they would like to kill a person. I also thought that they would be violent from a young age, taking joy in harming someone.

I would have probably felt the same way that Dahmer’s friends did, they always thought he was a little odd and different but attributed it to his home life. His friends thought he drank just to drown out the pain of his parents constant fighting, but I think it is more than that; he may have wanted to get away from the thoughts of murdering someone.

 It’s crazy to think that there is a possibility that people we see daily, may even call some of them our friends, could possibly be a serial killer. My Friend Dahmer, just goes to show that serial killers can be those kids who are a little different and seem to do weird things for attention, like Dahmer mocking his mother’s interior designer and even his own mother. Dahmer didn’t seem disturbed in the sense that he was going to kill people even though he had killed animals he never mentioned harming others to anyone.

 I’m not sure if there is a right way to reach out to someone before they kill someone if it is a case like Dahmer’s. But, it could be possible to help those who are mentally ill seek the proper kind of help.  https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/, This website has some great info on seeking mental help. You can find out what mental health is, what to look for, and how to talk about it.

I think people don’t always reach an obvious breaking point. Dahmer’s life was definitely far from normal and the severity of his condition wasn’t obvious to those around him until later when they could look back on it; hindsight is always 20/20! I think someone’s human condition can be so different from others and we never know exactly what makes a person think or act the way that they do.