Adam Lanza Obsessed With Murder Anorexic And Unmedicated

Adam Lanza- Obsessed with murder, anorexic and unmedicated
Elementary schools usually conjure up images of playgrounds, paint, posters, and crayons, not a mass grave. On December 14, 2012, Adam shot twenty innocent children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, along with six adult staff, and his mom. (Oliveira Jr., Pedro). As cops approached him after the shooting, Adam felt the need to quickly kill himself instead of facing the consequences. The day ended with him taking his own life and with him, all the mystery behind his motives.

Adam was the youngest out of two children, and a student at the Sandy Hook Elementary School for most of his life. At the age of three he was diagnosed with autism, then later also identified with symptoms of

But that contradicted with what professionals advised him and his family. At the age of fourteen after psychological evaluation was done at the Yale Child Study Center, professionals recommended him treatment. Because if not his situation would only get worse. His parents never really understood the seriousness of his disabilities and were ok with Adam’s choice to stop treatment in 2006. As Adam matured and moved out of grade school his responsibilities increased, and he wasn’t able to take part in everything like the other kids at his school. In his teenage years his autism got worse. Mainly because of the fast changing hormones in his body, yet he still followed through with no treatment. In 2009, soon after his parent’s divorce, and his brother’s leave to college, he started with his obsession over mass murders. A subject he was really well educated even though he was never taught anything. (Solomon, Andrew) Adam wanted to feel normal, and go to the same school everyone else did, but that increasingly worsened his case. He forced himself to do something he was not capable of

As one of Adam’s fascination, his mom greatly influenced him. When they went shooting he expressed happiness. And would talk to his mom, unlike at home, where he trapped himself in his room. Even with the growth in his disabilities, his mom never considered reducing her son’s access to guns, as she thought it kept him safe from anything that could happen. (Christoffersen, John). Though it appears today that might not have been the safest choice. If Adam’s access to guns was reduced, and his mental disabilities were treated, maybe the shooting wouldn’t have