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DATE: June 20, 2026 at 10:00AM
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TITLE: Documented concussions in NFL players linked to higher odds of arrest

URL: https://www.psypost.org/documented-concussions-in-nfl-players-linked-to-higher-odds-of-arrest/

A recent study published in the journal Deviant Behavior suggests that professional football players with a history of documented concussions experience higher odds of being arrested than players without such a medical history. These findings provide preliminary evidence that brain injuries sustained in high-impact sports might be associated with later interactions with the criminal justice system.

A traumatic brain injury is a type of damage to the brain that affects its normal functioning. These injuries often result from a violent blow or jolt to the head, or from a rapid acceleration and deceleration of the body. This rapid movement causes the brain to bounce around or twist in the skull, creating chemical changes and sometimes stretching and damaging brain cells.

Medical professionals recognize that these physiological changes in the brain can increase the likelihood of certain behavioral issues. Specifically, damage to the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, which are the areas responsible for decision-making and emotion, tends to reduce impulse control and limit a person’s ability to inhibit aggressive actions.

Prior studies linking brain injuries to behavior highlight increased risks of violent crime among affected populations. Some individuals with brain injuries struggle with emotional regulation and impulse control. Impulsivity is characterized by a lack of premeditation and an increase in risk-taking behaviors. This lack of self-regulation can sometimes lead to actions that violate laws and result in police contact.

High-impact sports populations present an opportunity to explore these associations in greater detail. National Football League players experience a disproportionately high incidence of head trauma compared to the general public. The cumulative toll of repetitive head impacts can result in conditions like Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. This progressive brain disease is associated with a history of repeated head injuries and is characterized by a gradual shrinking of the brain and enlargement of its fluid-filled spaces.

The authors of the new paper sought to clarify this relationship by examining whether officially documented concussions influence the likelihood of a player facing formal police booking. “The motivation for this research came from an empirical gap I saw in NFL criminology research,” said lead author Jackson Perry, an incoming doctoral student in criminal justice and criminology at Florida State University. He co-authored the paper with Kimberly Kras and Burrel Vann Jr., both professors in the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University.

Perry noticed that public conversations about concussions, brain disease, and player arrests often happen in separate lanes. “Much of the work on NFL players in criminology and public health has treated concussions and arrests as separate issues, even though both touch on player health, behavior, and long-term support,” Perry explained. “Public conversations about NFL concussions, CTE, and player arrests often happen in separate lanes, and when they overlap, they can become speculative very quickly.”

He pointed out that these overlapping issues require formal study. “I wanted to bring a criminological lens to that overlap and ask a direct empirical question: in the available public data, are documented NFL concussions associated with booking-based arrest outcomes?” Perry noted. “To me, the larger issue is that brain health should be part of how we think about player support during and after football, not just during the immediate injury window.”

To explore this topic, the researchers built a unique dataset using several publicly available sources. They focused on a massive sample of 6,201 professional football players who appeared in at least one regular season game between 2010 and 2020. They gathered weekly injury reports from statistical databases across this eleven-year period to identify players who had suffered at least one officially documented concussion.

A concussion is a mild form of traumatic brain injury that temporarily interferes with brain function. Because players can suffer multiple head injuries over a career, the researchers took steps to measure distinct injury events accurately. They coded a new concussion episode only if it occurred more than two weeks after a previous injury notation, excluding bye weeks. This step helped balance the data and prevent overcounting single injuries that simply kept a player on the injury report for multiple consecutive weeks.

For their primary outcome, the scientists tracked booking-based arrests from January 2010 through December 2024. They utilized a well-known public arrest database maintained by USA TODAY, which tracks legal incidents involving professional football players. The researchers specifically defined an arrest as an event where a player was formally taken into custody and booked into jail or surrendered to authorities for booking. They excluded incidents where players were only issued a citation, briefly detained without a formal booking, or had warrants rescinded.

When an arrest event included multiple charge descriptors, the researchers assigned a single offense category using a severity hierarchy. Violent offenses were ranked highest, followed by property offenses, public order offenses, and criminal justice-related offenses. This coding system allowed the researchers to look at overall arrest trends as well as the specific rates of violent arrests.

The researchers found that 942 players, or about 15.2 percent of the study sample, had at least one documented concussion during the eleven-year observation window. Meanwhile, arrests were relatively uncommon overall. Only 345 players, or 5.6 percent of the sample, experienced a booking-based arrest during the study period. When analyzing the statistical relationship between these two factors, the authors discovered that concussion exposure was associated with a higher prevalence of arrest.

“The effect was meaningful, but it should be interpreted in context,” Perry said regarding the statistical differences. “In the unadjusted model, the predicted probability of any arrest was about 5.2% for players without a documented concussion and about 7.6% for players with a documented concussion, an absolute difference of roughly 2.5 percentage points. That difference is large enough to raise a serious question: are we doing enough to understand and support players after repeated exposure to head impacts?”

The researchers also looked specifically at violent arrests as a secondary outcome. They noted a similar pattern in the raw numbers, with 2.3 percent of concussed players facing a violent arrest compared to 1.5 percent of non-concussed players. However, this specific association for violent offenses did not reach statistical significance. This means the mathematical difference was not large enough to rule out random chance as the cause.

