...thinking about it no longer gives you a thrill, if in fact that is what you you are referring to when contemplating the act. The process of snowballing is how some people become killers, such as Ted Bundy. He freely admitted to reading detective magazines where the general theme revolved around the killing and raping of woman. When reading about the act ceased to be gratifing, he said he felt complused to act out on his thoughts and fantasies. He said this in an interview the day before his execution.