Did Elliot Rodger have Asperger's?

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There are SO many people with asperger who can relate to ER's backstory. Maybe his obsessions with sex and status was just his 'thing' altho for 99,9999% of the people it is psycho. Maybe he did really felt inferior on a fundamental level (look at the skateboard / motorskill part when he was younger in his manifesto ) but tried to camouflage that by acting superior or trying to get a high status. Is there really a difference between that and someone with autism who is obsessed with trains or collecting small cars?

He did have some clear AS characteristics like i have posted earlier in this topic. The monotonic voice in his videos on his channel and his backstory does point it towards AS. Does that mean every person with AS is dangerous? ofcourse not. He was just a unique person who picked out the wrong card in life in terms of mental health, did not get raised up properly, never get to talk about sexual stuff, became trapped in a vicious cycle that fueled his hate towards society and snapped.

Blaming this on autism is like saying neurotypical humans are very dangerous too when you look into the history of schoolshootings. With that idea in mind, anyone who got bullied and had a rough upbringing is a potentional hazard if you think about that, which is absolute BS. hundreds of thousands of children get to experience the same hell at school every day. Some with autism, some neurotypical.. if there was any link to be made, there would be ALOT more schoolshootings by now.

Ofcourse he did had a very toxic combination.. With autism you are more prone to routines and obsessive thinking. Woman and sex becoming your obession is a very dangerous thing already even without autism. In addition to that, he had clear symptoms of narcissism and sociopathy.. it kinda sucks to get multiple psychiatric disorders but i guess it can happen.

There are some reactions on youtube that made me laugh tho.. not because i think its funny what happened to him or the people that he killed, but the ignorance is just too damn high.

Stuff like "I would gladly suck his *** and get rid of his fustrations if it would've saved the people he killed"

I mean, c'mon, it is obvious that even in a relationship this type of guy would either stalk the **** out of his girlfriend or severely beatup / kill his girlfriend is she ever filed in for a divorce since he is the alpha and no one disobeys him.

His father Peter kept challenging the diagnosis

I guess we'll never know for sure but if I had a guess I would say he was schizophrenic based on his writings and age.

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I've read it. Anyways, a sociopath is someone who has developed psychopathy through the environment rather than birth. Additionally, rampage shooting isn't a common trait for a real psychopath/sociopath. Rodger wouldn't fit the defintion for a psychopathy until after his rampage anyways. Psychopathy/sociopathy is not a psychological term, but a criminological one. Unless he had many encounters with the law, then he doesn't fit the criteria.
Eric's part in the shooting also had very little to do with his virginity. It was another brick in the wall. He had a girlfriend who broke up with him because he was still in highschool. Both were able to hide their "sociopathic tendencies" well enough to hide it in front of psychologists. Additionally, I don't think sociopathic tendencies explain their methods, for example, they allegedly encountered a kid being bullied and they let him live after shooting his oppressors.
We have built a culture that nearly deifies and glorifies the shooters as much as it condemns them. I don't think that oversimplifying them as being merely evil does any good for anyone.

i'd like to see the media try to get an interview with both his Dad and Mom and have them be fully honest on whether he had it or not, although I doubt that will happen

ASPD is the diagnostic term not psychopath/sociopath. Someone can be diagnosed with ASPD without having arrests and/or a criminal record of any kind.

Also remember the person labeling Elliot as aspergers/autistic was the guy's mom. And his mom is likely the first person who's going to be biased about his "diagnosis". She probably would never have said her own son was a sociopath whether she actually thought he was one or not.

A great way for her to distance herself from Elliot... That's what I see. I always felt like she simply used autism/aspergers as a way to wash her hands clean.

You have this thinking back to front.

Delusions are in no way symptomatic of autism, nor has anybody claimed that autistic people are never delusional. However, they are evidence for psychosis.

Basic logic:

1) Elliot Rodger had delusions
2) Some autistic people have delusions
C) Therefore, Elliot Rodger was autistic

That doesn't follow, and one could easily sub "autistic" for "non-autistic" or "was/are American" for "had/have delusions".

1) Elliot Rodger had delusions
2) Delusions are symptomatic of psychosis
C) Therefore, Elliot Rodger had symptoms of psychosis

That follows.

I've seen nothing here to indicate he was diagnosed. Unless we have a psychologist/psychiatrist here, it's irresponsible to draw that conclusion. If we do have a professional here who can diagnose, I ask what knowledge of him you have, because I'm pretty sure news articles aren't enough to make a diagnoses. This isn't denial, it's just distinguishing between speculation and fact.

sounds like we won't ever know for sure since he is dead

I doubt Rodger had Asperger's. Autism and sociopathy can be difficult to differentiate during childhood, which is when his parents initially considered HFA as a diagnosis. As a teenager he regularly visited psychiatrists but was never diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. Obviously, this suggests he was not autistic.

In saying that, there is a link between Asperger's and sociopathy. The environment in which high functioning autistic children are raised is one in which personality disorders often develop. Several bad people had/probably had Asperger's, but they obviously had other issues. For example
-Jeffrey Dahmer (Anti-Social, Borderline)
-Adam Lanza (Schizophrenia)
-Ted Bundy (Narcissistic, Anti-Social)

By the way, BPD doesn't make you kill people, but it is similar in respect to Asperger's because it is common in sociopaths

Ted Bundy probably had Aspergers???

HELL NO! Mr Bundy had excellent social skills and was charming, charismatic, and suave. I honestly don't know or care that much about Jeffrey Dahmer but in any case, even if Elliott Rodger had autism.....It's pretty clear he had something else that was far more serious and dangerous.

BPD doesn't always make afflicted individuals violent, but it certainly DOES make violent behavior far more likely as does Bipolar and Schizophrenia.

I've read his manifesto, and other than the superiority complex, I was able to relate to him scarily well. The feeling that everyone except you is in relationships, the anger one can feel when seeing people in happy relationships, not knowing how to go about finding a relationship...I know exactly how he felt, and I've experienced that misogyny before. It was definitely unfortunate that he was born into a wealthy family and had everything handed to him, leading to him gaining a sense of superiority and entitlement.

But as for the question, yes, I wholeheartedly believe he had Asperger's, along with some other problems.