How does a person become a serial killer with no feelings?
There are a number of reasons: Childhood abuse, disturbances, and significant events (such as witnessing a murder, being involved in an accident, or even acquiring a brain injury) that traumatize the child to the point where their feelings are shut off for the sake of the body’s own stress survival. This is what allows for a person to develop an ability to not “feel” any emotions (whether this is voluntary or not). The person above mentioned the MacDonald Triad (also known as ‘The Triad of Sociopathy’ which is a quite outdated, and generally rejected theory from 1963 involving bedwetting, firesetting, and cruelty to animals) it is a common factor in a lot (but not all) known serial killers. The reason for bedwetting is part of a mental conflict (sleep disorder, nightmares, etc.) arising from an attempt for emotional control over stress arising from the trauma. Firesetting is a form of communication for many Pyromaniacs (most who lack social skills find this a means of communicating the
