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Psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig and Psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere on the psychology behind Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holme...
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Me now to give us their assessment of the impact of the shooting what could possibly have been going.
Through his mind and the media response doctor Jeff regard -- psychologist assistant clinical professor at her apology.
Of osteopathic medicine and psychotherapists doctor -- blood work thank you both for being here thank you what let's begin.
If I may doctoral -- we're.
Your impressions.
Of this young man.
In in what is going on in his mind as best you can divide from afar.
Clearly this is a man who is very very angry.
He wants to make a name for himself.
I think somewhere along the lines there there was some kind of break with reality.
And although I say.
Seems to be somebody who is suffering from a mental illness clearly there was intention there so legally that will not hold up in court you can be mentally ill.
And if you know the difference between right and wrong.
Then you are considered sane in the eyes of the -- so.
It's it's really not we don't know that much about him I'd like to know the last person he spoke to before he went on this kind of spree.
The people were close to him what kinds of -- did he talk about.
But at this point it's a mystery clearly there's something wrong he's very angry and he likes the idea being connected in some major way.
For this movie.
-- your your your impressions.
Well I agree with -- -- with god a lot of what -- saying I do feel that he is very emotionally disturbed not just angry.
I think it's been a slow -- compensation mental.
Where everything is exaggerated in his eyes -- no one values and values -- no one wants to be near -- Are so all of this makes him extremely -- full.
And I do believe this parents.
-- wrestling with his mental health issues up probably wanted to get him some help.
But he may have been resistant to -- I truly believe.
And so was continuing to do compensate to -- point committing this particular atrocity.
And and as you.
What -- what's happening what role did this movie.
This character.
That Joker Murray -- he -- of its I don't use a clinical word on museum as a -- He seemed obsessed yeah with -- well.
-- certainly has his theory and and the Joker is somebody who is -- he's laughed saying he's joking he's somebody who seems to be.
Happy in on -- high so I want -- is is G engines and someone was very depressed and like the idea a feeling high ain't.
Feeling good he was also.
Noted right now is using bike it and which also can give a feeling of the being high and also being -- -- and sadistic.
Can give certain people this tenths of a feeling high gaining control.
He's 24 years old and he is there any correlation and -- the -- 24.
Deborah difference congresswoman Giffords.
The gunman surely -- he was 22.
And son right choice the Virginia Tech -- he was 23 is there anything about that.
Age sure -- absolutely.
We see in many ways that around that -- in the early twenties that would be the onset.
-- severe.
Psychiatric issues a -- around schizophrenia.
Mom may be -- so tight bull or skis Lloyd personality that now.
Becomes -- lean more of a psychosis -- skis Nordisk is -- type what I'm talking about.
People have very eccentric thinking.
Who may not have auditory or visual hallucinations but have magical thinking and get wrapped up in delusional.
Sorts of lives and I think that's what happened with this Joker character he found something to wrap his delusions around and to act out.
A personality through that that's -- -- was I believe.
Was eight my arm chair and a psychology it's something new isn't really interesting earlier that the joke -- didn't really need a reason to tell he was wanted to write write -- KI PV clown prince of crime and what he is a whole MO was just create chaos getting high from watching other people -- Killing people in large numbers and I think for this young man I agree with you was very very depressed was having -- psychotic break was.
Having so many other mental health issues and this is the way he could connect and control and let out his -- the matching the power that he had.
Although those people that he was shooting they were running and running away from him and he had the power of.