An important nuance emerged when the researchers looked at the timing of the arrests and the injuries. They ran a secondary test that excluded cases where a player’s first arrest occurred before their first documented professional concussion, and the association was no longer statistically significant in this restricted test. “What stood out most was how much timing shaped the story,” Perry noted.

“The association appeared in the main unadjusted analyses and remained when arrests were restricted to the 2010 to 2020 observation window, but it did not hold under the stricter test that excluded cases where the earliest arrest came before the earliest documented NFL concussion,” Perry told PsyPost. This sensitivity to temporal ordering suggests that early-life head trauma prior to joining the professional league might be influencing the broader patterns.

“That does not make the issue less important,” he said. “It shows why this topic needs stronger life-course data. Many players begin football years before the NFL, so the first documented NFL concussion may capture only one piece of a much longer history of head-impact exposure.”

The authors provide a few warnings against misinterpreting these results as a direct cause-and-effect relationship. “The main misinterpretation I want to prevent is the idea that this study proves concussions cause arrests or violent behavior,” Perry cautioned. “It does not. What we found is an association in observational data, and documented NFL concussions capture only part of a player’s total head-impact history, not every concussion, subconcussive hit, pre-NFL injury, injury severity, or recovery process.”

Despite these limitations, the findings highlight a need for ongoing attention to player well-being. “At the same time, caution should not become complacency,” Perry added. “The pattern we found fits with broader concerns about traumatic brain injury, behavioral regulation, and long-term functioning. For a league built around repeated physical contact, this should be treated as a player-support issue, not just a discipline issue.”

The models used in the study were unadjusted, meaning they did not account for demographic factors like socioeconomic status, income, or education level. Additionally, the researchers could not account for a player’s field position. A player’s position might influence both the risk of getting a concussion and their general behavioral tendencies, making it an important factor to consider in future work. The reliance on official injury reports also means that undiagnosed concussions were not captured in the data.

The researchers suggest that the findings have immediate relevance for how sports organizations handle player safety. “The main takeaway is that head injury is relevant to behavioral health and criminal justice contact in ways we should take seriously,” Perry said. “In our study, NFL players with documented concussions had higher odds of booking-based arrest in unadjusted analyses. That should not be read as saying concussions make people criminal.”

Instead, the data points to a complex intersection of health and behavior. “It means brain health, behavior, and justice-system contact can intersect in high head-impact populations, and that intersection deserves better data, better monitoring, and stronger long-term support for players,” Perry stated. Better access to counseling and psychological services during recovery might help support players who experience changes in emotional regulation and impulse control after an injury.

Looking ahead, the researchers hope to build on this foundational work. “My long-term goal is to better understand how head injury, behavioral regulation, and criminal justice contact intersect, especially in populations with repeated exposure to head impacts,” Perry said. “For this topic, the next step is stronger longitudinal research that can better capture lifetime head-injury exposure, position played, years of football exposure, concussion severity, pre-NFL criminal justice contact, and post-career outcomes.”

The authors also advocate for a shift in how sports leagues approach these challenges. “I also think future work should move beyond asking only how the league responds after misconduct occurs,” Perry explained. “A stronger long-term model would focus more directly on prevention, post-injury monitoring, behavioral health support, and transition care after players leave the league. If head injury can affect sleep, mood, impulse control, or emotional regulation, support systems should be built around those risks before they become crises.”

In the end, the study calls for a more comprehensive approach to player health. “I see this study as part of a broader argument that player safety has to include long-term brain health, not just what happens on the field or inside the concussion protocol,” Perry said. “Professional football is a high head-impact environment, and players should not be left to navigate the possible aftereffects of that exposure on their own.”

The researchers hope their work sparks meaningful changes in the sporting world. “The league has the resources to think about player well-being across the full career arc: before injury, after injury, and after retirement,” Perry concluded. “My hope is that this study encourages a conversation about support, prevention, and long-term care, not just punishment after something goes wrong.”

The study, “Headstrong, Flagged Later: Concussions and Arrest Risk Among NFL Players,” was authored by Jackson Perry, Kimberly Kras, and Burrel Vann Jr.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/documented-concussions-in-nfl-players-linked-to-higher-odds-of-arrest/

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DATE: June 20, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

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TITLE: Documented concussions in NFL players linked to higher odds of arrest

URL: https://www.psypost.org/documented-concussions-in-nfl-players-linked-to-higher-odds-of-arrest/

A recent study published in the journal Deviant Behavior suggests that professional football players with a history of documented concussions experience higher odds of being arrested than players without such a medical history. These findings provide preliminary evidence that brain injuries sustained in high-impact sports might be associated with later interactions with the criminal justice system.

A traumatic brain injury is a type of damage to the brain that affects its normal functioning. These injuries often result from a violent blow or jolt to the head, or from a rapid acceleration and deceleration of the body. This rapid movement causes the brain to bounce around or twist in the skull, creating chemical changes and sometimes stretching and damaging brain cells.

Medical professionals recognize that these physiological changes in the brain can increase the likelihood of certain behavioral issues. Specifically, damage to the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, which are the areas responsible for decision-making and emotion, tends to reduce impulse control and limit a person’s ability to inhibit aggressive actions.

