How Repeated Concussions Damage Your Brain Forever

That's it, I'm hanging up the gloves. Boxing is not worth losing my health over.

This seriously changed my idea to get into boxing or mma. Not worth it if my brain is gunna be this fucked up in 15 years. I understand it doesnt happen to everyone, but im not chancing it. I wanna be a smart and wise grandpa one day.

Thank you I am researching CTE because my boyfriend was a dirtbike racer & has developed this after taking many crashes & head injuries. He had an episode the other night where he really couldn't control his emotions. When he came to he felt so bad for his outburst. But it was all really scary in the moment.

I've had multiple concussions from various sports and they fucking suck. one of my best friends has had 8 and now has brain damage and isn't the same person, we should all be very aware of the dangers of concussions

Releasing this on Superbowl Sunday: I approve

Why do people dislike these videos??? I can't see a single reason to.

I did read once that not drinking enough water before getting hit in the head leads to brain damage as the water acts as a cushion. Boxers who train just before a weigh-in by sweating weight off will be prone to this. So, drink plenty of water, it also cools the body down during sporting activity as it leaves the body in the form of sweat thus cooling the skin by evapouration.

I’ve had 3-4 concussions due to high school sports, playing football was one of the dumbest decisions I’ve ever made.

You left out car accidents and fights on the streets. My head hurts.

I fight in Muay Thai and this video scares the shit outta me

a muay thai trainer once said to me" if you get a concussion stop fighting for 30 or more days rest allot and then you can continue to fight always take pauses after every concussion"

It doesn't just happen to athletes. It happens to regular people at work, in all kinds of work related accidents. My ex-husband, who was born with Residual Schizophrenia, had suffered 2 concussions on the job at Boeing. It was found that the more concussions he experiences by bumping into something or falling onto the hard ground, has caused his frontal and temporal lobes to shrink, which in turn makes his Residual Schizophrenia worsen, which then equals behavioral problems and lack of communication skills.

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Suffering from post concussion syndrome after years of rugby. For anybody reading this who has had a concussion, or worse--several, know that it's not worth it. It takes over your life.

I got a bump on the head in the sixth grade while on a hiking field trip. I remember hiking back and something was seriously wrong with my vision. I could only see a small area in part of my peripheral vision, It was scary but eventually came back. I suffered a hard hit playing football in HS a few years later and, again, my vision went screwy for awhile ('bout an hour). I later got a concussion, playing football, that put me in the hospital overnight. Again, my vision problem returned. Im in my 50s now and, as an adult, I have experienced random periods where my vision goes screwy...like it did when I had hit my head in school. These episodes of vision loss, however, are followed by headaches. I think these headaches are migraines because they can be pretty intense. Now, I find myself looking for answers or people who have similar issues.

This is extremely informative and i enjoyed learning about the effects of CTE in sports and other activities. How does CTE in adults compare to abusive head trauma (aka shaken baby syndrome) in infants and toddlers? As a parent I feel that more information and attention on SBS is needed and could help parents better understand the consequences their actions could have. Could you make a video about that? Thank you!

It is horrifying to think that every boxer that I know has within them the ticking time bomb of CTE.

I've had 5 concussions and I don't even play sports. And I'm only 14 years old :( My most recent one was from a four-wheeling accident I'm still having slight symptoms on medication and that was 4.5 months ago.

"Why is this happening and can we stop it?" Makes about as much sense as positing a question relating to blunt-force trauma-induced brain injuries as it does to pose the question in relation to the crushed bone and compound fractures that would result if one clamped an industrial vise on one's hand.

CTE is one of the things I fear the most. I had about 10 concussions as a child (all accidents) and I just hope I get spared this disease