BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IN DAHMER-MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY SERIES

Alsafitri, Allesia and Dahlan, Femmy (2024) BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IN DAHMER-MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY SERIES. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The study examines Dahmer's borderline personality disorder, alcohol use disorder, and the causes as they are portrayed in the Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story television series. The study uses a theory from The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). In analyzing the data, the writer used qualitative descriptive methods. From nine symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD), the writer found there are 6 types of BPD symptoms experienced by Dahmer namely frantic efforts, unstable and intense interpersonal relationships, identity disturbance, impulsivity, chronic feelings of emptiness, and intense anger or difficulty controlling anger. For alcohol use disorder (AUD), from eleven symptoms, the writer found there are 6 symptoms of AUD Dahmer experienced such as alcohol is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period, unsuccessful effort to cut down or control alcohol use, great time spent in activities relating to alcohol, recurrent alcohol use failing to fulfill major role obligations, continued alcohol use, and tolerance increased amounts of alcohol. For the causes of both disorders, Dahmer's BPD and AUD are affected by his environment. Emotional neglect is the only cause of his BPD, while stress level is the cause of his AUD. Dahmer's BPD was visible from the symptoms he experienced. Especially frantic efforts, identity disturbance, and impulsivity. Frantic effort was very dominant because Dahmer was afraid of being abandoned, so he made frantic efforts to make other people stay with him. Identity disturbance is also dominant because Dahmer is ignored by everyone, causing him to have no self-identity. Impulsivity, as the final dominant symptom, became Dahmer's inadequate technique for managing the depressed feelings he had after being neglected and abandoned. At the same time, Dahmer's AUD was characterized by a predominance of alcohol, which was often consumed in larger quantities or over longer periods time. Dahmer, who already had feelings of depression after his parents neglected him, drank a lot of alcohol as a way to manage his emotions. In the comorbidity of BPD and AUD, Dahmer's emotional instability caused him to have impulsivity which was a predictor of AUD in his BPD. From this, it can be concluded that Dahmer suffered from BPD and AUD because of his parents' neglectful behavior and treatment of him from when he was a child until he was grown up. This emotional neglect given by his parents then led him to commit crimes by killing people as a result.

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