Prior studies linking brain injuries to behavior highlight increased risks of violent crime among affected populations. Some individuals with brain injuries struggle with emotional regulation and impulse control. Impulsivity is characterized by a lack of premeditation and an increase in risk-taking behaviors. This lack of self-regulation can sometimes lead to actions that violate laws and result in police contact.

High-impact sports populations present an opportunity to explore these associations in greater detail. National Football League players experience a disproportionately high incidence of head trauma compared to the general public. The cumulative toll of repetitive head impacts can result in conditions like Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. This progressive brain disease is associated with a history of repeated head injuries and is characterized by a gradual shrinking of the brain and enlargement of its fluid-filled spaces.

The authors of the new paper sought to clarify this relationship by examining whether officially documented concussions influence the likelihood of a player facing formal police booking. “The motivation for this research came from an empirical gap I saw in NFL criminology research,” said lead author Jackson Perry, an incoming doctoral student in criminal justice and criminology at Florida State University. He co-authored the paper with Kimberly Kras and Burrel Vann Jr., both professors in the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University.

Perry noticed that public conversations about concussions, brain disease, and player arrests often happen in separate lanes. “Much of the work on NFL players in criminology and public health has treated concussions and arrests as separate issues, even though both touch on player health, behavior, and long-term support,” Perry explained. “Public conversations about NFL concussions, CTE, and player arrests often happen in separate lanes, and when they overlap, they can become speculative very quickly.”

He pointed out that these overlapping issues require formal study. “I wanted to bring a criminological lens to that overlap and ask a direct empirical question: in the available public data, are documented NFL concussions associated with booking-based arrest outcomes?” Perry noted. “To me, the larger issue is that brain health should be part of how we think about player support during and after football, not just during the immediate injury window.”

To explore this topic, the researchers built a unique dataset using several publicly available sources. They focused on a massive sample of 6,201 professional football players who appeared in at least one regular season game between 2010 and 2020. They gathered weekly injury reports from statistical databases across this eleven-year period to identify players who had suffered at least one officially documented concussion.

A concussion is a mild form of traumatic brain injury that temporarily interferes with brain function. Because players can suffer multiple head injuries over a career, the researchers took steps to measure distinct injury events accurately. They coded a new concussion episode only if it occurred more than two weeks after a previous injury notation, excluding bye weeks. This step helped balance the data and prevent overcounting single injuries that simply kept a player on the injury report for multiple consecutive weeks.

For their primary outcome, the scientists tracked booking-based arrests from January 2010 through December 2024. They utilized a well-known public arrest database maintained by USA TODAY, which tracks legal incidents involving professional football players. The researchers specifically defined an arrest as an event where a player was formally taken into custody and booked into jail or surrendered to authorities for booking. They excluded incidents where players were only issued a citation, briefly detained without a formal booking, or had warrants rescinded.

When an arrest event included multiple charge descriptors, the researchers assigned a single offense category using a severity hierarchy. Violent offenses were ranked highest, followed by property offenses, public order offenses, and criminal justice-related offenses. This coding system allowed the researchers to look at overall arrest trends as well as the specific rates of violent arrests.

The researchers found that 942 players, or about 15.2 percent of the study sample, had at least one documented concussion during the eleven-year observation window. Meanwhile, arrests were relatively uncommon overall. Only 345 players, or 5.6 percent of the sample, experienced a booking-based arrest during the study period. When analyzing the statistical relationship between these two factors, the authors discovered that concussion exposure was associated with a higher prevalence of arrest.

“The effect was meaningful, but it should be interpreted in context,” Perry said regarding the statistical differences. “In the unadjusted model, the predicted probability of any arrest was about 5.2% for players without a documented concussion and about 7.6% for players with a documented concussion, an absolute difference of roughly 2.5 percentage points. That difference is large enough to raise a serious question: are we doing enough to understand and support players after repeated exposure to head impacts?”

The researchers also looked specifically at violent arrests as a secondary outcome. They noted a similar pattern in the raw numbers, with 2.3 percent of concussed players facing a violent arrest compared to 1.5 percent of non-concussed players. However, this specific association for violent offenses did not reach statistical significance. This means the mathematical difference was not large enough to rule out random chance as the cause.

An important nuance emerged when the researchers looked at the timing of the arrests and the injuries. They ran a secondary test that excluded cases where a player’s first arrest occurred before their first documented professional concussion, and the association was no longer statistically significant in this restricted test. “What stood out most was how much timing shaped the story,” Perry noted.

“The association appeared in the main unadjusted analyses and remained when arrests were restricted to the 2010 to 2020 observation window, but it did not hold under the stricter test that excluded cases where the earliest arrest came before the earliest documented NFL concussion,” Perry told PsyPost. This sensitivity to temporal ordering suggests that early-life head trauma prior to joining the professional league might be influencing the broader patterns.

“That does not make the issue less important,” he said. “It shows why this topic needs stronger life-course data. Many players begin football years before the NFL, so the first documented NFL concussion may capture only one piece of a much longer history of head-impact exposure.”

