Diagnosed sociopath explains difference between her and Ted Bundy

A woman who was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) has explained the key differences that separates her mind from that of infamous serial killer, Ted Bundy.

Aside from the...well, murders, Kanika Batra thinks there’s some similarities between her and the US-based killer that claimed the lives of between 30 to over 100 women.

The woman, who has been a prominent figure in talking about being a sociopath, having been given her ASPD diagnosis when she was 21, has revealed a lot about the condition.

For example, she says she can recognise another person with ASPD just by looking in their eyes.

Although, experts have long determined that they aren’t sure why people end up having these mental health conditions, however, they believe it’s down to things like genetics and environmental influences as a child.

Kanika Bantra spoke about Ted Bundy (Getty Stock Images)

Anyway, the model and author sat down with LADbible for an episode of Honesty Box to share the differences between her and Bundy, and it’s pretty interesting.

She was asked: “What stops you from acting out when Bundy didn’t?”

This is in reference to his murders, and Kanika’s lack of killings.

Bundy, who showed major signs listed in the criteria which would mark someone as a psychopath, terrorised young women for years as he showed no empathy or care about their lives before or after he took them.

According to Kanika, Bundy had a privilege people just can’t afford these days: lack of surveillance, no social media, strength, and more.

She explained: “So, Bundy had the privilege of existing in the 1970s when surveillance wasn't a thing. And we didn't have Uber, we didn't have Facebook, we didn't have Meta, like, tracking out every movement, when the police didn't understand how DNA worked. That was something that Bundy was very, very privileged to have.”

She went on to say: “Unfortunately, now, like, one thing is I don't have the size advantage. Like, I would have to do something very stealthy if I'm trying to get rid of somebody, whereas a man can use physical strength to overpower somebody, which I think Bundy was just, he had the freedom to do it. He had the motive to do it. That was the only thing that really gave him joy, whereas I can get joy out of other domains, even if it means, like, turning down my sadism, I can still get joy from other things that I do, which I think the ones who are very violent and it's tied to their sexuality, it's kind of like they go to a certain level and they just can't come back.”

She added that she tries to understand her own ‘threshold’, noting that she’s too ‘sloppy’ not to get caught.

“Like, Bundy himself was also sloppy, but a lot of them weren't. A lot of them were clean about what they did. And even if they weren't, like, no one was gonna catch them,” she said, adding: “Whereas for me, I'd get caught real quick. So, I don't have that luxury, I don't have the strength luxury, and I don't have the ability to spend a long time incarcerated. And I understand where my threshold is. And clearly a lot of these people didn't, especially Bundy.”