CATACLYSMIC REEKING MAGGOTS

Reeking

Necrophilia is not included as a separate mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM V). This condition is only described as part of paraphilia. However, the disorder, which involves sexual attraction to corpses, has been documented for hundreds of years, dating back to ancient Greece. Necrophilia is not related to other mental disorders such as depression or schizophrenia. However, based on the history of necrophilic individuals, some of them do suffer from depression and schizophrenia, as well as vampirism and cannibalism. The exact cause of necrophilia remains unknown to this day. However, according to Katherine Ramsland, a psychologist who has researched this condition, the necrophiliacs she has interviewed have different reasons for being attracted to dead bodies. The disharmony of their parents' marriage and a bitter divorce are thought to be catalysts for their emotional thoughts turning into real actions.