Section 6, The Killing Response Stages: What Does It Feel Like to Kill? : Chapter 2, Applications of the Model: Murder-Suicides, Lost Elections and Thoughts of Insanity Summary and Analysis

Murder-Suicides may be caused by the relationship between exhilaration and regret/remorse. This involves satisfaction and then a powerful let down. In some cases, killers can turn suicidal not from social reprisal but as a generic reaction. Many soldier-killers may also suffer from thoughts and feelings that give some impression of insanity, as in the cases of "combat addicts."