The authors provide a few warnings against misinterpreting these results as a direct cause-and-effect relationship. “The main misinterpretation I want to prevent is the idea that this study proves concussions cause arrests or violent behavior,” Perry cautioned. “It does not. What we found is an association in observational data, and documented NFL concussions capture only part of a player’s total head-impact history, not every concussion, subconcussive hit, pre-NFL injury, injury severity, or recovery process.”

Despite these limitations, the findings highlight a need for ongoing attention to player well-being. “At the same time, caution should not become complacency,” Perry added. “The pattern we found fits with broader concerns about traumatic brain injury, behavioral regulation, and long-term functioning. For a league built around repeated physical contact, this should be treated as a player-support issue, not just a discipline issue.”

The models used in the study were unadjusted, meaning they did not account for demographic factors like socioeconomic status, income, or education level. Additionally, the researchers could not account for a player’s field position. A player’s position might influence both the risk of getting a concussion and their general behavioral tendencies, making it an important factor to consider in future work. The reliance on official injury reports also means that undiagnosed concussions were not captured in the data.

The researchers suggest that the findings have immediate relevance for how sports organizations handle player safety. “The main takeaway is that head injury is relevant to behavioral health and criminal justice contact in ways we should take seriously,” Perry said. “In our study, NFL players with documented concussions had higher odds of booking-based arrest in unadjusted analyses. That should not be read as saying concussions make people criminal.”

Instead, the data points to a complex intersection of health and behavior. “It means brain health, behavior, and justice-system contact can intersect in high head-impact populations, and that intersection deserves better data, better monitoring, and stronger long-term support for players,” Perry stated. Better access to counseling and psychological services during recovery might help support players who experience changes in emotional regulation and impulse control after an injury.

Looking ahead, the researchers hope to build on this foundational work. “My long-term goal is to better understand how head injury, behavioral regulation, and criminal justice contact intersect, especially in populations with repeated exposure to head impacts,” Perry said. “For this topic, the next step is stronger longitudinal research that can better capture lifetime head-injury exposure, position played, years of football exposure, concussion severity, pre-NFL criminal justice contact, and post-career outcomes.”

The authors also advocate for a shift in how sports leagues approach these challenges. “I also think future work should move beyond asking only how the league responds after misconduct occurs,” Perry explained. “A stronger long-term model would focus more directly on prevention, post-injury monitoring, behavioral health support, and transition care after players leave the league. If head injury can affect sleep, mood, impulse control, or emotional regulation, support systems should be built around those risks before they become crises.”

In the end, the study calls for a more comprehensive approach to player health. “I see this study as part of a broader argument that player safety has to include long-term brain health, not just what happens on the field or inside the concussion protocol,” Perry said. “Professional football is a high head-impact environment, and players should not be left to navigate the possible aftereffects of that exposure on their own.”

The researchers hope their work sparks meaningful changes in the sporting world. “The league has the resources to think about player well-being across the full career arc: before injury, after injury, and after retirement,” Perry concluded. “My hope is that this study encourages a conversation about support, prevention, and long-term care, not just punishment after something goes wrong.”

The study, “Headstrong, Flagged Later: Concussions and Arrest Risk Among NFL Players,” was authored by Jackson Perry, Kimberly Kras, and Burrel Vann Jr.

URL: https://www.psypost.org/documented-concussions-in-nfl-players-linked-to-higher-odds-of-arrest/

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DATE: June 17, 2026 at 08:38AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEED

TITLE: Ozempic and Wegovy linked to surprising drop in violent behavior

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260617032152.htm

A Rutgers study suggests GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may weaken the link between impulsive tendencies and violent behavior. The surprising finding hints that these medications could affect how people act on impulses, though researchers stress that cause and effect have not been proven.

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260617032152.htm

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DATE: June 17, 2026 at 08:38AM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEED

TITLE: Ozempic and Wegovy linked to surprising drop in violent behavior

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260617032152.htm

A Rutgers study suggests GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may weaken the link between impulsive tendencies and violent behavior. The surprising finding hints that these medications could affect how people act on impulses, though researchers stress that cause and effect have not been proven.

URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260617032152.htm

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You might think impulsive behavior means poor self-control.

But often it begins with:

• Stress

• Anxiety

• Emotional overwhelm

• Unmet emotional needs

The behavior is usually the last step, not the first.

Read the article: https://innermasteryhub.com/impulsive-behavior-examples/

#ImpulsiveBehavior

#EmotionalRegulation

#SelfAwareness

#EmotionalIntelligence

#ImpulseControl

#BehaviorPatterns

Illumination in dark times
A genealogy of modern Western selfhood and a post-Western world

"Smith ... outlines a genealogy of modern Western selfhood: a radically individual, hypermasculine character that was formed during the rapid nineteenth-century expansion of the white man’s world. “Bold, conquering, and altogether assertive,” it was “dedicated to action,” hostile to reflection, indifferent to community and the environment, and guilty of possessing, Smith writes, an “undeveloped heart,” a term borrowed from E. M. Forster’s assessment of the British elite." "

" “We must alter our very relations with the world around us.” This means giving up the exalted and exaggerated idea of the West that boosts a masculinist self-image but severely constricts thought and feeling. “We should welcome our era’s uncertainties,...the not-knowing of how the post-Western story will come out.” Smith’s final warning—that “we will not survive the Western notion of the individual much longer”—should resonate today, as nineteenth-century individualism reasserts itself in the degraded Nietzscheanism of Peter Thiel and Stephen Miller." >>

