A View of Jeffery Dahmers Personality Why does a Jeffery Dahmer happen? How does a person become a serial killer, necrophiliac, cannibal and psychopath? There are probably very few convincing answers that come forth. Many of the theories would have you believe that the answers can always be found in childhood abuse, bad parenting, head trauma, fetal alcoholism and drug addiction. I dont think Jefferys past paints a picture of these causes. However, no family is absolutely sterile and I guess there were some issues in the Dahmer family but where they enough to cause and individual to react as he did.There are definitely some factors that may have had a negative influence on Jeffs life. His mother had various physical ailments and appeared to be high strung, coming from a background in which her fathers alcoholism deeply affected her life. His father stayed at work more often than he should to avoid turmoil on the home front. Eventually the marriage dissolved in divorce when Jeff was eighteen. Is this enough domestic discord to account for a serial murderer?Jeff was a child that was wanted and adored. He was a normal, healthy child whose birth was the occasion of joy. As a tot he was a happy bubbly youngster who loved stuffed bunnies and wooden blocks. He also had a dog named frisky, his much loved childhood pet. Jeff developed into a happy little boy.At the age of four, his father swept out from under their house the remains of some small animals that had been killed by crivets. Jeff seemed oddly thrilled by the sound they made. His small hands dug deep into the pile of bones. This can no longer be viewed simply as a childish episode, a passing fascination. This must of been the first sign of a malicious force growing inside Jeffery. At six he was suffering from a hernia and needed surgery. He never seemed to recover his buoyancy. It is recalled that he seemed smaller and somehow more vulnerable.he grew more inward, s...
