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re: Many professional athletes have more mental health needs than the average fan
Posted on 11/6/25 at 11:03 pm to SECCaptain
Posted on 11/6/25 at 11:03 pm to SECCaptain
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If he had the option of taking the lives of every officer pursuing him and the girl he hit that luckily survived instead…
So he hit someone when he crashed in Frisco on the Parkway near Warren? The ESPN story and another one I read left that out.
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Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:42 am to Basura Blanco
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Total laymans opnion but I dont see kids developing the inertia to result in the number of incidents necessary to result in long term damage.
what? Have you been to any kids games? A kid falling down and hitting their head on the ground is more than enough to cause a concussion. 
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:45 am to SoFla Tideroller
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We have lowered the bar on what qualifies as mental illness in this country as to render the term damned near as meaningless as "racist" or "transphobic". Now, if Little Johnny doesn't want to eat his broccoli, it's not because he's a little brat and simply needs his butt spanked. Nope, some child psychiatrist will claim he's got "Fiber Aversion Syndrome" and prescribe a bushel of pills a day.
It's amazing to me when I story or thread is posted on here about someone committing a heinous act the first reaction by posters is "ohhhhhh, he must be mentally ill" or "this country doesn't put enough resources into mental health", as if it's society's fault this person beat his wife or shot a bank teller. I hate to disabuse you of this notion but the vast amount of criminals are just assholes, plain and simple. Quit excusing their behavior or lessening their criminal culpability with the mental health excuse.
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SoFla Tideroller
Yikes
Posted on 11/7/25 at 7:58 am to SoFla Tideroller
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I hate to disabuse you of this notion but the vast amount of criminals are just assholes, plain and simple. Quit excusing their behavior or lessening their criminal culpability with the mental health excuse.
I have lots of experience working with the criminally insane. These two things are not mutually exclusive. The question is whether it was the mental illness that caused the person to act in that way, or are they just a shitty person who additionally has a mental illness. It really just depends case by case.
I've worked with some really good people who have committed truly evil acts during psychotic episodes that never meant to do the harm that they did. I've also worked with some awful people who are cognizant of their poor behavior but try to place the blame on their mental illness.
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 8:03 am
Posted on 11/7/25 at 12:08 pm to Sterling Archer
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Have you been to any kids games? A kid falling down and hitting their head on the ground is more than enough to cause a concussion.
So, like what they do a half dozen times a day, often when not wearing a helmet? Of course its not that simple....just like assuming playing pee-wee football will likely result in kids having LONG TERM EFFECTS from these supposed concussions.
Note, I said long term affects. I did not say they did not get concussions although I think they are either highly unlikely or kids have a remarkable ablity to not be affected by them long term.
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 11/7/25 at 12:14 pm to Basura Blanco
CTE is the excuse for the toxic culture that permeates in football locker rooms unfortunately
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