* Mishra, P. (2026, April). "The Authority of Thought". Harper's Magazine.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/04/the-authority-of-thought-pankaj-mishra/

* Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World by Patrick Smith. 2010 >>
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/169395/somebody-elses-century-by-patrick-smith/
#TheWest #WhiteSupremacy #masculinity #ImpulseControl #EthnoNationalism #WesternCivilization #AngloAmerican #parochialism #individualism #subjectivity #SettlerSociety #Culture #RacialInequality #war #EastWest #PostWesternWorld #DarkTimes #illumination #narrative #environment

Image: Double Bay War Memorial, Steyne Park, Sydney

Illumination in dark times
A genealogy of modern Western selfhood and a post-Western world

"Smith ... outlines a genealogy of modern Western selfhood: a radically individual, hypermasculine character that was formed during the rapid nineteenth-century expansion of the white man’s world. “Bold, conquering, and altogether assertive,” it was “dedicated to action,” hostile to reflection, indifferent to community and the environment, and guilty of possessing, Smith writes, an “undeveloped heart,” a term borrowed from E. M. Forster’s assessment of the British elite." "

" “We must alter our very relations with the world around us.” This means giving up the exalted and exaggerated idea of the West that boosts a masculinist self-image but severely constricts thought and feeling. “We should welcome our era’s uncertainties,...the not-knowing of how the post-Western story will come out.” Smith’s final warning—that “we will not survive the Western notion of the individual much longer”—should resonate today, as nineteenth-century individualism reasserts itself in the degraded Nietzscheanism of Peter Thiel and Stephen Miller." >>

* Mishra, P. (2026, April). "The Authority of Thought". Harper's Magazine.
https://harpers.org/archive/2026/04/the-authority-of-thought-pankaj-mishra/

* Somebody Else's Century: East and West in a Post-Western World by Patrick Smith. 2010 >>
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/169395/somebody-elses-century-by-patrick-smith/
#TheWest #WhiteSupremacy #masculinity #ImpulseControl #EthnoNationalism #WesternCivilization #AngloAmerican #parochialism #individualism #subjectivity #SettlerSociety #Culture #RacialInequality #war #EastWest #PostWesternWorld #DarkTimes #illumination #narrative #environment

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Let out your anger and let fly

Dear motorists (or anyone) you can now rent a rage room to vent your frustration. In shining protective armour with a crow bar in hand you can smash breakable objects (for a fee).This new recreational activity might improve your anger management.

No need to let out your aggression on other living beings any more.

Hundreds of rage rooms are operating in cities across the United States already >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_room
#violence #frustration #anger #rage #RoadRage #MaleRage #ImpulseControl #entitlement #powerlessness #control #status #cars #FossilFuel #traffic #DV #recreation #RageRoom

Let out your anger and let fly

Dear motorists (or anyone) you can now rent a rage room to vent your frustration. In shining protective armour with a crow bar in hand you can smash breakable objects (for a fee).This new recreational activity might improve your anger management.

No need to let out your aggression on other living beings any more.

Hundreds of rage rooms are operating in cities across the United States already >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_room
#violence #frustration #anger #rage #RoadRage #MaleRage #ImpulseControl #entitlement #powerlessness #control #status #cars #FossilFuel #traffic #DV #recreation #RageRoom

TEASER – Impulse Control by Emily Carrington

Coming Soon… Impulse Control by Emily Carrington – LGBTQ M/M Romance – 2.6.26 Pre-Order Today: @RABTBookTours #RABTBookTours #ImpulseControl #EmilyCarrington #MMRomance Spontaneity can be both exciting and terrifying for everyone involved. When Riku ran from the trouble caused by his lover’s family, he wasn’t quite sure what he was running to. He left his beloved behind, abandoning his heart’s desire in the name of escape.…

https://echoingbooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/teaser-impulse-control-by-emily-carrington/

Gambling Disorder: 4 Truths from a Groundbreaking New Study

When you picture someone with a gambling disorder, a specific image might come to mind. But what if that stereotype is outdated and dangerously incomplete?

A groundbreaking new study from an innovative program in Madrid called ‘Adcom’ reveals that the digital age is forging a new, more complex, and more hidden type of gambling addict. This research, based on hundreds of individuals who sought help voluntarily. And it challenges our most common assumptions about who is affected and why. 

This article shares the most impactful and counter-intuitive findings from this research.

Prepare to see what gambling addiction really looks like today.

1. It’s Rarely Just About Gambling: The Hidden Mental Health Crisis

One of the study’s most critical findings is the extremely high rate at which Gambling Disorder co-occurs with other serious mental health conditions.

This situation, known as “Gambling Dual Disorder (GDD),” suggests that gambling is not an isolated issue. It’s a symptom of a much larger mental health struggle. 

Among the participants who self-referred for a gambling problem, the numbers were stark: 

• 57.4% showed evidence of other psychopathological symptoms. 
• 64.9% experienced significant symptoms of depression.
• 51.3% were at risk for an anxiety disorder.
• 37.4% screened positive for ADHD.

