Childhood
Born May 21, 1960 to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Joyce Dahmer had a hard pregnancy that started leading to cracks in her marriage to Lionel. Jeffrey took these fights between his parents to heart and blamed himself for their failing marriage. Soon before his fourth birthday Jeffrey had to undergo a double hernia surgery, something that would scar his mind forever. He had been a happy outgoing child, but after his surgery he become introverted and cold to society. His smile went away and he had a blank stare that stayed with him through life/When he was 6 his mother gave birth to his brother, David, who he never became close with. His family moved to Bath, Ohio in 1966 right after the birth of David, just causing Dahmer to go deeper into a shell of insecurity and instability. In 1968 young Dahmer was sexually molested by a neighbor, something that could have played a big role as to who he became.
Pre-Teen to Early adult
As he got older he did not have many friends as he was busy finding dead animals to strip the meat and flesh off of and keep the bones. He kept average grades during highschool and worked on the newspaper for school. He had become an alcoholic by the time he graduated high school, he had started heavily drinking around 15/16. His parents were not involved in his life as they were enthralled in their divorce. His mother took his brother and left Lionel. Lionel remarried but was often out of town traveling for business. He was 18 at this time and had realized he was a homosexual, he had always had interest in men he realized during high school. He had no interest in women only in men. After highschool he enrolled at Ohio State University but after two semesters he dropped out and returned back to his fathers house. Where his father told him to get a job or join the army. So Dahmer joined the army in 1979 for 6 years but was discharged two years in due to his drinking problem. He spent the next 6 years in West Allis, Wisconsin. His drinking habit did not stop and he started getting in trouble with the law. He was sentenced to 10 months in jail after publically masturbating. After he was released he was arrested once again but this time for sexually touching a 13 year old boy. He convinced the judge he needed therapy and got off with 5 years probation. Lionel didn't know how to help his son but made sure he had a good legal counsel. Dahmer while still on probation started killing people and bringing them to the basement of his grandmothers house. After realizing how difficult that was he decided to get a one bedroom apartment. North 24th St. Apt. 213 was were Dahmer's killings would continue up until his arrest.
Jeffrey's Diagnosis
Jeffrey Dahmer as a child could have been diagnosed with conduct disorder. Once he turned 18 he could have been diagnosed with Anti-Social Personality disorder. He did not conform to society norms, he was in and out of jail and in trouble with the law a lot, he was impulsive with his reckless and dangerous behavior, he was aggressive and lacked any remorse for what he had done. He was diagnosed with ASPD during his lifetime but he also had multiple mental illnesses. Such as necrophilia, pedophilia, and cannibalism. Dahmer had become a notorious killer during his life and was known for his cannibalism of his victims.
Works Cited:
"Jeffrey Dahmer's Childhood | Twisted Minds - a Website about Serial Killers." Twisted Minds a Website about Serial Killers RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2016.
"Jeffrey Dahmer's Childhood | Twisted Minds - a Website about Serial Killers." Twisted Minds a Website about Serial Killers RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2016.