Boxing and mental illness

[Dr. Z]

MENTAL ILLNESS? IS THAT SIMILAR TO METAL FATIGUE? lol

Mental. You mght have taken too many blows to the head.

[Mr Mitts]

Is it really less common in footballers? Or just less publicized?

Any team player is part of a billionaire outfit that does not want the publicity.

But fact is I can read an article every week about some football player who did something a 9 year old would know not to do. Hit somebody, drove too fast, tore a place up, raped a gal....on and on.

And why is it always a footballer and not a baseballer and only occasionally a basketballer, never a tennis player, etc., etc.

The ones getting bopped in the head constantly (footballers and boxers) are the ones doing the most violence outside of their sports. It really doesn't sound like rocket science, we probably just do not want it to be true so have begun to specialize in clever denials and rationalizations.

[Bronson66]

Mental. You mght have taken too many blows to the head.

If I have, it hasn't affected my ability to spell simple words like OFFICIAL,MENTAL ,and MIGHT.What's your excuse?lol

[Biledriver]

Is it really less common in footballers? Or just less publicized?

Any team player is part of a billionaire outfit that does not want the publicity.

But fact is I can read an article every week about some football player who did something a 9 year old would know not to do. Hit somebody, drove too fast, tore a place up, raped a gal....on and on.

And why is it always a footballer and not a baseballer and only occasionally a basketballer, never a tennis player, etc., etc.

The ones getting bopped in the head constantly (footballers and boxers) are the ones doing the most violence outside of their sports. It really doesn't sound like rocket science, we probably just do not want it to be true so have begun to specialize in clever denials and rationalizations.

The English Premier League has acknowledged that concussions are a problem. I know some Chelsea players have missed time over past three years with concussions. Over in MLS, one of my team's top players missed an extended stretch of games under concussion protocol.

[The D3vil]

Mental illness is such a broad term. Guys like Mike Tyson, and Tyson Fury were diagnosed with depression. Depression is classified as a mental illness, but we could classify most of earth's population with mental illness at one time or another. And while mental illness is said to be incurable v, many people diagnosed have come out of it. I submit that may substance abuse was the culprit more than mental illness. I am of course not a doctor.

Substance Abuse Disorder is considered mental illness, now, too.

[JAB5239]

Substance Abuse Disorder is considered mental illness, now, too.

Touche'

[Willie Pep 229]

I think it is fair to conclude thst most boxing fans are mentally ill.

[Willie Pep 229]

Touche'

You don't think a drug addiction is a mental illness?

How does one define mental illness? To me, it is to act so far outside the norm that you become harmful (physically or emotionally) to yourself or those who try to engage with you.

[Tatabanya]

How does one define mental illness?

In the current day, "Oscar De La Hoya" is a rather exact definition.

[QueensburyRules]

This is your response to the post quoted? You make yourself look like a troll every single time you respond to something. Do us all a favor and keep you responses topic related. I don't mind the insults, but at least make an effort to respond to the post you quoted.

- - I quoted U prevailing mental illness...simples wif lottsa U links in the background fer link, wink, wink lads...