This reframes gambling not as a simple lack of willpower, but as a complex disorder deeply intertwined with a person’s overall mental well-being. To be effective, treatment cannot just focus on the gambling; it must address these co-occurring conditions as well. 

Gambling Disorder can be defined as “persistent and recurrent problematic gambling that leads to significant impairment or distress”.

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2. The Digital Divide: Online and Offline People with Gambling Disorder Are Strikingly Different People

This complex mental health picture becomes even more fragmented when we look at where the gambling happens. A divide that is creating two entirely different profiles of addiction.

The study revealed significant and clear differences between online gambling versus those who struggled with offline gambling. The most compelling demographic contrasts paint a clear picture: 

• Age: The average online gambler was 30.6 years old, a full generation younger than the average offline gambler at 43.4 years old.
• Gender: While men were the majority in both groups, the disparity was much greater online. Only 5.3% of online gamblers were female, compared to 20.5% of offline gamblers.
• Prior Treatment: Individuals with offline gambling problems were far more likely to have previously sought help for a mental health issue (62.1%) than those with online problems (42.9%). 

These differences are profound.

Technology has fractured the landscape of addiction. It’s created a younger, more isolated cohort that is harder to reach.

The fact that this online group has had significantly less prior contact with mental health services suggests a new, underserved population. A population that may not be captured by traditional outreach and may be less aware of their own underlying conditions.

More About Gambling Disorder

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  January 20, 2026

• 5 Hidden Ways the Gambling Industry Engineers Harm

  A health lens reveals how the gambling industry engineers harm: blame-shifting “responsible gambling,” addictive design, and policy capture fueling crisis.

  January 6, 2026

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  December 23, 2025

3. A Shocking Connection: Gambling Disorder and Compulsive Buying Go Hand-in-Hand

Perhaps the single most surprising finding was the powerful link between Gambling Disorder and another behavioral addiction: compulsive buying.

The study found that compulsive buying was a potential problem in an astonishing 85.2% of participants. 

Breaking this down even further, for 57.7% of the entire group, the existence of a compulsive buying problem was considered “very probable/sure.” 

This is highly counter-intuitive.

While both behaviors involve money, they are often viewed as completely separate issues. This powerful correlation is not just a quirky finding. It’s evidence that Gambling Disorder may be part of a broader spectrum of impulse-control disorders rooted in similar neurological pathways. It highlights a shared underlying mechanism related to the brain’s reward system and the cycle of financial distress and emotional coping.

4. Your Background and Other Vices Can Predict How You Gamble

The study went beyond simple descriptions to identify factors that could predict whether a person was more likely to struggle with online versus offline gambling. This analysis revealed a complex interplay of cultural factors, lifestyle, and co-occurring disorders that shape a person’s specific addictive behaviors. 

The research identified several key predictors: 

• Being born in Spain increased the odds of having an online gambling problem by more than five times.
• Excessive Internet use nearly tripled the odds of having an online gambling problem.
• Conversely, having a co-occurring alcohol addiction or an eating disorder significantly reduced the odds of having an online problem, making it far more likely the gambling problem was offline.

These points reveal that the specific form an addiction takes is not random. It is shaped by a combination of a person’s environment, other behaviors, and personal history.

Conclusion: A New Call for Awareness of Gambling Disorder

The message from this research is clear: the digital age has forged a new profile of gambling addiction that is younger, more hidden, and more complex. The old stereotypes simply don’t fit the modern reality. 

Innovative programs like Adcom, which lower the barriers to seeking help, are not only crucial for providing treatment but also for gathering the vital data needed to truly understand the problem. This new knowledge allows for better prevention, more targeted interventions, and a more compassionate public understanding of a deeply challenging disorder. 

Knowing that online addiction strikes a younger group with less mental health history, how must we radically change our outreach to find and help this hidden population before it’s too late?

How do you view gambling disorder after reading this article? Let us know in the comments!

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Gambling Disorder: 4 Truths from a Groundbreaking New Study

When you picture someone with a gambling disorder, a specific image might come to mind. But what if that stereotype is outdated and dangerously incomplete?

A groundbreaking new study from an innovative program in Madrid called ‘Adcom’ reveals that the digital age is forging a new, more complex, and more hidden type of gambling addict. This research, based on hundreds of individuals who sought help voluntarily. And it challenges our most common assumptions about who is affected and why. 

This article shares the most impactful and counter-intuitive findings from this research.

Prepare to see what gambling addiction really looks like today.

1. It’s Rarely Just About Gambling: The Hidden Mental Health Crisis

One of the study’s most critical findings is the extremely high rate at which Gambling Disorder co-occurs with other serious mental health conditions.

This situation, known as “Gambling Dual Disorder (GDD),” suggests that gambling is not an isolated issue. It’s a symptom of a much larger mental health struggle. 

Among the participants who self-referred for a gambling problem, the numbers were stark: 

• 57.4% showed evidence of other psychopathological symptoms. 
• 64.9% experienced significant symptoms of depression.
• 51.3% were at risk for an anxiety disorder.
• 37.4% screened positive for ADHD.

This reframes gambling not as a simple lack of willpower, but as a complex disorder deeply intertwined with a person’s overall mental well-being. To be effective, treatment cannot just focus on the gambling; it must address these co-occurring conditions as well. 

