aiden, a corrupted mind

DISCLAIMER

Before the blog starts, i want to say that I don't have a psychology degree, i'm just a 13 year old teen who just read a lot of research papers, my evidence could be false. If i make a false fact in this blog, message floryontheweb on discord or comment under this blog








Aiden, the cold blooded emotionless killer.

She lives in the forest, killing and torturing people.

Aiden is an interesting character, having no emotion. And killing, but for what?




Until now…
Yep, that's right! I search countless psychology articles. For what, for this little killing cold blooded woman. :)

And I'm concluded That aiden is either have PTSD or she is autistic

How do I get here?, well the evidence is below for you to read










But,




Really?




why




aiden




is…
…A cold blooded…



Image by katie




Looking at that image, we can see that Aiden has some type of a mental disorder. But is there a mental disorder that makes you emotionless?
Yes! Is called Alexithymia

Alexithymia is defined as the inability to recognize emotion and difficulty expressing feelings. Alexithymic people have unable recognizing change of tones and strong emotion connotation [1][2]




But what is the cause of alexithymia?




1-Autism

Autism may cause alexithymia, around 50% people that have autism have alexithymia

People who have autism have some similarity to people who have alexithymia.

Such as : disorder of cognitive functioning, impaired self awareness and mentalization and problems with behavior control.




Alexithymia is common in autistic people. Seemingly caused by brain chemistry and genetics

As discussed before, alexithymia have difficulty recognizing emotions, this is also present in autistic people

[2]




2-Trauma

Research shows that mothers with interpersonal violence related post-traumatic stress disorder or IPV-PTSD have higher difficulty recognizing or describing their own feelings.[3]




Desentization

What is desentization?

Desentization is basically a process that diminishes response to a stimulus by repeated exposure.

In simple words, because you experience it many times, you just get used to it.




Maybe Aiden sometimes feels that killing is immoral. But after years of killing, she just think that it's just a normal thing



…killer.

Why does someone kills,

It is become a lack of empathy

Empathy is the ability to understand emotions




And serial killer lack this empathy




But why do people like to kill?

1-Autism

Autism has been connected to decrease of empathy*.

Seemingly caused by damage from the brain limbic and paralimbic system.[2]




*Specifically cognitive empathy

2-Trauma

Trauma has been connected to reduced empathy.[4]




Antisocial personality disorder(ASPD)

ASPD is a personality disorder characterized by :

Lack of remorse


Repeatedly violate other right


Manipulate others

This is kinda similar to Aiden. She is always torturing people, meaning that she violates their rights.

And she always kills, maybe because she just doesn’t care that she is torturing people[5]



…killer.
Sources

[1]Serani, D. (2014). The Emotional Blindness of Alexithymia. scientific american. https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/mind-guest-blog/the-emotional-blindness-of-alexithymia/




[2]Poquérusse, J., Pastore, L., Dellantonio, S., & Esposito, G. (2018). Alexithymia and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Complex Relationship. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1196. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01196




[3]Schechter, D. S., Suardi, F., Manini, A., Cordero, M. I., Rossignol, A. S., Merminod, G., Gex-Fabry, M., Moser, D. A., & Serpa, S. R. (2015). How do maternal PTSD and alexithymia interact to impact maternal behavior?. Child psychiatry and human development, 46(3), 406–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-014-0480-4




[4]Nawrocki, B. (2020). The Correlation Between Complex Childhood Trauma and Adult Empathy Outcomes. https://www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/groups/University%20Honors%20Program/Journals_two/dis_brooke_nawrocki.pdf




[5]American Psychiatric Association. (2022, December 29). Antisocial Personality Disorder: Often Overlooked and Untreated. American Psychiatric Association. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/antisocial-personality-disorder-often-overlooked