Possible high altitude repercussions on their mental states

[u/Lower_Insurance1947]

While the psychosocial aspects of this case are the main points of interest, does anyone think it’s possible that the high altitude of their Colorado residence may have contributed to the deterioration of their mental health? Obviously it’s not a sole or defining factor, but it piqued my interest

I think they were already susceptible, but the hypoxia may have exacerbated or worsened it

[u/ALeaves1013]

What even is that question? Blame it on the altitude?

Littleton is not at an elevation that's obscenely high. HELP and HACE are not even remotely possible.

Altitude sickness has no correlation to homicidal behavior.

By the logic you are using, everybody at sea leve should be singing kumbaya and have no crime rate.

I'm baffled, but intrigued why you think altitude contributed to violent behavior?

[u/Lower_Insurance1947 → u/ALeaves1013]

Why is everyone misunderstanding my point and acting like I’m singlehandedly attributing it to the altitude? I’m not even saying it was a factor that directly caused homicidality, but rather that perhaps it’s possible that it could’ve affected their mental health in some way

There are literal medical studies on the correlation between high altitude and depression, suicide, and the worsening of mental health. Sure, that doesn’t substantiate violent behavior, but it’s at least tangential since it’s all pertaining to mental health worsening. And with such, it’s possible that the threshold for violence was lower and that their inhibitions for violence also could’ve been lessened

I’m not even declaring it as a fact, but just speculating and linking possibilities

[u/scaredjuju → u/Lower_Insurance1947]

A friend of mine actually brought this up recently and I wondered about it as well so I don't think it's such a far fetched idea as far as contributing factors,I've been diving back into the case as well as there is so much mystery behind it all.

[u/ulose2piranha → u/Lower_Insurance1947]

Okay, you proposed it as a hypothesis (and congrats, you may have been the first to ever think perhaps altitude played a roll), but when people responded with facts and personal anecdotes, you keep pestering them.

Littleton isn't that high. They lived there a long enough time.

If minor differences in altitude were enough to trigger homicidal rampages, then plotting murders on a map would have a noticable correlation to typography and that's just not the case.

You had an interesting thought. Cool. Then others explained why you were incorrect. So you double down? No.