Gambling Disorder can be defined as “persistent and recurrent problematic gambling that leads to significant impairment or distress”.

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2. The Digital Divide: Online and Offline People with Gambling Disorder Are Strikingly Different People

This complex mental health picture becomes even more fragmented when we look at where the gambling happens. A divide that is creating two entirely different profiles of addiction.

The study revealed significant and clear differences between online gambling versus those who struggled with offline gambling. The most compelling demographic contrasts paint a clear picture: 

• Age: The average online gambler was 30.6 years old, a full generation younger than the average offline gambler at 43.4 years old.
• Gender: While men were the majority in both groups, the disparity was much greater online. Only 5.3% of online gamblers were female, compared to 20.5% of offline gamblers.
• Prior Treatment: Individuals with offline gambling problems were far more likely to have previously sought help for a mental health issue (62.1%) than those with online problems (42.9%). 

These differences are profound.

Technology has fractured the landscape of addiction. It’s created a younger, more isolated cohort that is harder to reach.

The fact that this online group has had significantly less prior contact with mental health services suggests a new, underserved population. A population that may not be captured by traditional outreach and may be less aware of their own underlying conditions.

More About Gambling Disorder

• Gambling Disorder: 4 Truths from a Groundbreaking New Study

  New Adcom study reveals gambling disorder today: high mental-health overlap, online/offline differences, compulsive buying link, and key predictors.

  January 20, 2026

• 5 Hidden Ways the Gambling Industry Engineers Harm

  A health lens reveals how the gambling industry engineers harm: blame-shifting “responsible gambling,” addictive design, and policy capture fueling crisis.

  January 6, 2026

• Holiday Gambling: Why You Bet Matters More Than How Much

  Are you planning to do a little gambling this holiday on a football game? Why you bet is more important than how much, according to this new study.

  December 23, 2025

3. A Shocking Connection: Gambling Disorder and Compulsive Buying Go Hand-in-Hand

Perhaps the single most surprising finding was the powerful link between Gambling Disorder and another behavioral addiction: compulsive buying.

The study found that compulsive buying was a potential problem in an astonishing 85.2% of participants. 

Breaking this down even further, for 57.7% of the entire group, the existence of a compulsive buying problem was considered “very probable/sure.” 

This is highly counter-intuitive.

While both behaviors involve money, they are often viewed as completely separate issues. This powerful correlation is not just a quirky finding. It’s evidence that Gambling Disorder may be part of a broader spectrum of impulse-control disorders rooted in similar neurological pathways. It highlights a shared underlying mechanism related to the brain’s reward system and the cycle of financial distress and emotional coping.

4. Your Background and Other Vices Can Predict How You Gamble

The study went beyond simple descriptions to identify factors that could predict whether a person was more likely to struggle with online versus offline gambling. This analysis revealed a complex interplay of cultural factors, lifestyle, and co-occurring disorders that shape a person’s specific addictive behaviors. 

The research identified several key predictors: 

• Being born in Spain increased the odds of having an online gambling problem by more than five times.
• Excessive Internet use nearly tripled the odds of having an online gambling problem.
• Conversely, having a co-occurring alcohol addiction or an eating disorder significantly reduced the odds of having an online problem, making it far more likely the gambling problem was offline.

These points reveal that the specific form an addiction takes is not random. It is shaped by a combination of a person’s environment, other behaviors, and personal history.

Conclusion: A New Call for Awareness of Gambling Disorder

The message from this research is clear: the digital age has forged a new profile of gambling addiction that is younger, more hidden, and more complex. The old stereotypes simply don’t fit the modern reality. 

Innovative programs like Adcom, which lower the barriers to seeking help, are not only crucial for providing treatment but also for gathering the vital data needed to truly understand the problem. This new knowledge allows for better prevention, more targeted interventions, and a more compassionate public understanding of a deeply challenging disorder. 

Knowing that online addiction strikes a younger group with less mental health history, how must we radically change our outreach to find and help this hidden population before it’s too late?

How do you view gambling disorder after reading this article? Let us know in the comments!

Have you found yourself in legal trouble due to your sexual behavior? Seek assistance before the court mandates it, with Sexual Addiction Treatment Services.

Do you feel your sexual behavior, or that of someone you love, is out of control? Then you should consult with a professional.

Are you looking for more reputable data-backed information on sexual addiction? The Mitigation Aide Research Archive is an excellent source for executive summaries of research studies.

Danny Ainge sent a very clear message to the Utah Jazz https://www.rawchili.com/nba/517779/ #AustinAinge #Basketball #DannyAinge #DonovanMitchell #EmotionalInstability #ImmediateGratification #ImpulseControl #Jazz #KeyonteGeorge #LauriMarkkanen #NBA #OklahomaCityThunder #TheJazz #UnstableEmotions #Utah #UtahJazz #UtahJazz

Anyone else feel like Cyber Monday is just a test of our self-control? 🤔 Engadget's dropped a list of tech deals under $100, including AirTags (so you don't lose your *other* deals), cheap streaming, and even Lego plants. Because if it's under $100, is it really an impulse buy?

