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I don't see that he had what we would normally classify as a mental disorder. He had a physical disorder which required him to eat constantly, and the quantitie
by kingcharles 5y ago
I don't see that he had what we would normally classify as a mental disorder. He had a physical disorder which required him to eat constantly, and the quantities of food he required were not easily available, leading him down a dark path where he ate anything and everything. His survival instinct caused him to eat live animals because he was in such a state he did not have time to kill and cook them and realized it did not matter to his body. I guess at some point his instinct was so strong that he stopped seeing animals (including humans) as beings and simply as food to keep him alive. It's fascinatingly morbid.
- Trasmatta 5y agoYes, exactly. I'm a type 1 diabetic, and episodes of hypoglycemia can cause a survival instinct to eat, and it's possible to lose all sense of rationality in those moments. But nobody would say I have a mental illness after one of those episodes. It's a physical disorder that may or may not have an accompanying mental disorder.
- kbenson 5y ago> I guess at some point his instinct was so strong that he stopped seeing animals (including humans) as beings and simply as food to keep him alive. I think perhaps that would be a mental disorder. If not then, at least now. It might have been caused by real life physical issues, but aren't they often?