What's tempting you this year? 👇
https://www.engadget.com/deals/the-best-cyber-monday-deals-for-100-or-less-score-big-discounts-on-apple-anker-streaming-services-and-more-080046748.html?src=rss

#CyberMonday #TechDeals #BudgetBuys #ImpulseControl #TechHumor

@sz_duras

Impulse control is lying?

"You'll die if you don't say what you're thinking."

#ImpulseControl #HappyMarriage

@sz_duras

Impulse control is lying?

"You'll die if you don't say what you're thinking."

#ImpulseControl #HappyMarriage

@Nonilex

They say what the markets hate most of all is uncertainty. More than bad news, even.

And there is now an absolute idiot with a massive ego, a persecution complex, and zero impulse control behind the wheel of the USA's economy, and he's being "assisted" by a chaos monkey doing everything he can to screw up the domestic economy.

"Strap in, it's going to be a wild ride", etc, etc.

#MangoMussolini #USA #economy #market #StockMarket #uncertainty #Elmo #ego #persecution #impulse #ImpulseControl

@Nonilex

They say what the markets hate most of all is uncertainty. More than bad news, even.

And there is now an absolute idiot with a massive ego, a persecution complex, and zero impulse control behind the wheel of the USA's economy, and he's being "assisted" by a chaos monkey doing everything he can to screw up the domestic economy.

"Strap in, it's going to be a wild ride", etc, etc.

#MangoMussolini #USA #economy #market #StockMarket #uncertainty #Elmo #ego #persecution #impulse #ImpulseControl

#GLP-1 shots are the new have/have-not divide. Society's that provide them to everyone outcompete those that don't. Same for employers to employees. #impulsecontrol #glp1

https://wildfirelabs.substack.com/p/the-100-trillion-disruption-the-unforeseen

#GLP-1 shots are the new have/have-not divide. Society's that provide them to everyone outcompete those that don't. Same for employers to employees. #impulsecontrol #glp1

https://wildfirelabs.substack.com/p/the-100-trillion-disruption-the-unforeseen

This is the kind of weird obsessive thing I can lose a hours to, with zero warning... I'm not one of those people who uses subtitles even though I can hear perfectly fine, but we usually have them on because my s/o likes them. Anyway, I was tweaking YouTube's subtitle settings, but for whatever reason decided they weren't quite granular enough, so I opened up Stylus (custom CSS extension) to get it just right, and well, uh... I got a little carried away.

#css #impulsecontrol

This is the kind of weird obsessive thing I can lose a hours to, with zero warning... I'm not one of those people who uses subtitles even though I can hear perfectly fine, but we usually have them on because my s/o likes them. Anyway, I was tweaking YouTube's subtitle settings, but for whatever reason decided they weren't quite granular enough, so I opened up Stylus (custom CSS extension) to get it just right, and well, uh... I got a little carried away.

#css #impulsecontrol

‘His lack of #impulsecontrol is remarkable’: #MichaelCohen’s online antics worry prosecutors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA4D98hpmW8
#trumptrial

‘His lack of #impulsecontrol is remarkable’: #MichaelCohen’s online antics worry prosecutors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA4D98hpmW8
#trumptrial

@mannios @Daojoan
1/2

Yes, it is a sign of how twisted the marketplace is that a generation of (mainly) younger men were first exposed to "clean up your room" by #JordanPeterson.

It is not just his politics that are wonky - his judgement is not to be relied on either.
I saw him on Maher -"You'll die if you don't say what you're thinking" - to a US TV audience!
Let's all give up on #ImpulseControl right?. No, let's consider what we are about, who we are and who we are communicating with.

@mannios @Daojoan
1/2

Yes, it is a sign of how twisted the marketplace is that a generation of (mainly) younger men were first exposed to "clean up your room" by #JordanPeterson.

It is not just his politics that are wonky - his judgement is not to be relied on either.
I saw him on Maher -"You'll die if you don't say what you're thinking" - to a US TV audience!
Let's all give up on #ImpulseControl right?. No, let's consider what we are about, who we are and who we are communicating with.

@susannah @samuelpepys
JP says that if you don't say what you're thinking you'll die!
Spose that goes for kicking baskets too.
This whole #ImpulseControl thing is really for the birds?
Oh, and next thing he said was to raise your children to be pleasant.
He's a psychology professor, so parents and carers, you can take it as gospel that you letting it all hang out will result in your children being pleasant.

[Note to the gullible: JP is, too often, a dangerous fool. Impulse control is healthy.)

@susannah @samuelpepys
JP says that if you don't say what you're thinking you'll die!
Spose that goes for kicking baskets too.
This whole #ImpulseControl thing is really for the birds?
Oh, and next thing he said was to raise your children to be pleasant.
He's a psychology professor, so parents and carers, you can take it as gospel that you letting it all hang out will result in your children being pleasant.

[Note to the gullible: JP is, too often, a dangerous fool. Impulse control is healthy.)

@lauren

I find it best not to assume that most of Musk's purposeful actions are purposeful actions.

The man appears to be missing the sanity-check filter in between impulse-generation and action-execution.

#ImpulseControl #planning

@lauren

I find it best not to assume that most of Musk's purposeful actions are purposeful actions.

The man appears to be missing the sanity-check filter in between impulse-generation and action-execution.

#ImpulseControl #planning